Fur of the upper part conspicuously bicoloured, black for
nearly two-thirds of its length, th e remainder being olive
brown, with the extreme tip s darker. F u r of the throat
and flanks uniformly brownish white, of all th e rest of the
under p a rt black a t base and brownish white a t the end.
Inhab, Western Austi-alia.
N y c t o p h il u s m a jo r . The larger Nyctophile.
Plate 21, fig, 2.
Mr. Tomes, since these figures were made, has described
three species from A u s tra lia ; N'. Timorensis, from W. Australia,
N GmUdii, from Moreton Pay, N. unicolor, from
Van Diemen’s Land, and I am not qu ite sure to which of
these species th e above figure refers.
M y s t a c in a t u b e r c u l a t a . The Mystacine.
P late 22, fig. 1.
Mystacina tuberculata, Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 34,1843 ;
App. Dieffenh. Trav. N. Z., 296, 1843 ; Zool. Voy. Sulphur
ii., 23 ; Tomes, P.Z.S., 1857, 138.
Inhab. New Zealand.
1 a t fii-st thouglit th is was the little Bat named and
figured as Vespertilio tuberculata by Forster, collected
during Cook’s voyages, tlie drawings of which are iu the
Banksian Libmry, British Museum, and of whicli Lichtenstein
published Forster’s MS. descriptions and notes in
1844, b u t Mr. Tomes, who has found in tlie Briti.sh Museum
two kinds of Bats from New Zealand, believes th a t the one
which is a Scotophilus is the one which Forster describe«.!,
on account of the number of incisors he indicates, and he
describes it as Scotophilus tuhermlatus, P.Z.S., 1857,154, pi.
43, and he also describes and figures th e one th a t I have
tlescribed as Mystacina tuberculata, P.Z.S., 1857,138, pi. 44.
MoLOSSUS N o r f o l k e n s is , The Norfolk Island Bull-dog
Bat.
Pla te 22, fig. 2.
Molossus australis. Gray; Gould,Mamm. Austr. iii.,pi. 31.
A n t e c i i in u s f l a v ip e s .
P la te 26, fig. 2.
rtavipes, Waterh., P.Z.S., 1837, 75.
Antechinus flavipes, Gould, Mamm. Austr. i., pi. 40 ;
Krefi, P.Z.S., 1866, 432.
F u r brownish yellow, intermixed with black hair. Under
side of body and limbs yellow, Throat whitish. 'I'ail as
long as the body, blacki.sh, beneath yellow, clothed with
short appressed hairs.
Inhab. New South Wales north of Huntei-’s Kiver.
Antechinus Stuartii, MacLeay, Aim. & Mag. Nat. Hist,
viii., 242, has been thought to be identical with this species,
AVaterh., N. H. Mamm. i„ 419.
A n t e c h in u s a f k in is .
P la te 25, fig, 3.
Phascogale affiiiis. Gray, App. Grey’s Narrative, 406.
Above brown, grizzled, with yellowish brown tips to the
liairs ; beneath g rey-brow n; u nder fu r lead colour. 'J'ail
short. Male d a rk e r; length of body and head 64, tail 44
inclies. Female, length of body and head 44, ta il 2 f indies.
Inhab. Tasman’s Peninsular {Gould).
Mr. Waterhouse considers this species and Phascogale
m inima varieties of Antechinus jlaripes.
A n t e c h in u s l e u c o p u s .
P late 27, fig. 2.
Phascogale leucopus. Gray, A n n . & Mag. Nat. Hist., x.,
1842, 261.
Podabrus leucopus, Gould, Mamm. Austr. i.,p l. 35.
Fur grey, washed w ith blackish, bead ra th e r redder. Lips,
chin, throat, chest, inside of limbs, and feet white. Tail
slender, lower half w hite, upper blackish brown. Ears large.
Inhab- Australia.
This species is distinguished from P. leucogader, Gray,
by the feet being white.
A n t e c h in u s c r a s s ic a u d a t u s .
P la te 26, fig. 1.
Phascogale crassicaudata, Gould, P.Z.S., 1844, 105,
Podabru,s crassicaudatus, Gould, Mamm. Austr. i., pi. 47.
F u r moderately long and soft, above ash coloured with a
yellow tint. Under-side o f th e body and feet pure white.
