1. MACROPTTS. 



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once and a half to twice as high as long ; i.° short (6-7 millini. long), 

 smooth, generally with a small and inconspicuous groove down the 

 centre of its external face, but this often absent. P.' oblong, not 

 so markedly hourglass- shaped as in M. giganteus. P.* of medium 

 length (8-9 miUim.). Molars with well-defined anterior transverse 

 ledges ; but these entirely without the central connecting-ridges, a 

 character which at once distinguishes M. rufus from aU those of its 

 allies whose skulls are known (see PI. VI. fig. 5). 



d. 2- 



d (aged). e (immature). 



Stuffed. Stuffed, 



millim, millim. 



Head and body 1580 1100 



Tail, 1050 785 . .p„^„„ , 



Hind foot 358 290 J k^n l« ^ 



Ear 109 i^j 1 300-358.) 



Skull, see p. 29. 



Hah. Eastern, South-eastern, and South Australia*. 

 Tt/pe in the Paris Museum. 



J Ad. sk. I , Lower Namoi R., N. S. W. Gould Coll. 



"• ■) Skull, f °- (J.G.). 



b, c. Skeletons, c? $ Dubbo, N. S. W. Purchased. 



(mounted). 



d. Ad. St., J • South Australia. Sir Geoi^e Grey [P.]. 



J Ad. st. I o South Australia. Sir George Grey [P. j. 

 *• Skull. ¥• 



f,g. Yg. sks. Gould Coll. 



, . ) Ad. sks. I - n West Australia (?). — Austin, Esq. [P.]. 

 '*'*• j Skull of/, f '^^^ 



. 1 Ad. sk. ( , Zool. Soc. 

 •'■ ] Skeleton. ( °- 



, J Imm. sk. I o Zool. Soc. 

 *• ] Skeleton. ( +• 



I. Yg. sk. Purchased. 



6. Macropus maguus. 



Macropus (Boriogale) magnus, Owen, Phil. Trans. 1874, p. 247 et 

 seqq. pi. xx. figs. 12, 19, & 26 (teeth). 



External characters unknown. 



(Si^mZZ (PI. VI. fig. 1). Muzzle with slight lateral inflation. Nasals 

 distorted in the type, but apparently rather broad, the middle breadth 

 going about three and a half times into the length. Interorbital 

 region slightly swollen, its edges rounded. Opening of lacrymal 



* The stated locality of "Western Australia " of specimens h and i is most 

 probably erroneous, as no other record seems to exist of the occurrence of 

 M. rufus there, and Grould states distinctly that it is not found west of South 

 Australia. 



