J56 PERAMELID^. 



hairs covering the ears internally are whitish, and on 

 the outer side of the ears they are dusky. The tail 

 is covered with minute adpressed hairs ; those on 

 the upper side are brown, and on the under side 

 they are brown-white. Hairs of moustaches not 

 numerous, rather short and slender. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 1 6 inches ; tail 

 (about) 4<| inches ; from tip of nose to ear, 4 inches ; 

 ear, 1 inch 2 lines ; tarsus, (claws not included,) 2 

 inches 4 lines ; from front of anterior incisor to 

 canine, 6| lines; length of bony palate, 1 inch lOf 

 lines. 



Four incisors, on either side of upper jaw, are 

 contiguous ; behind, there is another incisor situated 

 half way between the last of the series and the 

 canine. 



Habitat, New South Wales. 



An animal labelled, " Perameles auritus de Port 

 Jackson" in the Paris Museum, I feel no doubt is 

 the same as the present species ; its dimensions are ; 

 nose to root of tail, 14 inches; tail, 3 inches; tar- 

 sus, 1 inch 1 1 lines, (without the claws ;) ear, 7^ 

 lines. 



GUNN'S PERAMELES. 

 Perameles Gunnii. 



PLATE XV. 



Perameles Gunnii, Gray. Proceedings of the Zoological 



Society for January 1838, p. 1 See also Annals of 



Natural History for April 1838, No. 2, vol. i., p. 108. 



Muzzle elongated; ears rather long, and much 