Ears moderate, clothed with pale hairs, and with a large
blackish spot externally. Eyes encircled with blackish
hairs. Tail short, much swollen, especially in th e middle,
and clothed throughout with minute pale hairs.
Inhab. Western Australia.
Size of the common mouse, and coloured like Mus
sylvaticus.
A n t e c h in u s a l b ip e s .
P la te 27, fig. 1.
Phascogale albipes, Waterh., P.Z.S., 1842, 48.
Podabrus albipes, Gould, Mamm. Austr. i., pi. 43.
F u r extremely soft, upper p a rt of body brownish, the
hairs deep slate colour a t th e base, annulated with yellow,
and witli a black tip. Under-side of body greyish white,
hairs deep grey with white tips. Feet white. Tail long,
covered with many minute hairs, brownish above and paler
beneath.
[nhab. Western Australia.
A n t e c h in u s S w a in s o n il
P la te 25, fig. 1-
Phascogale Swainsonii, Waterh., Mag. Nat. Hist, iv., 304
Antechinus Swainsonii, Gould, Mamm. Austr. i.,p l. 34.
F u r long, and moderately soft. Above brown, deeper on
the hinder p a rt of the back. Hairs annulated, and tipped
with yellowish, Feet uniform dusty brown. Tail clothed
v'ith small appressed dusty brown hairs.
Inhab. Van. Diemen’s Land.
A n t e c h in u s l e u c o g a s t e r .
Pla te 25, fig. 2.
Phascogale leucogaster, Gray, App. Grey's Narrative ii.,
407.
Antechinus leucogaster, G^-ay, L ist Mamm. Brit. Mus..
99 ; Gould, Mamm. Austr., i., pi. 38.
F ur ra th e r soft, above dark brownish grey, tinted with
rusty brown behind, and beset witii numerous fine black
hairs. Ears sparingly clothed with minute pale coloured
iiairs. Chin and under-surface greyish white. Tail dusky,
darker a t apex.
Inhab. W. Australia.
A n t e c h in u s a p ic a l is .
Pla te 27, fig. 3.
apicalis. Gray, A n n . & Mag. Nat. Hist. ix.
Antechinus apicalis, Gray, List. Mamm. Bril. Mva., 99 ;
Gould, Mamm. Austr. i., pi. 39.
F u r above reddish brown, interspersed with numerous
black hairs, with white tips. Outside of fore and hind legs
rufous. Chin and beneath whitish. Tail like back, blacker
a t tip, covered with rigid hairs.
Inhab. W. and S. Australia.
P h a s c o g a l e c a l u b u s .
Plate 26, fig. 3.
Phascogale calurus, Gcndd, P.Z.S., 1844, 105.
Phascogale calura, Gould, Mamm., Austr., pi. 32.
Cinereous, under-side and feet white, indistinctly yellow
tinted. Tail longer th an the body, th e basal h a lf with short
rufous hairs, apical p a rt with long black hairs. Ears large,
with yellow hairs a t the base.
Inhab. Western Australia.
Allied to P. penicillata, b u t smaller.
H a p a l o x is m e l a n u r a .
Plate 29, fig. 2.
Hapalotis melanura, Gould, P.Z.S. ; Gray, List. Mamm.
Brit. Mus., 1843, 115. •
F ur harsh. Upper surface and sides sandy brown, with
numerous long black hairs, the surface bufi'y white. Tail
black.
Mr. Gould has described a somewhat similar species,
which the B iitish Museum has received, collected by M r.
Elsey iu th e interior of Australia, under the name of
Hapalotis hemileucura, P.Z.S., 1857, 243, it differs from
H. melanura in th e tip of the ta il being white,
H a p a l o t is a l b ip e s .
P late 28, fig. 1.
Hapalotis albipes, Lichtenstein, Do.rstellung, pi. 29 ; Gould.
Mamm. Austr. iii., ^7. 1.
Couilurus constructor, Ogilby, Linn. Trans, xiii., 125.
Inhab. New Holland.
H a p a l o t is l o n g ic a u d a t a .
P la te 29, fig. 1.
Hapalotis longicaudata, Gould, P.Z.S., 1844,104 ; Mamm.
Austr. iii., p i. 8.