38 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
Very similar to JZ. drunit, but with thicker and softer fur, 
in which the general hair is greyer, with a more distinct grizzle. 
The ears also are brown behind like the head, the under-parts 
yellow instead of white, and the hip-stripe has almost disap- 
peared, 
Distribution—New Britain group, and Eastern and South- 
eastern New Guinea. 
XIX. PADEMELON WALLABY. MACROPUS THETIDIS, 
FTalmaturus thetis, Lesson, Man. Mamm. p. 229 (1827). 
Flalmaturus thetidis, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat., Mamm., part lvi. 
(1829). 
Macropus (Halmaturus) thetidis, Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. 
Mamm., vol. i., p. 144 (1846). 
Macropus thetidis, Giebel, Odontographie, p. 43 (1855); 
Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 52 (1888). 
Characters.—Size small; form light and agile ; naked part of 
nose broad to the lip, the latter little developed ; fur of medium 
length, thick and soft, with a variable direction on the neck. 
General colour grizzled grey, rufous on the neck, which has no 
streak ; under-parts white ; ears long, grey on the back, mar- 
gined in front with brown or black ; a faint light hip-stripe 
sometimes present ; legs grey or rufous ; feet pale brown ; tail 
with the basal fourth grey, elsewhere brown above and white 
beneath. Length of head and body about 25 inches; of tail — 
16 inches. 
Distribution. Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. 
Habits——When sitting up on its hind legs, the Pademelon | 
Wallaby is about 20 inches in height. It is very common in | 
New South Wales, where it generally frequents scrub-covered | 
districts. Its general habits appear to be very similar to those 
of other Wallabies. On account of the excellence of its flesh 
