322 Prof. F. M‘Coy on a new Species of Halmaturus. 
XLII.—On a new Species of Halmaturus from East Australia. 
By Freprrick M‘Coy, Professor of Natural Science in the 
Melbourne University, and Director of the National Museum 
of Victoria. 
Halmaturus Wilcoxi (M‘Coy). 
Male. Fur long and soft, grey at the base (everywhere except 
on the breast, where the base is whitish), of a rich dark brown 
slightly grizzled with grey and black on the back (from some 
hairs grey at base having a white ring beyond the middle, and 
black tip), more uniform and slightly lighter on the shoulders, 
back and sides of the neck, and becoming lighter still on the 
cheeks, sides of the muzzle, and arms; the anterior feet, chin, 
a band from the nostril to the eye, and the mid line of the head 
darker brown ; the apical two-thirds of the ears and the nape 
of the neck very dark rich brown; basal third of the ears, and 
a rounded space in front of the base of them, and a spot over 
each eye of a very bright rusty chestnut, chestnut, or bay; a 
very faint greyish band on hinder half of upper lip. The brown 
of the back becomes more rusty on the flanks, changing to the 
same bright rusty reddish brown as the base of the ears on the 
back of the hind legs, and also, though not so bright, where 
the brown of the flanks joims the greyish white of the belly, 
front margin of hind legs, underside of base of tail, and throat 
nearly up to the chin; upper side of tail dark brown, grizzled 
with black and white hairs like those of the back, but highter in 
general tint at the base, darker towards the end, and whitish at 
the tip; underpart and ‘sides of tail scaly and very sparingly set 
with short fur-hairs. 
Female. Smaller and slightly paler than the male, and the 
whitish fur of the breast as grey at the base as that of other 
parts of the body. 
Male. Female. 
Length from tip of nose to tip of tail 3 feet 4 inches | 3 feet 23 inches 
sh. a HOLME bao inh ame te | Las ee 1A ae 
s, of tarsus and middle toe, in- 
cluding nail .... Gyre. 52, 
a OL veanaa and hance in- 
cluding the nail........ har: 55 ss 
», from tip of snout to base of ear AS iss Atl < ras, 
», of ear from anterior basal 
PUMPS cts 1s sis sto: 225 oe ae 
Locality : Richmond River, New South Wales. Collected by 
Mr. Wilcox, who forwarded a male and female to the Museum 
at Melbourne, as probably new. 
This beautiful species most nearly resembles the H. parma, 
