HYPSIPRYMNUS RUFESCENS. 189 



ish. pencilled with white, the white prevailing; chin, 

 throat and the whole of the under parts of the hody 

 dirty white ; the fore-legs and feet, and the inner 

 side of the hind-legs dirty white; tarsi hrown, some- 

 what grizzled with dirty white ; tail tolerahly well 

 clothed with hairs ; those on the under side and 

 about 3 or 4 inches of the apical portion are uniform 

 dirty white ; on the remaining portion they are 

 brownish-white, dusky at the tip and also at the 

 base, the dark colour most evident towards the base 

 of the tail. The ears are densely clothed with longish 

 hairs ; on the inner side they are fringed with bright 

 gold coloured hairs, and the very long hairs which 

 cover the back of the ears are of a greyish-black 

 colour. The hairs of the under fur on the back, are 

 palish grey at the base, then white, then bright rust 

 colour, and shaded into dusky at the apex. The 

 longer hairs are also grey at the base and gradually 

 shaded into black ; considerably beyond the middle 

 they are broadly annulated with white, towards the 

 apex rust coloured, and at the apex blackish. The 

 hairs on the under parts of the body are almost 

 uniform in colour throughout, being very obscurely 

 tinted with pale grey at the base ; on the anterior 

 part of the muzzle the hairs are brown. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 19 inches; tail, 

 1 4f inches ; tarsus, (without including the claws) 5 

 inches 3 lines ; from nose to base of ear, 3 inches ; 

 ear, 1 inch 8 lines. 



Habitat New South Wales from the neighbour 

 hood of Hunter's River. 



