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important specific characters. Mr. Oldfield Thomas' account 

 is as follows : — 



Leporillus jonesi. 



"Near apicalis, but larger and with shorter ears. Size, 



as gauged by skull and foot, decidedly larger than in apicalis. 



Fur rather thin and poor, not so thick as in apicalis; hairs of 



back about 17 mm. in length. General colour, above, dull 



X.X. 



MVla9« 



Fig. 2. 



Leporillus jonesi. Left manus and pes of a female 



specimen. Twice natural size. 



brown (not far from "Saccardo's umber"), the withers tend- 

 ing more towards buffy. Under surface slaty-grey broadly 

 washed with drabby-whitish, the sides of the belly more 

 strongly drabby. Ears shorter than in apicalis, dark brown. 

 Hands with the metatarsals dark brown, the digits lighter. 

 Feet with the ankles, outer side of the metatarsals (inner 



