44 LAGOSTROPHUUS. 



1. LAGOSTROPHUS FASCIATUS, Peron & Lesson, sp. (1807). 



Banded Hare -"Wallaby. 



Size small ; form light and graceful. Hair of muzzle growing 

 downwards to level of upper internal angle of nostril. Fur thick 

 and soft. General color above grizzled grayish-brown, arranged 

 posteriorly in black and white transverse bands ; below mixed 

 gray and white. Ears short, their backs gray. Arms and backs 

 of legs gray with a reddish tinge ; hands and feet yellowish-gray. 

 Tail uniformly clothed with close-set short hairs, yellowish-gray 

 above, dull yellow below. 



Dimensions. Head and body about eighteen inches ; tail about 

 thirteen inches. 



Habitat. West Australia. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 100, pis. xi. fig. 10 (rhin- 

 arium), xiii. fig. 4 (upper incisors, &c.)\ Gould, Mamm. Austr. 

 ii. pi. Ivi. 



Genus VII. DENDROLAGUS, Schlegelti Matter (1839 - 44). 



Form not macropine. Rhinarium broad, only partially naked, 

 very short scattered hairs being present down to the upper part 

 of the nasal septum. Fur on nape and sometimes on back directed 

 forwards. Anterior limbs stout and strong, nearly as large as 

 the posterior. Hind feet broad, the syndactylous second and third 

 toes not disproportionately smaller than the two outer. Claws 

 stout and strong, those on the fourth and fifth hind toes curved 

 like those on the hand. Tail very long, evenly and thickly haired. 



Dentition.-!. {-?, C. \, P. gj M. gg x 2 = 34. 

 Habits. Arboreal ; phytophagous. 



1. DENDROLAGUS LUMHOLTZI, Collett (1844). 

 Queensland Tree-Kangaroo. 



Size thick. Fur long and rather coarse, reversed from withers 

 to crown. Face black ; a paler band across the forehead. Ears 

 black without, yellow within ; the hairs short and coarse. Back 

 pale grizzled gray, sides and belly pale yellowish-white ; chin 

 black, chest white. Arms to wrists, and legs to ankle pale yellow; 

 wrists and ankles darker ; fingers and toes black. Tail mixed 

 black and pale yellow, the upper side the paler, but with a darker 

 patch near the base. 



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

 about the same length. 



Habitat. Herbert River District, Queensland. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 96, pi. xiii. fig. 1 (molars); 

 Collett, P.Z.S. 1884, p. 387, pi. xxxii. 



