2. fi;ba.meles. 



235 



Hah. Northern Australia, from west to east. 

 Type in collection. 



Ad. sk. I Q 19/10 Cape York. 



Skull. f¥>i^/4"- 



Ad. sk, ' - _ . 



Skull, 



Ad. St. 



Skull, 



,Skulf^^' 11/44-. 

 e. Yg. sk. 





Port Essington, 



Northern Territo^. 

 Port Essington, N. T. 



/.Yg. al., cJ. 

 (?) i^. Imm. al., ?. 



Port Essington, N. T. 



{Dr. J. MacgiUivray.) 

 Victoria R., N. T. 



{North Australian Ex- 



peditiori). 

 {North Australian Ex- 



Voy. 'Rattlesnake.' 



Gould Coll. 



{Type of species.) 

 Gould Coll. 



Lord Derby [P.]. 



Dr. J. R. Elsey [P.]. 



Dr. J. R. Elsey [P.]. 

 Mr. J. Beazley [0.]. 



3. Ferameles moresbyeusis. 



Perameles moresbyensis. Rams. P. lAnn. Soc. N. 8. W. ii. p. 14 

 (1878), iii. p. 244 (1878), iv. p. 88 (1879). 



General external characters as in P. ohesula and P. rrMcrura, 

 except that the fur is coarser and more spiny, the colour of the 

 crown of the head is darker, and the posterior back, instead of 

 being uniform with the forequarters, is a dark grizzled orange, 

 the part of the hairs that is elsewhere yeUow becoming gradually 

 a deep orange posteriorly, and the terminal halves of many of the 

 hairs of the rump being wholly orange. 



Shull (PI. XXII. fig. 2) in all its essential characters identical 

 with that of P. macrura, except that the nasals appear to be 

 broader behind and more tapering forwards, their greatest breadth 

 going about 4g or 5 times in their length. 



Teeth (see fig. cit.) intermediate in size between those of P. ohesula 

 and P. macrura, but nearer to those of the latter. Upper i.° 

 as in P. macrura, but standing further from i.* Cheek-teeth 

 also as in that species, but thei inner halves of the molars are 

 shorter antero-posteriorly, so that there are narrow V-shaped spaces 

 between them; m.* with a posterior talon. Lower teeth as in 

 P. macrura. 



Dimensions. 



a (skin). b (skin). 



Adult. Adult, 



millim. millim. 



Head and body 400 260 



Tail 126 



Hind foot 64 55 



Ear (c.) 18 (c.) 17 



Skull, see p. 249. 



Hah. South-eastern New Guinea. 



Type in the Sydney Museum. 



