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THE HARE-WALLABIES. GENUS LAGORCHESTES. 

 Lagorchesfes, Gould, Monogr. Macropodidae, pi. xii. (1841). 



Nose wholly or partially haired ; central hind claw long and 

 strong, not concealed by the hair; tail rather short, evenly 

 haired throughout, and without a terminal nail. The three 

 species of this group are confined to Australia, exclusive of 

 Tasmania. 



I. SPECTACLED HARE-WALLABY. LAGORCHESTES CONSPICIL- 



LATUS. 



Lagorchestes conspicillatus^ Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1 841, p. 82 ; 



Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 80 (1888). 

 Habnaturus conspicillatus^ Schinz, Synops. Mamm., vol. i., p. 



563 (1844). 

 Macropus {Lagorchestes) cotispicillatiis^ Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. 



Mamm., vol. i., p. 85 (1846). 



Characters. — Size relatively large, and form thick and heavy ; 

 nose, with lower half of septum and edges of nostrils, hairy ; 

 muzzle broad and heavy ; fur long and coarse ; under-fur of 

 back uniform blackish-brown. General colour coarsely grizzled 

 yellowish-grey; under-parts mingled white and slaty-grey; 

 a well-defined chestnut band round the eye, not extending 

 forwards on the side of the muzzle ; ears short, less than one- 

 third the length of the hind foot, grizzled grey on the back, 

 with the edges and inside nearly white; two whitish lateral 

 bands ; limbs grey, tinged with rufous ; tail covered above and 

 on the sides with scattered white hairs, except at the root, 

 where they are grey ; beneath more thickly haired, and tinged 

 with fawn. Canine teeth well-developed and functional. Length 

 of head and body about 20 inches; of tail 17 inches. Other 

 characters as in next species. 



Distribution. — Islands off the North-west coast of Australia ; 



