294 DASYTTEID^. 



convex above. Interorbital space rounded, its edges not ridged or 

 beaded. Anterior palatine foramina extending to opposite the 

 centre of tbe canines. 



Teeth. Upper lateral incisors subequal, slender, i." and i.' 

 cylindrical, i.* slightly flattened. P.* much longer and larger than 

 p.', its point projecting beyond the tips of the molars. Lower p.' 

 about the size of p.' 



Dimenswns. 



2 



(stuffed). 

 Adult, 

 milliin. 



Head and body 146 



Tail 172 



Hind foot 24 



Ear (c.) 9 



Skull, see p. 299. 



Hah. Aru Islands. 



Type in the Leyden Museum. 



12. Fhascologale penicillata. 



"Tapoatafa" *, White, Journ. Vm/. N. S. W. p. 281, pl.lviii. (animal) 



(1790). 

 Didelphis penicillata, Shaw, Gen. Zool. i. pt. ii. p. 602 (1800). 

 Dasyurus penicillatus, Oeoff. Ann, Mua. iii. p. 361 (1804) ; O. Fisch. 



Zoogn. ii. p. 585 (1813) ; Besm. N. Diet. d!H. N. (2) ix. p. 139 



(18173 ! ^"- ^- ^- i- P- 17^ (1817) ; Geoff. Diet. Sci. Nat. xii. 



p. 511 (1818) ; Desm. Mamm. i. p. 264 (1820) ; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. 



i. p. 62 (1820) ; Desmoid. Diet. Class. d'M. N. v. p. 339 (1824) ; 



Gray, Griff. Ouv. An. K. v. p. 194 (1827) ; J. B. Fisch. Syn. 



Mamm. p. 272 (1829) ; Benn. Cat. N. H. Amtr. Mm. p. 2 (1837). 

 Dasyurus tafa, Geoff. Ann, Mus. iii. p. 360 (1804) ; Tiedem. Zool. 



p. 429 (1808) ; G. Fisch. Zoogn. ii. p. 685 (1813) ; Desm. N. Diet. 



d'H, N, (2) p. 139 (1817) ; Geoff. Diet. Sci. Nat. xii. p. 511 



(1818); Desm. Mamm. i. p. 264 (1820); Desmml. Diet. Class. 



d'H. N. V. p. 339 (1824) ; Gray, Griff Cuv. An. K. v, p. 194 



(1827) ; Less. Man. Mamm. p. 215 (1827) ; Fisch. Syn. Mamm. 



p. 272 (1829); Less. N. H. Mamm. (Compl. Buff:) v, p. 373 



(1836). 

 Phascogale penicillata, Temm. Mon. Mamm. i. p. 58, pi. vii. figs. 9- 



12 (skull) (1827) ; Less. Man. Mamm. p. 215 (1827) ; id. S. N. 



Mamm. (Compl. Buff.) v. p. 371 (1836) ; Waterh, Cat. Mamm. 



Mm. Zool, Sac, p. 65 (1838) ;' Gray, Grey's Austr., App. ii. p. 400 



(1841) ; Less. A Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 191 (1842) ; Wat&-h. 



Jard. Nat. lAbr., Mamm. xi. p. 136, pi. viii. (animal) (1841) ; 



Gray, lAst Mamm. B. M. p. 98 (1843) ; Wagn, Schr. Sdug. Supp. 



iii. p. 35, pi. clii. B. d (animal) (1843), v. p. 198 (1856) ; Schinx, 



Syn. Mamm. i. p. 493 (1844) ; Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pi. xxxi. ■ 



(animal) (1845) ; Owen, Odontogr. Atl. pi. xoviii. fig. 3 (teeth) 



(1845) ; Waterh. N. H. Mamm. i. p. 407, pi. xii. fig. 2 (feet), xxi. 



* Used as a native name. 



