7. LAGOSTEOPHirS. 101 



OUbei-t, P. Z. S. 1844, p. 33 (habits) ; Oieb. Bronn's Kl. u. Ordn. 



vi. Abth. V. pi. xxi. figs. 5-7 (skull) (1874). 

 Halmaturus striatus, Less. N. Tahl. R. A., Mamm. p. 195 (1842) 



(nom. nudum)). 

 Macropus (Lagorchestes) fasciatus, Waterh. N. H. Mamm. i. p. 87 



pi. V. fig. 4 (incisors) (1846). 

 La^orchestes fasciatus, Gould, Mamm. Austr. pi. Ivi. (animal) 



(1849) ; Oerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. B. M. p. 131 (1862) ; 



Kreft, Arntr. Vert. p. 11 (1871); Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mm. 



p. 321 (1887). 

 Lagostrophua fasciattis, Thomas, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 544, pi. lix. (^kuU, 

 ' teeth, &c.). 



Banded Wallaby. 



Size small. General form light and graceful. Ehinarium 

 (PI. XI. fig. 10) naked, the hair growing downwards just to the level 

 of the superior internal angle of the nostrils. Fur thick and soft, 

 consisting of three distinct sorts, viz. the soft slaty grey underfur, 

 the ordinary coarse hair, and finally a large number of long isolated 

 piles, from two to three inches in length, projecting far beyond the 

 other hairs. General colour grizzled grey-brown, the lower back ■ 

 cross-banded ; ears short, their backs grey. Head and forequarters 

 uniform finely 'grizzled grey, the ordinary coarse fur black for its 

 basal two thirds, then with a white or yellowish- white subterminal 

 and a brown or black terminal band ; lower back with the hair so 

 arranged as to bring the black and white bands opposite each other, 

 so as to produce well-defined transverse bands across the back ; the 

 bands connected, down the centre by an indistinct longitudinal black 

 line. Long piles everywhere, black for their basal four-fifths, then 

 with a broad white and prominent band, their extreme tips black. 

 Chin, chest, and belly mixed grey and white. No face, shoulder, 

 flank, or hip-marks present, except that a pair of indistinct reddish 

 patches are sometimes present on the sides of the belly, just in front 

 of the hips. Arms and back of legs grey with a reddish tinge ; 

 hands and feet duU yellow or yellowish grey ; the long hairs on the 

 sides of the feet and on the toes quite hiding the claws. Tail uni^ 

 formly clothed with short close-set hairs, yellowish grey above, dull 

 yellow below ; an inconspicuous pencU of longer hairs at the tip. 



Skull broad, but lightly built ; muzzle short, slender, and tapering 

 to a point ; nasals very narrow in front, much expanded behind ; 

 interorbital space flat, its edges parallel or slightly converging back- 

 wards, square and forming slightly overhanging ridges in old speci- 

 mens. Premaxillae small and slender, naso-premaxillary much 

 shorter than naso-maxiUary suture ; palatal foramina short and 

 narrow ; posterior palate with large vacuities ; buUse but slightly 

 inflated, their substance smooth and transparent. 



Teeth (PI. XIII. fig. 4) as described above. P.^ with three* or 

 four external grooves, p.* with four or five, the former scarcely 

 smaller than the latter, and just about equal in length to m.' 



