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prominent markings, and white hip-stripe. As Mr. De Vis has 

 remarked (I. c), M. coxeni has, at first sight, very much the look of 

 a young M. agilis; but there can be no question that the two have 

 no such direct relationship to one another, except what they have 

 in common as members of the genus Maeropus. 



^ , I Ad. & imm. sks. I , p Port Albany, 0. Coxen, Esq. [C.]. 

 ' ■ I Skulls, j o ¥■ C.York. (Co-<y^es of species.) 



15. Maeropus stigmaticus. 



Halmaturus stigmaticus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 375 ; id. Mamm. 

 Austr. ii. pis. xxxiii., xxxiv. (animal) (1860) ; Krefft, Austr. Vert. 

 p. 10 (1871). 



Beanded Waliabt. 



Form light and slender. Ehinarium with its upper border 

 forming two paired convexities, as in M. coxeni ; lower part con- 

 tinued to the lip. Fur short, close and rather coarse ; underfur 

 thin and scanty, dark slaty grey. General colour rufous grey, the 

 grey predominating on the nape and forequarters, and the rufous 

 on the lower back. Muzzle grey ; crown, cheeks, and the region 

 round the base of the ear deep rust-colour, a few hairs round the 

 notch of the latter pale yellow. An indistinct pale cheek-stripe 

 present, with a rufous line below it, running from the lower lip to 

 beneath the eye. Back of ears, occiput, and nape brown, with an 

 indistinct darker nuchal streak. Sides of body rich rufous, brighter 

 towards the beUy, where two longitudinal bright rusty bands border 

 the white of the belly. Hip-stripe yellowish, very prominent, con- 

 trasting markedly with the rufous round it. Sides of rump deep 

 rufous, gradually passing into brilliant rust-colour on the back and 

 outside of the lower leg. Chin, chest, beUy, and inner sides of limbs 

 white. Arms rufous, hands and feet grey or rufous grey, the tips 

 of the toes brown. Tail uniform grey-brown abqve, whitish below. 



Slcull stout and strong. Muzzle long, conical. Premaxillae long, 

 obliquely set, the naso-premaxiUary twice as long as the naso- 

 maxillary suture. Nasals long, broad behind, their least ahout half 

 their greatest hreadth, the latter situated in front of the maxillo- 

 frontal suture ; naso-frontal suture sinuous, bowed forwards late- 

 rally, strongly backwards centrally. Interorbital region flat, its 

 edges overhanging and very slightly converging backwards. Palatal 

 foramen about the length of m.' 



Teeth generally stout and strong. I.' much as in M. coxeni, but 

 rather longer, slightly- longer than m.* P.* (PI. X. fig. 7) large 

 and strong, about equal to m.*, shaped as in M. coxeni. 



