29 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTCRY. 
Halmaturus antilopinus, Schinz,Synops. Mamm., vol.i., p. 564 
(1844). 
Macropus antilopinus, Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm., vol. i., 
p- 95 (1846); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 21 
(1888). 
Characters,—Size large; form stout and heavy. Fur very 
short, coarse, and straight, without under-fur. Nose entirely 
naked. General colour rich rufous, without face-markings, 
and becoming whitish on the under-parts. Fore and hind feet. 
rufous brown, shading into black on the toes; tail rather 
darker at the tip, but otherwise coloured as the body. Ears 
short ; feet rather short, with the central hind claw very short. 
Length of head and body about 56 inches; tail about 36 
inches. male smaller, and less brightly coloured, with the 
general hue of the fur greyish-fawn, in place of rufous. Skull 
with the region of the nose enormously inflated. 
Distribution—The whole of the northern territory of Aus- 
tralia. 
Habits—Nothing seems to have been ascertained as to the 
habits of this magnificent species, which is very rare in European 
collections ; no specimens having been received between the 
date in which the species was originally described by Mr. Gould 
and the year 1888. 
III. THE WALLAROO. MACROPUS ROBUSTUS. 
Macropus (Petrogale) robustus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1840, 
Er a . . oe 
Petrogale robusta, Gray, in Grey’s Australia, Appendix, vol. i1., 
p. 403 (1841). 
Macropus robustus, Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm., vol. 1., p. 
roo (1846); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 22 
(1888). 
