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the tail nearly equal to the head and body in length ; the tarsi very 

 slender ; the fur very long and soft, and its general hue pale ashy 

 grey ; on the hinder part of the back a slight brownish tint, produced 

 by a very fine and indistinct pencilling of dusky or pale greyish yel- 

 low ; the lower part of the sides of the body and the whole of the 

 under parts white, but not quite pure, having a faint greyish hue ; the 

 head grey-white, pencilled with black ; the sides of the muzzle whitej 

 the ears well-clothed with minute greyish white hairs ; the feet white, 

 and if we except some scattered blackish hairs on the upper surface, 

 the tail also white. 



Hapalotis murinus. Hap. vellere permolli, corpore suprd, pallide 

 Jlavo, nigroque penicillato, lateribus corporis jlavis ; guld abdomi- 

 nis, caudd, pedibusque albis ; caudd supj'd, indistincte nigro peni- 

 cillatd; auribus magnis, subovatis, pilis minutis albis vestitis. 



unc. lin. 

 Longitude ab apice rostri ad caudse basin. ... 5 6 



Cauda 3 9 



ab apice rostri ad basin auria .... 1 3 



auris 10 



' tarsi digitorumque 1 0§ 



Hab. Plains near the Namoi, New South Wales. 

 This animal is remarkable for the extreme softness and delicate 

 colourhig of its fur, which on both the upper and under parts of the 

 body is of a slate-grey tint next the skin, but on the under parts of a 

 pure white colour externally, except on the mesial line of the abdo- 

 men, where there is a slight yellow tint ; on the upper parts and 

 sides of the body the exposed portions of the hairs are of a delieate 

 ochreous yellow, but on the back there is a considerable admixture 

 of black, the points of the hairs being of that colour ; ears rather large 

 and nearly of an oval form, tolerably well-clothed with small hairs, 

 of a white colour, excepting on the fore-part of the outer surface, 

 where they assume a dusky greyish hue ; tail nearly equal in length 

 to the body, tolerably well- clothed with hairs, but not so thickly as 

 to hide the scales ; these hairs, though short, are longer, more nume- 

 rous and much less harsh than is usual in the true Rats ; on the sides 

 and under part of the tail they are pure white, and on the upper 

 surface some are white and others blackish, but chiefly white on the 

 apical portion ; sides of the muzzle white ; hairs of the moustaches 

 moderate, black at the root, but greyish at the point. 



PoDABRUS MACROURUS. Pod. ciuereus uigro penicillatus ; lateribus 

 corporis flavescentibus, guld, abdomine pedibusque albis ; capite 

 suprd lined nigrd longitudinali notato ; oculis nigro cinctis ; auri- 

 bus mediocribus intus pilis flavis, extus nigrescentibus obsitis ; 

 caudd crassissimd ad apicem attenuatd, pilis minutis, suprd nigro 

 flavoque variegatis, subtiis albescentibus , vestitd. 



unc. lin. 

 Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudae basin. ... 3 9 



Cauda 3 2 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris .... 1 0^ 



auris 5 



' tai'si digitorumque 8^ . 



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