„„nna implex, included by Tate 

 his 'piimilivc" division, do not 

 ' psj, filiated foot-pads. Ncvcrthc- 

 2 under Titles defined arrangc- 



M1 , V. muiiiia could hnrdlv he 

 Sbrt^ to the -advanced" divi- 

 sion, due to iis enlarge! P-'. rck.nvcly 



, v ,\\ bullae and low sagittal crest A 

 J „ lbL | rjf other anOlftftllW arc appar- 

 el m laic's arrangement. S. trot- 

 yl for example. t=$. /lor^rri and 

 s \0mintn ol Tate) incluiled in the 

 •>lvyiiccd" division, possesses granu- 

 M$rj font-pads, modcratclv targe 

 c3rs ;,Ud an incrassatcd tail, bill has 

 ,cl.,tivol\ small bullae, a low Migittal 

 g$t and au enlarged V\ Smulai 

 Jitliciiliies occur with S. liiriipcs. 

 which has large cars, specialised, 



and huge bullae, hut an exceptionally 

 large P* and a reduced I" 



ll is thus apparent that the cimi 

 iiinaiion ol' characters defined by 

 laic do nol separate the species of 

 Sniinihopsis into clear phylogcncuc 

 d.wvion*. nor. in fact, should such 

 divisions be considered realistic until 

 ihc characU-rs of the genus have been 

 te-cxaruincd within a broader family 

 and palueonlolueical contest. 10 deter- 

 mine which arc primitive, which arc 

 iicnetaliscd and which are derivative. 

 In view of this no attempt has been 

 Made I" place Sininilit>p>i.\ psammn- 

 phtlits in a phvlogenetic position 

 WHhiB the genus. 



Ride, (1970) however, in a popu- 

 lat account ol SnUiuhnp.\i\ divides 

 the genus tor convenience into two 

 sections- those with fat tails and 

 ilmsc with thin tails. Under such 

 Ml arrangement SniiniluipuK p\aint\u>- 

 pMllti falls naturally into the thin- 

 tinted section, where it may be 

 pluccd adjacent to V murina. Wiw 

 which ir shares a distinct similarity 

 of foot-pad Structure dental develop- 

 ment and overall cranial conforma- 

 tion. 



Rl t t-RIM is 



Coeknrm. h. I... IV55. Manual Of 

 Mamiimliidy. Burgess. Mlnncafotis. 



Rule. W D, I . 1 970. i Gxi.ir t<> the 

 Native MammnU m Australia, Oxford 

 t.'niversilv Prtivs. Melbourne. 



Ridjcway. R.. W2. OolOUf Smfoftli 

 and Colour KoniciH Innirc, author's 

 publication. Washington. 



A chin wlrtlqrn mi f.v 

 1 am particularly indebted to Mr 

 Mervyn Andrews of Mamblyn, Mrs. 

 I. I usconibe of Kyancutta. Mr. Den 

 nix I ichner of Bailey Plains and 

 Pastor Ivan Witiwer of Cleve. without 

 whose cu-uperalion the recent mat- 

 erial of Sminthopsis pftU&mfltfftilkJ 

 would never have reached tbc South 

 Australian Museum. I am also 

 extremelv grateful to Mr. John Mc- 

 Nally. Director, and Miss Joan 

 Dixon, Curator of Vertebrates at the 

 National Museum Victoria, for allow- 

 ing me to examine the Holottme. 



CORRECTION 



"In Vict. S'ut. 88: 74 (March 1971), under Exhibits. Scarvolu sp. ..fl. 

 nnetrb is mentioned as a new record for Vulom. feeing found nc-.n Annuello. 

 Further, more complete material, of this pistol has now been icccived a) the 

 National Herbarium, and full examination vhous that the idcntihcaiion glVfiO 

 above is incorrect. The Annucllo material and also some from Hattah Lakes 

 National Park, should be placed with 5. aeiuula. In Victoria this spec.es is 

 more commonly known Irom southern Hd eastern localities. ' 



April. 1971 



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