MACBOPUS PARRY I. 20? 



with adpressed white hairs in the middle; with hlack 

 hairs on the apical portion, and at the base with fur 

 like that on the head, hut of a sooty-black colour. 

 The fore-legs are for the most part covered with long 

 hairs of a white colour ; at the base externally they 

 are hoary-grey, and the hands or fore-feet are black ; 

 the tarsi are white, (somewhat greyish in parts) and 

 so are the hairs which cover the two little inner 

 joined toes; the other toes are black at the extremity, 

 and have a mixture of black and white hairs at the 

 base. The tail is almost entirely white, but is grey at 

 the base, on the upper side, where a small portion 

 is covered with loose fur like that of the body ; on 

 the remaining portions of the tail the hair is short 

 and very harsh, excepting on the under side of the 

 apical portion, where the hairs are longer and in- 

 crease in length, so as to form a kind of fringe ; the 

 tip of the tail is black, and the long hairs on the 

 under side of this portion are also black ; the space 

 occupied by black hairs beneath is variable, but in 

 one specimen measures about 3 inches in length 

 deep rust coloured hairs surround the pouch of the 

 female, and are also observed from some little dis- 

 tance in the interior. 



