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Dr. A. Giinthcr on a new Perameles. 247 



XXXII. — Description of a new Species of Perameles from 



New Britain. By Dr. A. Guntiier. 



The British Museum lias recently received from the Godeffroy 

 Museum a single specimen in spirit of a Perameles from New 

 Britain, which appears to be undescribed, and for which I 

 propose the name of Perameles myoides. It is an adult 

 female. 



Size of a rat. The upper parts and sides are densely 

 covered with two kinds of hairs ; the principal kind consists of 

 flat, grooved, spine-like hairs of moderate length, and is 

 intermixed with coarse ordinary hairs of a brownish-red 

 colour. The spines on the back are black, those on the sides 

 blackish, with brownish-red tips. Towards the abdomen the 

 spines are greyish, with whitish tips, the lower parts being 

 covered with soft white hair. The cheeks to the ears are 

 greyish. 



Tail very short, not quite so long as the head, naked (or, 

 rather, with sparse minute short hairs), grey. Snout compa- 

 ratively short, half as long as the head j extremity of the 

 I snout naked. Ears naked, of moderate size. Eyes small. 



Feet short, with claws of moderate size. 



in. lin. 

 Length of the body and head 8 3 



» » * aiI 2 1 



„ „ head 2 5 



„ „ projecting part of snout 3 



Distance from end' of snout to the eye 1 2 



» v ear 2 



Length of eve 2 



° ear 9 



"Width of ear 7 



Length of fore foot 11 



hind foot 1 



XXXIII. — On Thuiaria zelandica, Gray. By J. J. Quelch, 

 B.Sc. (Lond.), Assistant, Zoological Department, British 



Museum. 



The species Thuiaria zelandica was described by Dr. Gray 

 in Dieftenbach's i Travels in New Zealand/ published in 

 1843; and the type specimens, with the name attached in 

 his own handwriting, are in the British-Museum collection. 



