34 MACROPODID^. 



becoming blacker towards theii" tips. Hands and feet grey, be- 

 coming gradually quite black at the ends of the digits. Chin, chest, 

 and belly white or greyish white. Tail uniform grey above and 

 white below, an inconspicuous black pencil generally present at the 

 tip. 



Skull. General form much as in M. ualahatus, but the facial part 

 longer in proportion to the cranial (facial index 230-240). Pre- 

 masillse long, and slanting very much forward, so that they project 

 some 10 or 12 miUim. beyond the tips of the nasals. Nasals of 

 medium length, slightly expanded behind. Supraorbital edges 

 sharp, not overhanging ; no trace of postorbital processes. A 

 distinct intertemporal constriction always "-present, but never be- 

 coming, even in old specimens, very strongly marked. Infra- 

 orbital foramen opening only from 7-9 mUlim. from orbit. Palate 

 fairly complete for this group, from two to four larger openings 

 generally present, each about as big as one of the molars, and a few 

 small openings in the palatine portion. 



Teeth. Incisors (PI. IX. flg. 2) large, long, and powerful. I.' 

 with its vertical several times as great as its horizontal diameter ; 

 i.^ large, a strongly marked notch at the centre of its outer margin. 

 P.^ about 5'5 or 6 millim. long. P.^ (PI. X. fig. 2) small, narrow, 

 and triangular, about as long as m.', its anterior part without an 

 internal ledge. Lower p.* about 5 millim. long. 



Dimensions. 



a (gtufifed). b (stuffed), 

 millim. millim. 



Head and body 1050 925 



Tail . . '. 750 700 



Hind foot 230 220 



Ear 78 76 



Skull, see p. 45. 



ffab. New South Wales and Victoria. 

 Type in the Paris Museum. 



a, b. Ad. St., cS 2 ■ Bong Bong, N. S. W. (G Gould Coll. 



Throsby, Esq.). 



c. Imm. skull. Sydney, N. S. W. Sir R. Owen [P.]. 



d-ff. Skulls. Mt. Gambler, extreme 8.E. F. G. Waterhouse, 



South Australia. Es(j. [0. & P.]. 



h. Skull. Zoological Society. 



b. Macropus mlicollis, var. bennettii. 



P Macropus albus ", Gray, Spic. Zool. ii. p. 10 (1830) ; Waterh. Jard. 

 Nat. labr., Mamm. xi. p. 214 (1841). 



* Even were this name certainly applioaljle to the present form, it would 

 have no claim to adoption, being incorrect and misleading. 



