4. PHASCOIOeAI.'E. 



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drieal, about equal in size. Canines thick and strong. P.' and p.' 

 very small, about equal in size, or p.^ even exceeding p.^ ; p.* large, 

 twice the height and four times the bulk of p.' Lower incisors 

 small and slender, evenly but slightly decreasing in size backwards. 

 Canines short, with a small posterior basal ledge. P.' small, p.* 

 about twice its bulk, p." very small, barely equalling p.^ M.' with 

 a distinct antero-internal secondary cusp. Milk-p.* proportionally 

 large and weU developed. 



d. 



a- ?. 



a (in al.). b (in al.). 



Adult. Adult, 



millim. millim. 



Head and body 72 67 



Tail 65 59 



Hind foot 11-2 10-4 



Ear 7-7 6-8 



SkuU, see p. 299. 



Hah. Central and Southern Queensland. 

 Type in collection. 



J I Ad. al. \ d 2 (&7 Peak Downs, GodeflFroy Museum. 

 ■ I Skull of b. \ foetuses). Queensland. 



I Ad. sk. I , Cresabrook, Moreton Gould Coll. 



I Skull. I °" Bay {J. Strange). {Type oi species.) 



(Ad. sk. I Clarence R, Moreton Gould Coll. 

 I Skull. ( Bay (J. Strange). 



(Type of Anteehinus maeulatus, Gould.) 



11. Fhascolog^ale longicaudata. 



Phascogale longicaudata, Schleg. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. p. 356 (1866) ; 

 id. Diei-eta. p. 162 (1872) ; Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Uiis. p.' 303 

 (1887) ; Thou. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) iv. p. 609 (1887). 



Long-tailed Pouched Mouse. 



Size medium, form light and slender. Fur short, close and 

 velvety ; underfur very thin, slaty blue. General colour dull, finely 

 grizzled grey-brown or mouse-colour, the head, neck, fore back, and 

 fore limbs all uniformly of this colour ; posterior back, rump, and 

 hind Umbs suffused with rufous, deepest at the base of the taU. 

 Ears small, naked, a rufous mark on the neck just behind them. 

 Chin, chest, and belly white, the hairs grey at their bases. Hands 

 and feet dark brown ; soles naked, with five pads, the haUucal one 

 being continuous. TaU longer than head and body, its basal inch 

 hairy and coloured like the rump, its remainder uniformly short- 

 haired all round, rat-like, the hairs very thin, not hiding the 

 scales ; dark brown or black both above and below. 



SJcull strongly built. Nasals narrow, slightly expanded behind, 



