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Total lengtH from anus to tip of snout, 20 inches ; with the tail, 

 27'9 ; circumference of tail at base, ]'6; at half an inch from 

 the tip, 7 ; length of hand, 2"1 ; of the foot, 39 ; radius, 2 9 ; 

 tibia from malleolus, 4*4 ; from tip of snout to base of the ear, 

 4'5 ; from tip of snout to eye, 2"5. 



Skull. Leugth, 4*5 inches ; across zygomatic arches posteriorly 

 1'7 ; anteriorly, 1*4; breadth at the base of posterior limb of 

 zogomatic arch, 1*2 in.; breadth opposite centre of arch, 055 in.; 

 greatest width between orbit, 0*8 in. Occipital crest very promi- 

 nent, deeply concave and expanding behind laterallly ; greatest 

 width posteriorly, 12 in. ; occipital foramen, height 0*4 in. ; 

 greatest width, 5 in. ; auditory bullae small (apparently broken 

 away). Nasal bones : length, 2 02 inches, width anteriorly, 

 0'25, width behind, 0'3. Length of zygomatic arch outside, 1'7; 

 inside, 1"25 ; width of zygomatic arch inside, 0.5. Height of 

 skull from upper margin of foramen magnum to vertex, 0'85 ; 

 greatest width behind, 1*2 ; length of anterior palatal suture, 

 0'4; posterior ditto, 0"5 x 0"2 ; distance from incisor tooth to 

 posterior margin of the palate, 2*55 ; distance from 1st incisors 

 to posterior margin of canine, 0"8 ; to the anterior margin of 

 canine, 0*6 ; width of canine, 0'2 ; distance from anterior margin 

 of incisor to posterior margin of last molar, 2'35; from anterior 

 margin ot 1st premolar to the posterior margin of 3rd, 0*72 ; 

 distance from 1st incisor to posterior margin of 5th, 0*5 ; 

 distance between 6th incisor and canine, 0*09 ; between canine 

 and 1st premolar, 0*15 ; between 1st and 2nd premolar, 0*1 ; 

 between 2nd and 3rd premolars, 05 ; width of 3rd premolar, 

 0'2 ; whole range of the premolars, 0*75 ; range of the four 

 molars, 07 ; width of the canine at base, 0-2 ; height of the 

 canine, 0*2. 



The very exact and carefully drawn figures, so kindly sketched 

 for me by my friend Baron Miklouho Maclay, will give a better 

 idea of the parts than a verbal description. 



Explanation of Plate. 

 All the figures (with the exception of Jig. 1) are of the natural size. 

 Fig. 1. — Perameles hroadbentii, Rams. Ad. (^ from a photograph 

 of the stuffed specimen in the Australian Museum, Sydney j 

 about one-ninth of the natural size. 



