On a new genus and species of marsupials 
by 
Eric Mjöberg. 
With 6 textfigures and 1 coloured plate. 
FEudromicia n. g. 
Size small, length of body not exceeding 100 mm. General appearance more 
or less Dromicia-like. Patagial fold entirely absent. Fingers and toes like in Dro- 
micia to which genus it is most nearly related. Fore claws a little longer at least 
so long as the pads below them, sharp and bent. Tail very long and narrow, rounded 
above, flat underneath, its base furry like the body, provided with a little longer 
hairs than in Dromicia and with a distinct tendency of being distichous. The second 
and third toe free in two thirdparts of their length i. e. the syndactyly very incom- 
plete, the two pads quite free from another. Ears large and thin, thinly covered by 
short hairs. 
Skull: fairly short and broad. Inflation of squamosal part of zygomaticum 
hardly noticeable. Palate provided with well marked ridges. Bulle comparatively 
small, not inflated. 
Dentition :"' if 
P' and P” distinetly two-rooted. P” strongly developed, higher than any of 
the molars. Molars with well developed cusps. 
The new genus bears a considerable external resemblence to the genus Dromicia, 
but differs distincetly in following important points. 
! Concerning the homology of the teeth I have followed WincE in: Jordfundne og nulevende pungdyr 
(Marsupialia) fraa Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilia, 1893. 
