PERAMELES DOREYANUS. 161 



and I feel no doubt is specifically the same as the 

 one above described. 



NEW GUINEA PERAMELES. 



Perameles Doreyanus* 



Peiameles Doreyanus, Quoy et Gaimard. Voyage de Dcou- 

 vertes de P Astrolabe. Zoologie, Tom. i., p. 100, PI. 16. 



In this species the head is conical, the muzzle is 

 long and tolerably thick ; the eye is small and the 

 pupil is linear and in the direction of the muzzle ; 

 the ears are large and somewhat rounded ; the limbs 

 are short and stout ; the outer and inner toes of the 

 fore-feet are clawless. All the claws are strong, 

 short, slightly arched, and rounded above and be- 

 neath. The fur is harsh, of a rusty-brown colour 

 on the upper parts of the body a tint produced by 

 the admixture of blackish-brown harsh hairs, with 

 others of a finer quality and golden rust colour ; the 

 sides of the body are of a paler hue, and the under 

 parts and inner side of the limbs are of a pale yellow- 

 ish tint. The ears are yellowish, and destitute of 

 hair excepting on the anterior margin. The toes of 

 the hinder- feet are covered with pale yellowish- 

 brown hairs. The tail is short, and but sparingly 

 furnished with short harsh hairs. 



Total length, 1 9 inches 7 lines ; tail, 3 inches 5 

 lines ; head, 4 inches 4 lines ; ears, 1 inch 1 line ; 

 anterior limbs about 3 inches 3 lines ; posterior 

 member, about 5f inches. 



