2 Mr. J. Gould on two new species of Kangaroos. 



and short fine black hairs, those on the edge of the upper lip 

 being rigid; base of the ears and occiput blackish vinous 

 brown; the remainder of the ears clothed externally with 

 short grizzled hairs, the tips of which are white, and the base 

 brown, forming a strong contrast with the dark colouring of 

 the lower part of the ear ; internally the ear is clothed with 

 long white hairs ; the blackish brown colouring of the occiput 

 is continued down the back of the neck and over the middle 

 of the back, becoming lighter as it proceeds downwards to- 

 wards the tail ; throat, fore part of the neck and chest brown- 

 ish white ; sides of the body, flanks, and under surface dull 

 cinnamon brown ; arms and hands grizzled brown externally, 

 becoming lighter on the inner surface and much darker to- 

 wards the extremities, the hair at the base of the nails being 

 blackish brown ; thighs, legs and feet similar to the fore-arms, 

 the toes and hairs at the base of the nail being lighter brown ; 

 a deep vinous brown mark extends along the ridge of the tail, 

 gradually passing into black at the tip ; the remainder of the 

 tail dull cinnamon brown. 



Female. — Similar in colour, but much lighter in every part. 



Adult 

 Male. female, 



ft. inch. ft. inch. 



Length from the nose to the extremity of the tail... 6 8 6 2 



. of tail 2 11 2 7 



tarsus and toes, including the nail 11 11^ 



arm and hand, including the nails 1 1 11^ 



face from the tip of the nose to the base ) n -, n - , 



of the ear f. ) ° 7 * ° 7 ^ 



ear 4^ 4| 



The other animal is a third species of that rare form to 

 which I have given the generic designation of Lagorchestes. It 

 is about the size of a rabbit ; the fur is long, dense, and very 

 soft to the touch ; the upper surface of the body beset with 

 numerous long, fine white-tipped hairs, extending beyond the 

 general fur nearly two inches, rendering it at once a most con- 

 spicuous and remarkable species. Like the two other mem- 

 bers of the genus the fore-feet are extremely small and the 

 claws sharp ; the ears, on the other hand, are larger in propor- 

 tion to the head than in either the L. conspicillata or L. Lepo- 

 ro'ides. 



The long white- tipped hairs has suggested for this animal 

 the name of 



Lagorchestes albipilis. 

 Lagorch. statura Cuniculi, et pilis longis albidis ultra vellus densum 



et permolle usque ad uncias duas productis conspiciendus. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



Nose, face and forehead grizzled brown and grayish white ; 



