127 



inches. 

 Length from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail 8 . 



of the tail 8^ b 



of the tarsus and toes If 



from the tip of the nose to the base of the ears If 



of the ears Ix 



3. Hapalotis hirsutus, Gould. 



Mus hirsutus, Gould in Proc. Zool. Soc. part x. 1842, p. 12. 



Since this singular species was brought from Port Essington by 

 Mr. Gilbert, at the close of 1841, a second and more perfect indi- 

 vidual, also from the northern coast of Austraha, has been deposited 

 in the British Museum. 



This is the largest species of the genus. 



4. Hapalotis conditor, Gould in Sturt's Narr. of Exp. to Cen- 



tral Australia, vol. i. pi. in p. 120 ; vol. ii. App. p. 7. 



5. Hapalotis longicaudatus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. part xii. 



p. 104. 



6. Hapalotis Gouldii, Gray, App. to Grey's Trav. in Australia, 



vol. ii. pp. 404, 413; List of Mamm. in Brit. Mus. Coll. 



p. 116. 

 n. Richardsonii, Gray, on specimens in Brit. Mus. 

 H. macrotis. Gray, on specimens in Brit. Mus. 

 H. Mitchellii, Gould, Mamm. of Austraha, part i. pi. 15. 

 Hab. Western and Southern Australia. 



7. Hapalotis murinus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. part xiii. 1845, 



p. 78. 

 Hab. South Austraha and the Liverpool Plains in New South Wales. 



8. Hapalotis cervinus, Gould, n. s. 



The whole of the head, upper surface and sides of the body, of the 

 most delicate fawn colour, interspersed with numerous fine black hairs 

 on the head and back ; whiskers greyish black ; nose and under sur- 

 face white ; tail pale brown, lighter beneath ; ears very large, some- 

 what pointed, and iiearly destitute of hairs. 



inches. 

 Length from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail 4|- 



■ of the tail 5|- 



of the tarsus and toes 1^ 



from the tip of the nose to the base of the ears 1^- 



of the ears ly 



This beautiful species was brought from the interior of South 

 Australia by Captain Sturt. It is one of the smallest members of the 

 genus, and is remarkable for the delicacy of its colouring and for the 

 large size of its tail in comparison with that of its body. 



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