38 MACKOPODID*. 



of back*. Underfur grey-brown. General colour of face grey; 

 face-markings nearly obsolete, the dark whiBker-mark scarcely 

 distinguisbable, and the white cheek-stripe reduced merely to the 

 white upper lip ; a white spot at the base of the outer edge of the 

 ear. Back of ears rufous, darkening to their tips. A distinct 

 white hip-stripe present, running horizontally backwards from the 

 knee. Arms rufous ; legs grey ; fingers and toes gradually be- 

 coming quite black to their tips. Central hind claw rather shorter 

 than usual. Chin, chest, and belly white or greyish white, rather 

 more sharply defined than is usual in the group. Tail grey above, 

 its extreme tip black. 



Skull. General form light and slender. Premaxillae obliquely 

 set. Nasals narrow, very slightly expanded behind. Interorbital 

 region broad, flat, not constricted ; supraorbital edges thick and 

 prominent, developing low rounded convexities in the usual position 

 of the postorbital proceRsea. Infraorbital foramen opening from 8 

 to 11 miUim. from orbit. Palate with a pair of very large vacuities 

 opposite the anterior root of the zygoma. 



Teeth small and light. I.^ fairly long, its external notch central. 

 P.' about 5 miUim. long, broader behind than in front. P.'' 

 (PI. X. fig. 3) about the length of m}, narrow, converging forward, 

 with a well-marked postero-intemal talon, and a narrow internal 

 ledge. 



Dimensions. 



6- 2- 



c (stuffed), /(stuffed). 



Aged. Adult. 



miUim. millim. 



Head and body 790 660 



Tail 610 510 , ,-R , 



Hind foot 175 168 ^ ? =f ;it\ 



Ear 63 63^ 156-175.) 



SkuU, see p. 45. 



Hab. Inland districts of Queensland and New South Wales. 

 Type not traceable. 



o. Ad. al., cJ. Queensland. Mr.J.Abraham8[P.]. 



. 1 Imm. sk. 1 o Queensland. Purchased. 



*• J SkuU. ( ^ ■ 



c. Imm. skull. Queensland {LeicharMs jEx- John Gilbert, Esq. 



pedition). [C]. 



Imm. skull, cJ • Brezi, N. S. W. Gould Coll. 



d. I Ad. St. ) , Interior N. S. W. Gould Coll. 



e. ]SkuU. f °- 



/,^. Ad.st.,$&yg. Interior N. S. W. Gould Coll. - 



* Dr. CoUett (I. c.) records that in one specimen from Rockhampton, three 

 transverse dark stripes were visible on the back, in addition to the ordinary 

 longitudinal one. 



