102 maoeopodidjB. 



Dimensions. 



d- ?■ 



a (stuffed). / (stuffed). 



millim. millim. 



Head and body 460 415 



Tail 330 320 



Hind foot 100 103 



Ear 46 49 



SkuU, Bee p. 85*. 



Hah. Western Australia f- 

 Co-types in the Paris Museum. 



1 Ad. sk. I , Wongar Hills, W. A. {Priess). Gould Coll. 

 "• SkuU. o" 



. J Ad. sk. I o York, W. A. (Priess). Gould OoU. 



\ Skull, j +• (Co-types of X. cdbipilis, Gould.) 



c. Imm. skull. West Australia (J. Gilbert). Gould Coll. 



d, e. Ad. sks., cJ 5 . Pertk, W. A. Government of W. 



Australia [E.]. 



, 1 Ad. St. I Q West Australia. Purchased. 

 ■^- ] Skull, f + ■ 



Subfamily II. POTOROIN^. 



Size small. Claws of fore feet very large, those of the median 

 disproportion ally larger than those of the outer fingers. Hind foot 

 without a hallux. Tail long, hairy. (Esophagus entering the 

 stomach near the pyloric end; liver without a Spigelian lobe J. 

 Canines always present, generally well-developed. P.^* set in the 

 same general line as the other teeth, or very slightly bent outwards 

 anteriorly. Molars more or less tuberculate, decreasing in size 

 backwards ; m.^ rising early into its place, smaller than m.' Eirst 

 upper incisor markedly longer than the others. 



8. iEPyPRYMNUS. 



Type. 



./Epyprymnua, Oarrod, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 59 M. rufescens. 



Ehinarium (PL XI. fig. 11) partially hairy, the hairs extending 

 about halfway down the front of the nasal septum. Fore claws 

 very long and strong, those of the third and fourth digits consider- 

 ably longer than the others. Hind feet longer than the head, their 

 soles narrow, naked, coarsely granulated. Tail evenly hairy, not 

 crested above. 



* The skull measurements, for the sake of comparison, have been placed next 

 to those of Lagorchestes. 



t Also recorded by Gould from South Australia, but this has not as yet 

 been confirmed. 



X Cf. Garrod, P. Z. S. 187r>, p. 58. 



