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hip-stripe, neither of them very well-defined. Chin, chest, and 

 belly whitish, the bases of the hairs grey. Arms, legs, and feet 

 pale grey, fingers and toes brown. Tail rather short, uniform grey; 

 its terminal nail as in 0. frenata. 



Skull very small and light. Muzzle slender and pointed. Facial 

 index only from 200 to 215. Forehead fiat, not infiated. Nasals 

 very narrow, their greatest breadth going about 2| times into their 

 length, their posterior edge slightly sinuous. Supraorbital edges 

 parallel, sharp and weU-defined, not thickened or overhanging. 

 Palatal foramina short and rounded, not so long as m.' Posterior 

 palate with large vacuities. BuUae large and much swollen, trans- 

 parent. 



Teeth much as in 0. frenata, but smaller and lighter. Incisors 

 (PI. IX. flg. 11) very small and slender, i.^ more upright than in 

 0. frenata. Canine generally present, but exceedingly minute and 

 quite functionless, its point not projecting above the bone. P.^ 

 very small, hourglass-shaped, its posterior scarcely greater than its 

 anterior diameter, its postero-internal talon obsolete, and its upright 

 cusps unusually low and rounded. 



Dimensions. 



e (stuffed), 

 millim. 



Head and body 500 



Tail '. 332 



Hind foot 120 



Ear 58 



Skull, see next page. 



Hal>. West and South Australia. 

 Type in collection. 



„ j Imm. sk. I , Swan R., W. A. {J. Gil- Gould Coll. (Type 



"••(SkuU. f'^- bert). of species.) 



, „ J Imm. sks. I Swan K., W. A. (J. Oil- Gould Coll. 



"' "• ) SkuU of c. \ bert). 



d. Yg. St., cJ • West Australia. Purchased. 



e. Ad. St., (S . South Australia. Sir G. Grey [P. & 



O.J. 

 /, g. Yg. sks. South Australia. Sir G. Grey [P. & 



0.]. 

 h. Aged skeleton ( ?). Zoological Society. 



