OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 9 



about 2 '6 inches ; distance from incisor teeth to base of last 

 molar, 1*05 inches ; to anterior margin of orbit, 0'85 inches. 

 Teeth, incisors f :-§-, strong and even, not crowded ; canines \l\, the 

 upper large, strong, length 0*3 inch ; premolars, f:f, the upper 

 1st, minute, at the base of ,the canine, the 2nd upper large, com- 

 pressed anteriorly ; the 1st lower distinct, about the size of the 

 last upper molar, the 2nd large and strong; molars -§;•§-, the last 

 above, small ; the last below smaller. The wings are attached to 

 the first joint of the second toe and to the sides of the back ; the 

 interfemoral membrane extends to the ankle ; penis bone short, 

 thick, length 0'3 inch ; the snout, lips, and chin blackish, nearly 

 bare, with a few scattered, long black hairs on the face ; the 

 throat and sides of the jaws below and the chest black ; breast 

 and all the under surface blackish chocolate-brown, soft, and 

 cottony ; the back above blackish-brown ; the hair close- 

 pressed, silky, in a narrow strip down the centre of the back, 

 widening on the rump and extending to the knee-joint and 

 inner part of the interfemoral membrane where the hair is 

 longer ; the legs and membrane from the knees bare to the 

 ankles ; a strong sinew from a little (0*4 inch) above the ankle- 

 joint to the margin of the interfemoral membrane. Wings, above 

 naked, except a narrow strip of reddish hair along the humerus ; 

 below they are sparingly clothed, with rather long silky hair 

 along the sides of the arm bones and below the elbow joint, 

 reaching nearly to the knees. The face and upper parts of the 

 head are dark chocolate-brown, extending round the base of the 

 ears, and in some specimens in a triangular or irregular patch 

 down the occiput ; the nape from the base of the ears, the back 

 and sides of the neck and upper part of the back itself, are of a 

 yellowish tint ; on either side of the neck, near the chest, is a 

 round brush-like tuft of stiff yellowish brown, unctuous hair, and 

 between these tufts is a broad band, extending round the back of 

 the neck, of harsh, unctuous hairs directed backwards, of a 

 deep yellow tint in some, in others of a dull yellowish brown ; 

 these hairs are individually flattish and twisted and are found 

 only in the male. 



