Miivida' from Centra t Australia. 117 



Conilupus pedunculatus. 



Waite. Report Horn Expetl., 1S9G, II., p. 395, pi. 25, fig. 1. 



The collection includes several examples of this peculiar species, 

 not differing from the typical ones previously described. A 

 greater proportion, have however, the tail perfect ; a certain 

 number have, as before, suffered fracture, and in one case union 

 had taken place with the fractured portion twisted out of its 

 proper direction. 



A fair series has previously been measured and the information 

 thus obtained need not be augmented, but it may be advisable to 

 compare the dimensions of the head and body with those of tl^e 

 tail, for the imperfect condition of the majority previously 

 received precluded the possibility of an adequate comparison. 



These specimens are from Alice Springs, Central Australia, 

 whence also the types were obtained. 



PODANOMALUS, gen. nov. 



General characters, murine. Hind limbs lengthened, the hind 

 foot long, with a diminished number of pads, son)e of wdiich may 

 be very small. 



Podanomalus longicaudatus. Fig. 2. 



Hap.alotis loinrkaudatus. Gould, P. Z. 8., 1844, p. 104. 



Hapalotis ;iiifche/Ii\ Spencer (as of Ogilby). Report Horn 

 Exped. II., p. 10. 



Mamra. Aust., iii., pi. 8. 



This species is represented by several examples which agree in 

 all important particulars with the description and figure as 

 lendered by Gould. The white hairs of the tail, when present, 

 appear to be developed chiefly on the lower surface, and in none 

 of the specimens collected are they so numerous as to produce the 

 white tip mentioned by this writer. 



