104 MACKOPODID-S;. 



reddish grey, the longer hairs dark for about three fifths of their 

 length, then white passing distaUy into deep red ; their extreme 

 tips black. Underfur slaty brown at base, pale grey passing into 

 rusty red terminally. An indistinct white stripe passing across 

 the sides just in front of the hips. Chin, chest, and belly dirty 

 white. Outsides of hind legs grey ; rest of limbs white. Hairs on 

 back of hands very long and coarse, partly hiding the claws. Feet 

 brown or gre3a8h brown. Central hind claw long and strong, 

 exceeding the pad by half an inch or more. Tail thickly and evenly 

 haired, not crested, pale grey or whitish above, white below. 



Skull and teeth as described above. Greatest breadth of nasals 

 about three fifths their length. Upper p.* about twice the length 

 of m.' P.' about the length of m.^, with five or six vertical external 

 grooves. 



Dimensions. 



d- 



d (stuffed.) 



Adult. 



millim. 



Head and body 520 



Tail 380 



Hind foot 134 



Ear 41 



SkuU, see p. 125. 



Hah. New South Wales. 



Type in collection. 



This species may be readily distinguished from the other Eat- 

 Kangarooa by its ruddy colour, black-backed ears, whitish hip- 

 stripe, and hairy rhinarium. 



Ad. & imm. sks. I New South Wales ^ Gould Coll. 



, ) Ad. & imm. sks. j New Sou 

 "'"•■j Skull. I (J.G.) 



j Ad. sk. I , Now South Wales. Zool. Soc. 



"■ I Skull. I °' (Typfi of spfecies andof ^, jreeZoKoiis, Og.) 



d. Ad. St., (S (albino). Zool. Soc. 



1 Ad. St. I , Purchased. 

 '■ 1 Skull, f ^• 



f. Ad. skull, c? . New South Wales Gould CoU. 



(/. G.). 



g, h. Ad. & imm. skeletons. Purchased. 



9. BETTONGIA. ^ 



Type. 

 Bettongia, Oray, Charlesw. Mag. N. H. i. p. 584 (1837). B. cuniculus. 



Khinarium (PI. XI. fig. 12) wholly naked, the naked part 

 running backwards in the centre for a short distance, and termi- 

 nating in a point. Ear very short, rounded. Fore claws shorter 

 and weaker than in .^pyprymniis : their proportions as in that 

 genus. Hind feet longer than the head ; their solos naked, coarsely 

 granulated. Tail more or less prehensile, thickly hairy, the hairs 



