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PIIALANG18TA MACULATA. 
internally and externally; the forehead and upper surface of 
the muzzle are on the same plane; the muzzle is pointed and 
attenuated; like the forehead it is clothed with rust coloured 
hairs; the eyes are encircled with brown. The body and 
outer side of the limbs are of an ashy grey colour, clouded 
with brown; the throat and under side of the neck are white, 
and the abdomen and inner side of the thighs are impure 
white. The hairs covering the toes are black; the nails yel¬ 
low; the fur of the tiiil is of an ashy reddish tint, and some¬ 
what dusky towards the naked part. 
Of the Phalangista macroura Messrs. Lesson and Gamot 
state that they had only seen one specimen. Now that spe¬ 
cimen, excepting in having the tail longer in proportion to 
the body, it would appear resembles the young of P. maculata , 
and the describers should have informed us whether the 
dimensions w ere taken from a stuffed specimen or not, and 
whether the conditions of the skull and teeth indicated that 
the animal was adult. 
