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brown, but each spine individually taken is yellowish brown for three 

 parts of its length from the basal extremity; this colour then becomes 

 darker, and again passes into yellowish brown at the extreine apex ; 

 the annulation, however, is far less decided than in the British ani- 

 mal. 



" The ears are short and rounded, a white patch is placed before 

 them, and also on the forehead ; the chest is dirty white ; the sides 

 of the muzzle, and the whole of the under surface are intensely 

 blackish, or umbre brown, several long white hairs being intermixed 

 with the rest on the shoulders, extending from the chest. 



" ITie tarsi are longer than in E. Europceus. In a very large speci- 

 men of the latter, measuring from the nose to the root of tail, over 

 the back, 14^ inches ; the foot from the heel to the end of the middle 

 toe, excluding the nail, measures 1 inch |, while in this smaller 

 species it measures 1 inch ^. 



" For this species I propose the name of Erinaceus concolor. It may 

 be thus characterised. 



" Erinaceus concolor. Er. obscure fuscus, spinis infrontem.et 

 super oculos obductis ; spinis rigidis, flavescenti-fuscis ad basin, 

 apicem versus intense fuscis, apice extremo pallide rufescenti-brun- 

 neo; auribus parvis, rotundatis ; rostro breviusculo ; infrontem 

 notd albd, necnon ante aures ; pectore sordidt albo, vellere cor- 

 poris subtits nigrescenti-fusco, pilis longis albis ad humeros 



sparsim intermixtis. 



unc. liu. 



" Longitudo corporis, a rostro ad caudse basin, super 



dorsum • • • 9 6 



" Longitudo pedis postici a calce ad apicem digiti 



intermedii ungue excluso 1 7^ 



" Habitat apud Trebizond." 



Mr. Waterhouse called the attention of the members to two spe- 

 cies of Kangaroos, which were upon the table. One of these had 

 lately been procured by the Society, and was from the neighbour- 

 hood of Hunter's River, the other had died in the Menagerie. Of 

 this latter species the Society has possessed several living specimens ; 

 and there is still one in the Gardens, which was bred there. ' 



Mr. Waterhouse stated that his object in bringing the animals in 

 question before the Meeting, was to show that the specimen from the 

 Menagerie was hot, as had been supposed, the Macropus ualabatus of 

 Lesson, but that it was in fact an undescribed species, being distin- 

 guished from that of Lesson, (which Mr. Waterhouse considered as 

 identical with the specimen from Hunter's River,) by the following 

 characters : — the under parts are grayish white, instead of buff yel- 

 low ; the ears are rather longer in proportion, and the tail hoary gray, 

 white beneath, and with a white tip, instead of being almost totally 

 black. Mr. Waterhouse proposed that the m.me Macropus Bennetti 

 be adopted for this species, and proceeded to characterise it as follows ; 



Macropus Bennetti. Mac. intense cineraceus, regione scapula ri. 



