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ochreous yellow, but on the back there is a considerable admixture 

 of black, the points of the hairs being of that colour ; ears rather large 

 and nearly of an oval form, tolerably well-clothed with small hairs, 

 of a white colour, excepting on the fore-part of the outer surface, 

 \vhere they assume a dusky greyish hue ; tail nearly equal in length 

 to the body, tolerably well-clothed -vvith hairs, but not so thickly as 

 to hide the scales ; these hairs, though short, are longer, more nume- 

 rous and much less harsh than is usual in the true Rats ; on the sides 

 and under part of the tail they are pure white, and on the upper 

 surface some are white and others blackish, but chiefly white on the 

 apical portion ; sides of the muzzle \vhite ; hairs of the moustaches 

 moderate, black at the root, but greyish at the point. 



PoDABRus MACROURUS. Pod. cmeTeus nigvo petiicUlatus ; lateribus 

 corporis flavescentibus, guld, abdomine pedibusgue albis ; capite 

 suproi lined nigrd longitudinali notato ; oculis nigro cinctis ; auri- 

 bus mediocribus intus pilis flavis, extus nigrescentibus ob sitis ; 

 caudd crassissimd ad apicem attenuatd, pilis rainutis, suprd. nigro 

 flavoque variegatis, subtūs albescentibus, vestitd. 



unc. lin. 

 Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudse basin. ... 3 9 



cauda 3 2 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris .... 1 0| 



amis O 5 



■ tarsi digitorumęue O 8^ 



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

 Fur very soft, and both on the upper and under parts of the body 

 of a slate-grey colour next the skin ; general hue of the upper parts 

 of the body ashy grey, much pencilled with black ; on the sides of 

 the body there is but little of the black pencilling, and hence the 

 general hue is paler ; and on these parts, as well as on the sides of 

 the head, is a faint yellow tint ; under parts of the body white, very 

 indistinctly sufFused with yellow on the mesial portion of the abdo- 

 men ; between the \vhite of the under parts and the greyish hue of 

 the sides of the body is a narrowish space of an almost uniform pale 

 yellow hue, and the šame tint is observ-able on the outer side of the 

 legs ; feet white, obscurely tinted with pale yeUow ; on the upper 

 surface of the head is a mark, narrow on the muzzle, but becoming 

 expanded behind, which is almost entirely black, and immediately 

 around the eyes the hairs are also black ; ears of moderate size, their 

 posterior margiu nearly straight, clothed intemally with small pale 

 yellowish, and externally with black hairs, excepting on the hinder 

 part, where they are pale ; tail very thick at the base (about 3 i Knes 

 in diameter), becoming gradually slender to the apex, and clothed 

 throughout with very minute hairs, between which the scaly skin is 

 visible ; those on its upper part and sides partly black and partly 

 yellow, and on the under surface dirty \vhite. The specimen de- 

 scribed is a malė. 



