{hi Notoryctes in .Xorth-iccst Australia, 



111 



vertebral soales on the posterior pari of the body. L.artiou* 

 lata. Cope, ia described as baving Hour pairs o£ chin-shields. 



I seize this opportunity to point out that Leptognathus 

 eopii, Gthr., is distinct from l<. pavonina, Sell leg. Ii lias 

 the settles in 15 lows, .is stated by GUnther. Hie British 

 Museum lias recently Required u second specimen, from 



< <ooi getOY\ ii, 1 >iil isll I ! niana. 



Sit— Notoryctes /" Noi'th-w6st Australia. 

 I'.\ ( ILDF1ELD 'Thomas. 



(Published bj permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



In I910 Mr. Stockton, the Keoper of ihe Post Office at 

 VVollal, on Ninety-mile beach, North-west Australia, captured 

 a specimen of ;i Marsupiul-mole ( Notorycten), an animal only 

 previously known from Central and Southern Australia. 

 The specimen was presented by a Mr. S. S. Pryor to the 

 West Australian Museum at Perth, whore ii lias been 

 presei ved I ill the pi es< til i ime. 



Now, however, 1>\ the great kindness of Messrs. Ale\;inder 



pud Glauert of that Museum, I have been allowed to make 

 an examination ol ii and to compare il witli om series of the 

 more southern Notoryctes typhhpa; 



As is not surprising', considering that its locality is nearly 



a tllOUSaild miles from llial ol A. typfilops, ihe noi ! h- weslei n 



form proves to be distinct specifically, and uiaj be described 



us follows : — 



.\ otorych s oaui inns, sp. n. 

 Size rather less than in N. typhi ops. General colour above 



!i|i|no\imalel\ " pinkish ei im.i nioii," Blightly ptllel' buloWt 



Cheeks, chin, and Forearm more cinnamon-butt! in fact, 

 the colour is van much as in Stirling's figure '" of N.typhlops. 



('laws and nasal pad smaller thai) in Ihe killer. 



Skull ralhei smaller lh;m lhal of typhlops, ihe rednelion in 

 hem;;' mainly in Ihe inu/.y.le, wlneh is holh distinctly 



ihorter and has a narrower nasal region, ihe breadth across 

 the end o\ the nasals about 2'4 mm. as compared with 3*2 or 



* Trans, Roy, Soo. S, Australia, 1891, pi. ii, 



