322 PROF. E. COLLETT OS MAMMALS [Mar. 16, 



Length of the body, with head, about 150 min., leugth of tail 

 250 mm. Consequently the proportions of the body to the tail is 

 as three to five, thus considerably longer than in the typical 

 C. howeri, and agreeing in that resiieot with C. macrurus, Peters. 



The colour is exactly as in Eamsay's description of C. hoivcri. 

 Prom a little in front of the ears, do\\ n the back of tlie head, and 

 the central portion of the back and on the root of; the tail is a broad 

 distinct band of golden yellow, rufescent on the nape. The tail is 

 brown for one-seventh of its base, the remainder white ; towards 

 the tip the hairs are somewhat longer than ou its inner parts, but 

 no distinct brush is present. 



This specimen from Eoebuck Bay thus has the proportions 

 of the body in accordance with C. macrurus, and the colour with 

 C. howeri ; there is therefore much reason to believe that the two 

 species are identical. 



The two half-grown young ones have both a length of 96 mm. 

 (head and body); the tail was 103 and 110 mm. Thus the tail 

 was proportionally much shorter than in the larger specimen, 

 and perfectly in accordance with Eamsay's description of bis 

 C. hoiueri. The colour, too, v\ as as in the type specimen ; the 

 hairs of the tail evenly short to the tip, and no trace of a brush 

 was developed. 



MammcB four. 



SJiull. Hardly distinguishable from that of C penicillatus. 



Hah. Eare in the neighboui'hood of Roebuck Bay, not found in. 

 Arnhem Laud. Several were seen within the houses. 



Native name : Katkomba. 



12. CoNiLURUS HiRSUTiTS (Gould), 1842. 



Conilurus Jiirsutus, Ogilby, Cat. Austral. Mamm. p. 117 (1S92). 



M. Australia : Hermit Hill, Aug. 8th-15th, 1894 (eleven speci- 

 mens and two foetuses). Daly River, Oct. 7th, 1894 (one 

 specimen). Mount Showbridge, March 15th, 1895 (two specimens). 

 Katherine River, July 13th, 1895 (one specimen). 



Foetus. Besides the 15 specimens, mostly full-grown, there are 

 two foetuses (taken from a female at Hermit Hill, Aug. 15, 1894) 

 of the size of a nearly full-grown mouse. A'^ibrissa; already well- 

 developed. 



In one the placenta was still adherent ; it is very large and 

 thick, rather oblong, its diameters being 23 mm. and 27 ram. 



The number oi foetuses is never more than t\AO. 



i^kin. Size very large. Measured on the skins of full-grown 

 specimens the length of body and head is about 315 ram., the tail 

 about 340-360 mm. 



Occiput and neck in all tinged with rusty yellow ; belly yellowish 

 white. The feet are varied above with black and rusty yellow ; 

 the hands are black, but in most specimens the long hairs which 

 cover the cla\^s are whitish. 



Skull. Length 67 mm. ; breadth 32 mm. Foramen palatinum 

 not reaching the anterior border of the teeth series. Anterior 



