MURINE PHASCOGALE. 
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fourth specimen from King George’s Sound, and contained 
in the British Museum collection, differs in having the 
colouring less dark, and, indeed, very closely resembling that 
of Phascogale albipes ; its size and proportions may be 
gleaned from an inspection of the fourth column. 
Male. 
Female. 
Male. 
Ins. Lines. 
Ins. Lines. 
Ins. Lines. 
Ins. Lines. 
Length from nose to root of tail... 
3 9 
3 8 
3 6 
3 10 
“ of tail .. 
3 2 
3 0 
3 3 
3 1 
“ from nose to ear. 
1 0 
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“ of ear ... . 
5 
5 
5 
4| 
lt of hind foot and nails 
8 
7f 
8 
8 
PHASCOGALE {Antechinus) MURINA. 
Murine Phascogale. 
Phascogale murina . Waterhouse, Proceedings of the Zoological Society for 
July, 1837, Pt. 5, p. 76. Naturalists’ Library, 
vol. xi. (Marsupialia), p. 143, PI. 10. 
Pur very soft: upper parts of the body ashy grey, under parts 
white ; feet and tail also white; tail silvery white ; ears 
moderate ; clothed with minute pale hairs, but brownish in 
front on the outer surface. Eyes encircled with black. 
Inhabits New South Wales. 
The Phascogale marina is considerably smaller than P. 
albipes; its general colouring is paler, and its tail is uni¬ 
division between the small and large intestines, and may be regarded as repre¬ 
senting a coecum in a very rudimentary condition. Around the base of the 
swelling in question, the wall of the intestine was slightly incrassated. 
