1865.] DR. J. MURTIE ON THE SPECIES OF PHASCOLOMYS. 841 
produced by the more dilated fleshy muzzle and open nostrils. In 
P. wombat the nose is certainly more pointed. 
The fur is very peculiar, uncommonly soft, fine, and silky to the 
feel, the whole animal being in a greater or less degree more glossy 
than the common species. 
Prof. M‘Coy, so far as I am aware, has not given any measurements 
of the one examined by him; but I quote Mr. Angas’s, placing them 
opposite the dimensions taken by myself, as shown underneath :-— 
Society’s Mr. 
spec. Angas’s. 
in. lin in. lin. 
Body: Length from snout to root of tail ...... 37 0 37. 0 
Grails wh Ew sage drut le te - Jindg 1 0 
Height at shoulder .................. 13 6 12 0 
at loins (hips) ...... wal SeeO 14 0 
Girth at theichest? ving ete: 35 (0 28 4 
at the loins 32 6 
atitHeMmenlosy 004d Cotte’. 19 6 
Breadth of back at Scapular eras wide: fee 6 
— ~ af middle wv. ....0., 9 0 
- == "at wine bones oo.e3t 84 8 0 
Head: Length from snout to oceiput iinet 9 0 10 0 
nose to root of ear ............ 8 0 
Guth -abovereyes 2042s. voy 18 6 18 0 
Breadth between eyes (inner canthus).... 3 1] 3 0 
(outer posteanthus) 6 0 
rots of ears’). }hagey. } Go 0 5 0 
RBiemumAle Pe 3 6 289386 Le 2 6 
between tips of ears .......... I 8 0 
Beira leashes se ba us aie 25 3 0 3 8 
breadth, when flattened out ...... 2 0 
Orbit (elliptical), length .............- 
— breadehht, Warne ain’. 
Fore limb’: Girth-at axilla). pa... 1040 
atrmaddleiy ced le RMSE 0, 80 
ab wrist FOMe uN) SPah 4b 5 0 
Sole of foot, length to tip nail mid. toe 2 6 38 
of thumb ...... eS 
— breadth posteriorly .... 2 13 
— at about its middle .... 1 9 
Hind limb: Girth at groin.................. 12 6 
at about middle .......... 70: 
at ankle-joint ............. 5 0 
Sole of foot, length to tip nail mid. toe 3 9 4 4 
== of erent toe: S25h02 Ong 
— breadth posteriorly .... 1 9 
about middle... 1 7 
* The great difference here shown of 3 inches may in truth not exist ; for in 
taking the dimensions the ears were pulled apart, which evidently was not the 
case in Mr. Angas’s specimen; but I had not his paper by me at the moment. 
