MACROPUS. 



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Dimensions. Head and body about twenty-five inches; tail 

 about sixteen inches. 



Habitat. Victoria; New South Wales ; South Queensland. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 52, pis. viii. fig. 3 (upper 

 vieiv of skull) and x. fig. 9 (fourth premolar) ; Gould, Mamni. 

 Austr. ii. pis. xxxi., xxxii. 



6. MACROPUS STIGMATICUS, Gould, sp. (1860). 

 Branded Wallaby. 



Size medium; form light and slender. Rhinarium with a central 

 upward projection; lower part continued tothelip. Fur short, close, 

 and rather coarse. General color above rufous-gray, the gray 

 predominating in front, the rufous behind; below white. Crown, 

 cheeks, and region round the base of the ear deep rust-color. An 

 indistinct pale cheek-stripe with a rufous line below it. Back of 

 ears, occiput, and nape brown; an indistinct darker nuchal stripe, 

 two lateral longitudinal bright rusty bands. Hip-stripe yellowish, 

 very prominent. Arms rufous, legs brilliant rust-color, hands 

 and feet gray or rufous-gray ; tips of toes brown. Tail gray- 

 brown above ; whitish below. 



Dimensions. Head and body about twenty-eight inches ; tail 

 about fifteen inches. 



Habitat. North-eastern Queensland. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 47, pi. x. fig. 7 (fourth 

 premolar); Gould, Mamm. Austr. ii. pis. xxxiii., xxxiv. 



7. MACROPUS WILCOXI, McCoy, sp. (1866). 

 Bed-legged Wallaby. 



Size small; essential characters as in L. stigmaticus, but the 

 fur is longer and softer and the colors less brilliant. Base of 

 outside of ear rusty. Flanks gray ; legs from the thighs rusty- 

 red. Hip-stripe almost or wholly obsolete ; tip of tail usually 

 white. Belly grayish-white. 



Dimensions. Head and body about twenty-four inches ; tail 

 about fourteen inches. 



Habitat. New South Wales ; Southern Queensland. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 48, pis. viii. fig. 2 (upper 

 view of skull), and x. fig. 8 (fourth premolar). 



8. MACROPUS COXENI, Gray, sp. (1866). 



Cape York Wallaby. 



Size small ; form rather stout and thick. Rhinarium with a 

 central upward projection. Fur short, close, and coarse. General 

 color above dark sandy-gray ; below white. Face-markings 

 inconspicuous ; a faint light cheek-stripe. Back of ears, occiput, 



