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or less distinct fold. Tail thick at the base, scaly, more or less covered 

 with hair, which is thickest on the under side. 



A. The hinder Fold of the hinder upper cutting Teeth nearly twice as long as 

 the front ones, making the Tooth appear notched near the Centre. 



Halmaturus ualabdtus, Kangurus ualabdtus ? Lesson. Tail moderate, 

 covered with longish, soft , close-set hair, rather tufted at the tip. 

 Face, streak on the forehead, feet, and tip of tail, blackish. Cheeks 

 grey. The fold of the hinder cutting teeth subposterior. 



This is the species usually called the Whallabee in England. But 

 there is another species in museums of the zoological societies, which 

 better agrees with M. Lesson's descriptions, in being darker, more 

 rufous, and in having the head, round the base of the ears, dark fulvous. 

 It may be called H. Lessd?iii. 



Halmaturus dlbus, Katigiirus dlbus Gray. Nearly like the former; but 



~ whitish, or white. Tail covered with close-set hair, rather tufted at the 

 end, and the'fold of the hinder cutting teeth nearly posterior. 



Halmaturus dorsdlis. Tail moderate, covered with very short close-set hair. 



, The hinder upper cutting teeth with a centre plait, and the front one 

 with a subanterior groove. Fur black, rufous, and grey grizzled. Neck 

 and limbs pale rufous. Feet, and streak on the upper part of back, black. 



Halmaturus Derbidnus. Tail rather short, thick, covered with short 

 close-pressed hairs. Hinder upper cutting teeth rather small, with a 

 very slight plait, rather behind the centre. Fur black, reddish, and 

 grey grizzled. Neck and legs rufous, with a dark streak on the nape. 



Inhabits >. Menagerie of Lord Derby, now in Mus. Zool. Soc, 



Peculiar for the small size and simplicity of the hinder cutting teeth. 



Halmaturus Pdrryi, Macropus Pdrryi Bennett Trans. Zool. Soc. Tail 

 elongate, compressed, with short adpressed hairs above, and a band 

 of larger close-pressed hairs beneath; tip slightly tufted. Hinder 

 upper cutting teeth with a distinct subcentral fold. Fur grey. Face 

 blackish, with a broad pure white streak across the cheek. Mus. 

 Zool. Soc. 



Nex. pallida. Pale reddish-grey. Face, backs of ears, and middle of the 

 back, rather redder ; face streak, lips, tail, and beneath, white. Feet 

 and tip of tail darker, varied. Mus. Brit. 

 Inhabits Swan River : called Wallaroo. 



B. The hinder Fold of the hinder upper cutting Tooth scarcely larger than the 

 front one, so that the Tooth appears only notched behind. Front In- 

 cisor short, simple. — Thylo'gale Gray. 



Halmaturus Eugenii Schinz. Kangurus Eugenii Desm. Tail moderate 

 tapering, covered with rather short scattered hairs, showing the rings 

 of square scales, and with a band of close-set long adpressed hairs be- 

 neath. Fur brown, slightly grizzled. Nape rufous. Tail, above, dark ; 

 beneath, white. 



Inhabits Swan River. British Museum, and Zoological Society. 



Petro'gale Gray. Muzzle bald, distinct. Canine teeth none ; the upper 

 cutting teeth unequal ; front rather longest, and incurved ; the hinder 

 one hatchet-shaped, dilated at the top, and notched in the centre 

 (scarcely folded). The tail cylindrical, covered with long rather rigid 

 hairs, forming a tuft at the tip. 



Pelrogale penicillatus Gray. Macropus penicillatus Gray. Ears, shoulders, 

 thighs, tail, and streak on the nape, blackish. Lips, and narrow streak 

 on the chest, white. Cheeks greyish. 



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