4. LASOROHESXBS. 



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Shull Measurements of Onychogale. 



{ 



Sex 



Specimens 



Age 



Basal length 



Greatest breadth 



Nasals, length 



„ greatest breadth 



„ least breadth 



Constriction, breadth 



Palate, length 



„ breadth, outside m.^ 



„ ,, inside m.^ 



Palatal foramen 



Diastema 



Ba«i-eranial axis 



Basi-facial axis 



Facial index 



Teeth— length ofi.3 



„ >, P.^ 



„ „ ms>' 



0. unffui- 

 fera. 



a. 

 adult. 



87 

 52-5 

 45 

 20 



7-5 

 16 

 57 

 28-5 

 17-3 



5-5 



25 



26 



65 



250 



3-4 



4-5 

 21 



0. frenaia. 



9- 

 imm. 



78 

 48 

 34 

 15 



6 



19-5 

 49 

 23 

 15 



6 



21 (p.^) 

 25 

 56 

 224 



2-5 



3-5 

 15-3 



0. lunata. 



a. 

 imm. 



64 

 39 

 28 

 10-2 



4-3 

 14-5 

 38 

 20 

 12 



31 

 16-5 

 21-0 

 43 

 200 



2-6 



14-5 



(2.) 



h. 

 aged. 



61 

 39 

 25 

 10 



5 

 13-5 

 38 

 20-2 

 13 



3 



14 



20 



43 



215 



2 



2-8 

 13-7 



4. LAGOBCHESIES. 



Type. 



Lagorchestes, Gould, Mon. Macrop. letterpress to 

 pi. xii. (1841) L. leporoides. 



Ehinarium wholly or partly hairy. Central hind claws long and 

 strong, not hidden by the hair of the foot. Tail rather short, not 

 bushy or crested, but evenly short-haired throughout ; no trace of a 

 caudal spur. 



Skull with a short muzzle, the diastema less than the length of 

 the first three molars. BuUsb inflated. 



Dentition : 



1 or -Z 

 



P.: 



M. 



1 . . 0' ^" ' -^ • . . 8 . 4' ■"■^' 1 . 2 . 8 . 4 -^ ^4 — Ot. 



Incisors small and sharp-edged ; i.' slightly longer than i.^, with 

 a shallow notch about its centre. Canines present, functional 

 in L. conspicillatiis, very small in L. leporoides and L. hirsutus. 

 ?.■* large, not constricted at its centre, with a well-marked internal 

 ledge running its whole length. 



Bange. The whole of Australia. 



Not found in Tasmania. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. EXTBBNAL ChAEACTEKS. 



Underfur of back uniform blackish brown. 



Ears less than one third of hind feet. Two [p. 80. 



white lateral bands present 1. i. conspicillatvs, 



