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August 25, 1840. 

 W. H. Lloyd, Esq., in the Chair. 



Specimens were exhibited of five new species of Kangaroo, form- 

 ing part of the collection made by Mr. Gould, who had just returned 

 from Australia, after an absence of two years and a half spent in the 

 investigation of the habits and ceconoray of the animals of that con- 

 tinent. 



The first of these Kangaroos to which Mr. Gould drew attention 

 was a large species, but little inferior in size to the Macropus major, 

 inhabiting the summits of the mountain ranges in the interior of 

 New South Wales. Mr. Gould observed, that it is a most powerful 

 animal, and very dangerous to approach. The unusual strength and 

 size of the limbs suggested the specific name of robustus, and Mr. 

 Gould accordingly characterized it as 



Maceopus (Petrogale*) robustus. Macr. artubus anlicis mag- 

 nis et prcerohustis ; vellere efiiaco cinereo, apud jjctrtes inferiores 

 pallidiore ; tarsis fuscis ; digitis antice nigris ; antipedihus, et 

 carpis, nigris; capite fuUginoso leviter tinclo ; utrdque gend 

 lined albescente nolatd ; guld, gutturequc albidis ; caudd superne 

 fused, subtus pallidiore. 



unc. lin. 

 Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudse basin. ... 47 



• caud(E 25 6 



tarsi digitorumqiie{%\neVi\igmbVi&). . 11 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris .... 8 



auris 3 7 



Fcemina difFert vellere ex argenteo cinereo, corpore subtus fer^ 

 albo. Long, corporis cum capite, 33 unc. ; caudce, 2G ; tarsi digito- 

 rumque, 10 unc. 2 lin. 



The second species has a remarkably elegant appearance, being of 

 a slender delicate form, and adorned with two white stripes, which 

 commencing at the occiput, run down the back of the neck on to the 

 shoulders, where they are recurved. Mr. Gould proposed to desig- 

 nate this species 



Macropus fr^enatus. Macr. elegans, et gracilis ; vellere molli 

 brevi, colore e fiisco cinereo ; corpiore subtus albo ; ab occipite 

 utrinque super 'lumeros lined angustd alba currcnte ; interspatio 

 obscuro, et apud occiput nigrescenle : caudd tuberculo parvo cor- 

 neo ad apicem instructo, pilis nigresccntibus abscondito ; tarsis, 

 artubusque anticis fere albis, digitis pilis obscuris paulo ad- 

 spersis. 



* The Pelrocjaltj of Gray is probably identical with Heteropus of Jourdan. 



