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Halmaturus Dama. Hal. vellere fusco , canescente, rubescente ad 

 nuckam, ad dorsum imum, et per artus anticos;facie cinered rufo 

 lavatd ; fronte spatio inter aures, auribusque eiterrie nigresccnti- 

 cinereis ; artubus posticis pallidefuscis ; caudd canescente, corpore 

 inferiore pallide cinereo. 

 General colour of the fur grizled browii, becoming of a reddish 

 tint on the back of the neck, arms and rump ; face grey, washed vvith 

 rufous on the forehead ; outside of the ears and the space between 

 blackish grey; hinder legs light brown ; tail grizled grey; under 

 surface of the body pale grey. yt. In. 



Length from the nose to the extremity of the tail .... 2 11 



oftail 1 H 



of tarsus and toes, including the nail O 5f 



of arm and hand, including the nails O 4į 



of face from the tip of the nose to base of ear , O 4 



of ear O 2^ 



This animal is closely allied to and is nearly the šame size as H. 

 Tlietidis, but has much larger ears, and the fur much more dense and 

 lengthened ; the base of the fur is bluish grey, to which succeeds 

 reddish brown, then silvery -fthite, the extreme tips being black. 



The above is the description of a female ; the malė will doubtless 

 prove to be of larger size. 



It is very numerous on the islands of the Houtmann's Abrolhos, 

 and also inhabits Western Australia, \vhere it is called 'Dama' by 

 the aborigines. 



Lagorchestes hiksutds. Lag. arenaceo-fulvus , dorso griseo irro- 



rato ; spatio ciraimoculari conspicue rubescenti-fulvo ; auribus 



mediocribus, externe cinereo -f uscis, intus pilis albidis obsitis,pedi- 



bus flavescenti-fulvis. 



General colour of the fur, particularly on the hind quarters and 



under surface, rich sandy buff ; that of the head and back havang a 



grizled appearance, occasioned by each hair having a mark of grey- 



ish \vhite near the tip ; the fur, M'hich is exceedingly soft, is blackish 



brown at the base, then rufous, the \vhole beset with numerous hairs, 



■wliich graduaUy increase in length to\vards the lower part of the 



body, where they exceed the general length of the fur by nearly tvvo 



inches, and being of a rich rufous tint, give the animal a very con- 



spicuous appearance; broad space round the eye reddish bufF; ears 



moderately large, greyish brown externally, and clothed \vith whitish 



hairs within ; feet nearly uniform yellowish bufF. p^ j^ 



Length from tip of nose to tip of tail 2 3i 



of tail O 101 



of tarsus and toes, including nail O 5į 



of arm and hand, including nails O 2į 



of face from tip of nose to base of ear O 3| 



of ear O 1| 



The above is the description of a malė, from the York district of 

 Westem Australia, where it is called by the aborigines ' \Voo-rup.* 



