OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 403 



the sides and chest. The head above is of an ashy tint pencilled 

 with blackish hairs ; the hairs on the back are dark brown tipped 

 with fawn, and mixed with them are longer hairs of a jet black 

 color slightly stiflfer than the rest ; the feet are clothed with very 

 short, light brown, or fawn-coloured hair ; the hands almost 

 naked ; no hair on the fiagers ; the toes and hind feet are 

 covered with similar short, light fawn-coloured hair ; there are 

 also a few long straggling hairs on the chest, throat, and under 

 side of the arms of the same colour ; the bristles on the snout 

 are long and black. The ears blackish without, light fawn-colour 

 within, almost naked, sparingly clothed with minute fawn- 

 coloured hairs ; they are rather small for the size of the animal ; 

 the inner margin is rounded at the base, the outer rather straight 

 to the tips, which are slightly rounded ; in the hollow of the ear 

 are two transverse naked parallel folds with a narrow deep 

 fissure between them (fig 2 and 8). Palate with eight trans- 

 verse ridges ; on the outer margin near the base a well defined 

 lateral fold. Feet roughened below with flattish scales. Tail 

 about one-third the length of the body, scaly above, covered 

 with transverse flattish scaly tubercles below, to the very 

 tip, blackish above for about two-thirds of its length, from 

 thence fawn-color to the tip, sparingly clothed with short hair. 

 The snout naked and marked with parallel longitudinal lines at 

 the tip; the median fissure distinct. 



Nails on three fingers only ; first and fifth finger almost rudi- 

 mentary, and without nails ; on the second and third the nails 

 are well developed, long, pointed, of a light horn color, with the 

 base black. Nails of the hind feet on four toes, horn color 

 darker at the base, rather short, thick, and strong ; those on the 

 conjoined toes curved, and diverging. 



Teeth. Incisors 3^, canines-}^, premolars -|^ , molars ^^. 

 The third incisor of the lower jaw very much hooked laterally- 

 (Fig. 6, i.) 



The last of the premolars, and the third of the molars, are 

 the largest in both jaws. The canines are comparatively small 

 and much worn down. 



Measurements from skin preserved in spirits. Adult male : — 



