THE TRUE BANDICOOTS. T4I 
Perameles loneiz:audata, Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 
241 (1888). 
In common with the whole of the remaining members of 
the genus, this species differs from the preceding group in the 
following points: Centre of sole of hind foot in the adult 
naked nearly, or quite, to the heel. Ear short, so that when 
laid forwards, it falls short of, or barely reaches, the eye, its tip 
being rounded instead of pointed. 
Characters——Size small; form light and slender; fur close, 
coarse, and rough, but not spiny. General colour dull greyish- 
brown, the thinner hairs tipped with dull yellow or grey ; chin 
greyish-brown ; under-parts, as well as inner sides of limbs, 
white or yellowish. Ears rounded, rather small, and broad, 
not reaching the eyes when laid forwards. Fore feet with 
brown hair, but the fingers naked ; backs of hind feet white ; 
their soles wholly naked, finely granulated, with small rudi- 
mental pads at the bases of the toes. Tail as long as the body 
(exclusive of the head), tapering, thinly haired, with the termi- 
nal two inches of the under surface white, elsewhere brown. 
Eight teats. 
Distribution. North-western New Guinea. 
V. RAFFRAY’S BANDICOOT. PERAMELES RAFFRAYANA, 
Perameles raffrayana, Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 6, 
vol. vii., pl. viii. (1878) ; Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., 
p- 239 (1888). 
Characters.—Size rather large ; form light and delicate ; head 
long and slender ; fur thick, close, rough, and slightly spinous 
in places. General colour coarsely grizzled rufous or umber- 
brown, with the thicker hairs black, and the thinner ones 
tipped with orange or rufous ; head dark brown, with the sides 
of the face paler ; chin and chest white; rest of under-parts 
