458 Miscellaneous. 



Two of them are true Phascolomys, and have a blunt nose, with a 

 distinct, bald, rugose, callous muzzle ; and they have moderate-sized 

 ears, which are usually bent back on the sides of the head. 



They differ considerably in colour and in the form of the muzzle. 



1 . Phascolomys ursinus. 



Dark silver-grey ; middle of back, nose, and outside of limbs 

 blacker ; fur very dense, rather curled and crisp, consisting of abun- 

 dance of under-fur and close-set, slender, very dark brown hair with 

 slender silver- white tips, and a few interspersed white and fewer 

 black, tapering, slender bristles ; it has a subtrigonal muffle, pointed 

 behind, and almost as long as broad. The ears are rounded at the 

 tip. 



This is the animal which is best known and usual in collections. 



Hab. Van Diemen's Land. 



2. Phascolomys Angasii. 



The fur is blackish brown, nearly uniform ; the muffle is oblong, 

 transverse, rounded behind, and broader than long. The ears are 

 rather pointed at the tip. 



Hab. South Australia. 



I have named this species after Mr. G. French Angas, who has paid 

 so much attention to Australian and African zoology. 



The third specimen is certainly a distinct genus, as distinct from 

 Phascolomys as Halmaturus from Macropus, or Ovibos from Bos. It 

 may be called 



Lasiorhinus. 



The nose is truncate and hairy, with large open nostrils on the 

 sides, and without any naked muffle between them. The ears are 

 large, produced, erect, acute, covered externally with short fur. 



Lasiorhinus M'Coyi. 



The fur is pale silver-grey, the hairs being black with silver-grey 

 tips ; the whiskers are long, strong, rigid, in a line on each side of 

 the nose ; the ears elongate, acute. 



This animal seems to be the Broad-nosed "Wombat (P. latifrons) of 

 South Australia, described by Mr. G. F. Angas, in the ' Proceedings 

 of the Zoological Society,' June 25, 1861, p. 268, from a specimen 

 then living in the Botanic Garden in Adelaide, caught near the Sawler 

 River, about thirty miles north of Adelaide. 



It has just been figured as Phascolomys lasiorhinus by Mr. 

 Gould in his ' Australian Mammals ;' but this name is applicable to 

 the genus. 



I have named this species after Prof. M'Coy, the Director of the 

 Melbourne Museum, who is forming a museum that is equalling, and, 

 I may say, rivalling the museums of several European or American 

 capitals. 



Mr. Angas may possibly be correct in applying the specific name 

 of latifrons to this species ; and the characters that Professor Owen 

 pointed out may prove to be generic : but this can only be deter- 



