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clunlbiis, ef rerjione clr cum- ocular i, rnfo-brunneis ; corpore sublits 

 cinerescenti-albo ; rostro, auribus postice , digitis atiticis posli- 

 cisqiie tiigris ; lined albescenti vis distinctd ab angulo oris, ad 

 genas excurrente ; caudd cinerescente, ad apicem nigrd, et subtiis 

 sordide flavescenti-albd. 



unc. lin. 



Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudse basin .... 24 10 



caud<E 24 7 



ab apice rostri ad marginem oculi . . 3 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris 5 10 



tarsi digitorumque (sine unguibus) . . 8 9 



■ — auris 3 1 



Hab. Nova Cambria Australi. 



" The fur of this animal is rather long and moderately soft; the 

 longest hairs on the middle of the back measure about two inches, 

 and the shorter about one and a half inches in length. Its general 

 line is a very deep gray, inclining to black on the back, somewhat 

 paler on the sides of the body, and a rust-like tint is observable on 

 the back of the neck and base of ears externally, over the haunches 

 and shoulders and in the region of the eye. The under parts of the 

 body, and the inner side and fore part cf the Jiinder legs, are of a 

 grayish white colour. The muzzle is black, and the crown of the 

 head is brown black ; an obscure whitish line extends backwards 

 from the comers of the mouth, and becomes obliterated on the cheeks ; 

 the hairs on the lips are dirty white ; the chin is blackish. The ears 

 are furnished with while hairs internally, and longish black hairs 

 externally, excepting at the base. The limbs externally are of the 

 same hue as the sides of the body ; the fore feet, and the toes of the 

 hind feet are black, the outer side of the heel is also black. The 

 hairs of the tail (excepting at the base, where they are of the same 

 colours and character as those of the body) are rather harsh, black, 

 and broadly annulated with silvery white near the apex ; the general 

 tint is hoary gray, the white portion of each hair being most conspi- 

 cuous ; the apex of the tail is black, and on this part the hairs are 

 long and form a kind of tuft ; the under side of the tail is white. 

 The hairs on the upper part of the body are of a deep slate colour at 

 the base, the remaining portion of each hair is black annulated with 

 white, or more generally with pale rust colour ; on the under parts 

 of the body, the hairs are of a deep slate colour with the apical por- 

 tion white. 



" The above descriptions and dimensions are taken from an adult 

 male ; the two females in the Society's Museum are of a smaller 

 size and paler colour, their prevailing tint being reddish graj'^ : 

 around the entrance to the pouch the hairs are of a deep rusty brown 

 colour." 



A species of Mouse from the Cape of Good Hope was next de- 

 Bcribed by Mr. Waterhouse under the name of 



Mus suBsriNosus. M. pilis subspinosis, corpore suprd fuscescenti- 



