SMINTHOPSIS. 305. 



Dimensions. 



J.. ?. 



e (in spirit), j (lu al.).. 



Adult. Adult. 



millim. millim. 



Head and body 81 84 



Tail 90 83 



Hind foot 16 16 



Forearm and hand 25 



Ear 11-5 13. 



Skull, see p. 308. 



Hab. Australia south of the' tropics.. 



Type in collection. 



Eiefft has stated that the eastern specimens of this species (the* 

 true 8. murina) hare ten mammse, and that therefore the western 

 ones (" S. fuUginosa ") should be distinguished specifically from it,. 

 Since, however, specimen ^ from South Australia has, like the western 

 species, only eight mammse^ and no other differences are observable- 

 between the two forms, I am constrained to consider that Xrefft 

 was mistaken, and that the- two species are identical. 



* The " South Australia " here referred to appears only to mean the Boutheni 

 part of Australia, i. e. Victoria. 



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