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PHAftCOGALE FLAVIPK3. 
most part, freckled with yellow externally ; that on the belly 
is usually of a brilliant yellow-rust tint, but is sometimes 
palish oclireous, and the colour of the feet is the same in 
either case. The tail is clothed throughout with short hairs, 
but at the point they are a trifle longer, and form a small 
tuft. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from tip of nose to root of tail ... 5 4 
“ of tail . 3 2 
11 from nose to ear ... .. ... 1 1$ 
“ of ear ... ... ... . 5} 
4 * of tarsus . .. 9J 
The fleshy pads on the under surface of the feet are trans¬ 
versely striated ; the outer tarsal pad is very long, extending 
from the base of the inner toe, or thumb, to the proximal 
extremity of the metatarsal bones : the remaining naked 
portions of the foot are apparently smooth, or very indis¬ 
tinctly tuberculated. The skull is rather short, and broad, 
and very flat above ; the palate presents two short incisive 
foramina, and two posterior palatal openings situated opposite 
the penultimate and antepenultimate molar teeth. Its dimen¬ 
sions are given hereafter. 
Ant echinus Stuart ii . MacLkay. 
Lnder the above generic and specific names Mr. W. S. Mac- 
Loav characterises an animal, obtained at Spring Cove, near 
Sydney, which, I strongly suspect, will prove to he the Pha*- 
cogale Jlavipes; the very short specific description given by 
Mr. MacLeav, however, does not enable me to satisfv mvself 
upon this point. The animal is said to be of a fulvous 
colour, but having the limbs, internally, and the abdomen 
whitish : the tail nearly equal to the body in length; and the 
whole length of the animal, to the tip of the tail, inches. 
