MDELPJIYS OPOSSUM. 
480 
Length from tip of nose to root of tail 
44 of tail ... ... . . 
44 of hairy portion of ditto 
Width of the tail at the root 
From tip of nose to eye 
Mall. 
Indies. Lines. 
10 3 
9 2 
2 2 
1 7 
1 1 
Fkmalk. 
Inches, lanes. 
10 3 
10 3 
2 3 
1 3 
The above account is token from Temminck, who more¬ 
over states that the skull of the D. Opossum greatly 
resembles that of D. Quica, blit that in the former animal 
the upper surface of the cranium forms a straight and de¬ 
scending line, whilst in I). Quica the central portion of the 
skull is elevated. 
The Four-spotted Opossum 1 is very common in Guiana, 
and is found also in Brazil, hut apparently in less abundance 
in the last mentioned district. 
1 The French call this animal Didtlphe Qwa/re-fle#/, the conspicuons 
white spots on the forehead being compared to a second pair of eyes. I have 
applied the English name, Four-spotted, on account of there being two pair* 
of spots on the head ; the second pair arc wanting, or scarcely traceable, in the 
other Opo.-suins, which, like the present species, hare spot* above the eyes. 
