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ed ; fore-legs weak ; tarsi long ; tail rather longer 

 than the body ; fur rather long and not very soft to 

 the touch ; general colour brown-grey^ pencilled 

 with white ; under parts of body dirty white ; feet 

 brown- white; tail well clothed with hairs, pale- 

 brownish; towards and at the tip dark brown_, the 

 hairs longer on this part ; ears covered with hairs 

 externally like those of head, those on the margin 

 slightly tinted with yellowish ; on the inner side of 

 the ears the hairs are nearly white, but faintly tinted 

 with yellowish. Fur both on upper and under parts 

 of body grey at the base ; the longer hairs on the 

 back are white towards the apex, the white occupy- 

 ing a considerable space, and brown-black at the 

 apex. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 17^ inches; tail, 

 13 inches; nose to ear, 3 inches 2 lines; ear, ] inch 

 2 lines; tarsus, (claws not included) 4> inches 7 lines. 



Inhabits New South Wales. 



This species is intermediate in size, between H. 

 rufescens and H. penicillatus ; from the former it is 

 easily distinguished by the ears being pale externally, 

 and not black, the hairs covering the tarsus being 

 very pale, instead of brown, and by the tail being 

 dark brown near and at the apex. In the H. 

 rufescens the tail is of a very pale colour through- 

 out, and has a considerable portion at the apex, 

 which is almost white. Compared with H. peni- 

 cillatus the present species differs in being consider- 

 ably larger, in not having the hairs at the tip of the 

 tail so decidedly longer than those on the other parts ; 



