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The Darca Wallaby derives its Latin name from having been 

 supposed to have been first obtained on Eugene Island, off 

 the West Coast ; while its English title is stated to be that by 

 which it is known to the natives of the mainland. Alh'ed to 

 Macropus thetidis of the East Coast, it may be readily distin- 

 guished from that species by the rufous fore legs and the 

 conformation of the upper incisor teeth. 



XXI. PARMA wallaby. MACROPUS PARMA. 



Macropus (Halmaturus) parma^ Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. 



Mamm., vol. i., p. 149 (1846). 

 Macropus parma, Owen, Cat. Osteol. Mus. Roy. Coll. Surg., 

 vol. I., p. 325 (1853); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., 

 p. 57 (1888). 

 Characters. — Very similar to M. eugenii, but with the back 

 more rufous and not contrasting with the neck ; the white 

 cheek-stripe and dark streak on the back of the neck more 

 distmct. Front of throat pure white, contrasting with sides 

 of neck ; under-parts greyish white ; ears short, rufous grey 

 behind. 



Distri"bution. — New South Wales. 



This species seems to be very rare and locally distributed. 



XXn. RUFOUS-BELLIED WALLABY. MACROPUS BILLARDIERL 



Kangurus billardieri, Desmarest, Mamm., vol. ii., p. 542 



(1822). 

 Macropus billardieri^ Lesson, Man. Mamm., p. 227 (1827); 



Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 58 (t888). 

 Macropus rufiventer, Ogilby, Proc, Zool. Soc, 1838, p. 23. 

 Halmaturus billardieri^ Gould, Monogr. Macropodidas, pi. x. 



(1841). 



Characters. — Size large; form stout and heavy ; fur long, thick, 

 and soft. General colour greyish-brown, with an olive tinge, 



