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clunibus, et regione circum-oculari, rufo-brunne'is ; corpore subtiis 

 cinerescenti-albo ; rostro, auribus postice , digitis anticis posti- 

 cUgue nigris ; lined albescenti vix distinctd ab angulo oris, ad 

 genas excurrente ; caudd cinerescente, ad apicem nigrd, et subtus 

 sordide flavesccnti-albd. 



unc. lin. 

 Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudse basin .... 24 10 



cauda 24 ^ 



ab apice rostri ad marginėm oculi . . 3 O 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris 5 10 



tarsi digitorumgue (sine unguibus) . . 8 9 



auris 3 1 



Hub. Nova Cambria Australi. 



" The fur of this animal is rather long and moderately soft ; the 

 longest hairs on the middle of the back measure about two inches, 

 and the shorter about one and a half inches in length. Its general 

 line is a very deep gray, inclining to black on the back, somewhat 

 paler on the sides of the body, and a rust-like tint is observable on 

 the back of the neck and base of ears externally, over the haunches 

 and shoulders andin the region of the eye. The under parts of the 

 body, and the inner side and fore part of the hinder legs, are of a 

 grayish white colour. The muzzle is black, and the crown of the 

 head is brown black ; an obscure whitish line extends backwards 

 from the corners of the mouth, and becomes obliterated on the cheeks ; 

 the hairs on the lips are dirty \vhite ; the chin is blackish. The ears 

 are furnished with \vhite hairs internally, and longish black hairs 

 externally, excepting at the base. Tlie limbs externally are of the 

 šame hue as the sides of the body ; the fore feet, and the toes of the 

 hind feet are black, the outer side of the heel is also black. The 

 hairs of the tail (excepting at the base, where they are of the šame 

 colours and character as those of the body) are rather harsh, black, 

 and broadly annulated \vith sUvery white near the apex ; the general 

 tint is hoary gray, the -vvhite portion of each hair being most conspi- 

 cuous ; the apex of the tail is black, and on this part the hairs are 

 long and form a kind of tuft ; the under side of the tail is M'hite. 

 The hairs on the uj^per part of the body are of a deep slate colour at 

 the base, the remaining portion of each hair is black annulated with 

 white, or more generally with pale rust colour ; on the under parts 

 of the body, the hairs are of a deep slate colour with the apical por- 

 tion white. 



" The above descriptions and dimensions are taken from an adult 

 malė ; the two females in the Society's Museum are of a smaller 

 size and paler colour, their prevailing tint being reddish gray : 

 around the entrance to the pouch the hairs are of a deep rūsty brown 

 colour." 



A species of Mouse from the Cape of Good Hope was next de- 

 scribed by Mr. Waterhouse under the name of 



Mus suBsriNOsus. M. pilis siibapinosis, corpore svprcl fuscescenti- 



