22 MACEOPODIDiB. 



Dimensions. 



a (stuffed). b (atuffed). 



Aged. Barely adult. 



mUlim. millim. 



Head and body 1390 1000 



Tail 890 700 



Hind foot 320 273 



Ear 76 90 



SkuU, see p. 29. 



Hah. Coburg Peninsula, N'ortbern Territory. 



Ca-types in coUeetion. 



According to Mr. Gould, the male here measured weighed about 

 120 lbs., but he states that he had heard of old males attaining a 

 veight of 170 lbs. 



Although this magnificent species was described more than forty' 

 years ago, no specimens, except those originally mentioned by 

 Gould, seem ever to have been sent to Europe *, nor have any of 

 the Australian zoologists made any reference to it. We are there- 

 fore quite ignorant of the extent of its range southwards, and of 

 any points in its history beyond what can be made out from an 

 examination of Mr. Gould's typical specimens. 



„ , i Ad. sks. I , n Port Essington (J. Gilbert). Gould Coll. 



"'*• 1 Skulls. [^?- ^ ^ 



3. Macropns robustus. 



Maeropus (Petrogale) robustus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 92 ; Waterh. 



Jard. Nat. lAhr., Mamm. xi. p. 241 (1841). 

 Petrogale robuata, Gray, Grey's Amtr., App. ii. p. 403 (1841) ; 



Gould, Mon. Macr. pi. v. (animal) (1841). 

 Heteropus robustus, Less. N. Tabl. R. A. Mamm. p. 195 (1842). 

 Osphraiiter robustus, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 91 (1843) ; Gould, 



Mamm. Amir. ii. pis. x. & xi. (animal) (1858) ; Gerrard, Cat. 



Bones Mamm. B. M. p. 127 (1862) ; Krefft, Cat. Mamm. Austi: 



Mus. p. 48 (1864) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 383 ; Fletcher, P. 



Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. p. 643 (anat.) (1882) ; Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. 



Mus. p. 318 (1887). 

 HalmatmTis robustus, Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 660 (1844) ; Wagn. 



Schr. Sdug. Supp. v. p. 310 (1855) ; Coll. Zool. Jahrb. ii. p. 879 



(1887). 

 Maeropus robustus, Waterh. iV. H. Mamm. i. p. 100 (1846) ; Sehleg. 



Dierh. p. 142 (1857) ; Gieb. Sdug. p. 678 (1869) ; Hill, P. Z. S. 



1867, p. 476; Krefft, Mamm. Austr. text to pi. x. p. 2 (1871); 



Owen, Phil. Tram. 1874, p. 246 et seqq. pi. xx. fig. 13 (lower 



jaw) ; Ujd. Cat. Foss. Mamm. B. M. v. p. 222 (1887). 



* The skeleton in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, mentioned 

 by Flower and Garson (l. c), turns out on examination to be really referable to 



M, ru/us. 



