46 MACEOPODID^. 



Form rather stouter and thicker than in others of the group. 

 Ehinarium (PI. XI. fig. 1) with the hair bordering it above forming 

 two paired projections downwards instead of a single median one ; 

 lower part continued to the lip. Pur short, close and coarse. 

 Underfur almost or quite absent. General colour dark grizzled 

 sandy. Face sandy, more rufous on the crown, and round the bases 

 of the ears ; face-markings inconspicuous ; a white cheek-stripe 

 present, but not prominent. Back of ears, occiput, back of neck, 

 withers, and a patch behind the forearm dark brown, contrasting 

 with the genersil sandy colour. Back dark sandy, grizzled with 

 black, sides clearer. A. well-marked white hip-stripe present. Chin, 

 chest, and belly white. Arms and legs sandy, the tips of the toes 

 brown. Tail black above, white below and at the extreme tip. 



Skull (PL VIII. fig. 1). Facial portion rather long and heavy in 

 proportion to brain -case. Muzzle longer, narrower, and less taper- 

 ing than in M. stigmccticus and M. wileoon. PremaxiUae upright, 

 produced forwards in old specimens into a marked subnasal process, 

 projecting beyond the level of the teeth. I(aso-premaxillary and 

 naso-maxiUary sutures about equal. Nasals long, their least from 

 one half to three fifths their greatest breadth. Naso-frontal suture 

 slightly and evenly bowed backwards. Interorbital region long, 

 parallel- sided ; the supraorbital edges thick, rounded and slightly 

 overhanging, but not forming distinct postorbital processes. 

 Palatal foramina of medium length, about equal to m.'' 



Teeth. Incisors small and light. I.^ small, about the length of 

 m.', its notch quite posterior, the inner lamina showing but little 

 behind the outer. P.^ (PI. X. fig. 6) about the length of m.'', oblong, 

 nearly as broad in front as behind, and with a well-marked internal 

 ledge. 



a (skin). 



millim. 



Head and body (c.) 700 



TaU 360 



Hind foot 132 



Ear 63 



SkuU, see p. 63. 



Hah. North Queensland. 



Types in collection. 



This species seems to bear exactly the same relationship to the 

 members of the present group that M. qgilis does to those of the 

 last, and the pair form an interesting example of the independent 

 development of similar characters under similar conditions. The 

 two species are the only true Wallabies found in North Queens- 

 land, and, although belonging to difi^erent groups, are each di- 

 stinguished from their allies by their short fur, sandy colour, non- 



