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July 8. 1845. 



William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Gould exhibited to the Meeting five new species of Mam- 

 mals : — 



Mus LiNEOLATUS. M. vellere longo, molli fusco-cmereo corpore 

 subtus cinerascenti-albo indistincte fluvo-lavato ; auribus mediocri- 

 bus extus pilis nigris postici cinerascentibus vestitis ; pedibus albis ; 

 caudd albd suprd. nigrescentibus . 



unc. lin. 

 Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudse basin. ... 5 4 



cauda 4 5 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris .... 1 2 



auris O 1\ 



tarsi digitorumąue 1 2|- 



Hab. Open plains, Darling Downs, New South Wales. 

 Fur long and very soft ; the hairs of the back of a deep slate-grey, 

 with the exposed portion of a dirty yellowish hue, and the points 

 black ; long interspersed black pointed hairs are abundant on the 

 back, and give a deep general tint to that part ; sides of the body 

 greyish yellovv, under parts grey-white, faintly sufFused with yel- 

 lowish ; the hairs on these parts of a deepish grey, excepting at the 

 l)oint ; hairs of the moustaches rather small and black ; eye encircled 

 ■with black ; ears of moderate size and well-covered -vvith minute hairs ; 

 those on the outer side black, excepting on the hinder part, where 

 they assume a greyish white tint, likę those on the inner side of the 

 ear ; feet rather small and white ; the fore-ones greyish at the wrist, 

 and the tarsi indistinctly suffused with yello'wish ; tail about equal 

 in length to the head and body, well-clothed -svith smallish hairs, 

 which do not perfectly hide the scales ; those on the upper surface 

 chiefly brownish black, slightly pencilled with whitish in parts ; on 

 the sides and under part white. 



Mus GRACiLiCAUDATUS. M. vellere longo molli cinerascenti-fusco ; 

 corpore subtils albo, indistinctl flavo-lavato ; auribus parvulis pilis 

 obsctiris plerumgue obsitis ; pedibus sordidi albis; caudd fusco- 

 nigrd, subtus sordide albd. 



unc. lin. 

 Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudse basin. ... 5 O 



caud(B 3 5 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris .... 1 2^ 



auris O 5 



tarsi digitorumgue 1 1 



Hab. Oakley Creek, Darling Downs, east coast of Australia. 

 This species greatly resembles the Mus lineolatus, but difFers in 

 No. CXLIX. — Prooeedings or the Zoological Society. 



