244 PBEAMEtlD^. 



slender, styloid, its anterior edge slightly concave at about the level 

 of the condyle. 



Teeth. Upper incisors 5 in number, the fifth about 4 millim. 

 distant from the fourth. P.^ and p.' about equal, long and narrow ; 

 p.* about twice the size of either, with a slight postero-internal 

 basal thickening. Molars light, triangular, their internal consider- 

 ably less than their external longitudinal diameter ; m.^ with a 

 strongly marked posterior talon. Lower incisors succeeded by a 

 considerable diastema, nearly or quite equal to their combined length. 

 Premolars and molars small and delicate. 



Milk-p.*, both above and below, small, of about the size of the 

 upper i.", shorter and blunter than in P. obesula, but not otherwise 

 more molariform in character than in that species. 



b (stuffed), 

 millim. 



and body (c.) 390 



Tail (c.) 125 



Hind foot 73 



Muzzle 57 



Ear 35 



Skull, see p. 249. 



Hab. Eastern Australia. 



Type in the Paris Museum. 



This species, although clearly belonging to the group of which 

 P. gunni is the most typical member, yet presents many characters 

 in comtQon with the other species of the genus, and especially with 

 certain of the Papuan Bandicoots, such as P. raffrayana, hroadhenti, 

 &c. Thus, while its long ears, the proportions of its skuU, the 

 structure of its interorbital region and lacrymal bones, and the 

 form of its lower jaw, ally it to P. gunni and P. bougainvillei, its spiny 

 fur, uns'triped rump, comparatively complete palate, and very small 

 and partially imperfect bullse are characters that show so much 

 approach to the other less specialized species as to prevent any 

 definite separation of the gunni section from the other Bandicoots. 



a. Imm. al., (J. Richmond E., N. S. W. Mr. A. P. Goodwin 



[CI. 



b. Ad. St., tJ. New South Wales (J. G.). Gould CoU. 

 „ I Ad, 8k. I New South Wales (J. GX Gould Coll. 

 "■ \ Skull. \ 



, J Yg. sk. I , New South W;ales. Sir T. L. Mitchell 



"'•I SkuU. f °- [P. &0.]. 



e. Skeleton (mounted). New South Wales. Purchased. 



^-h. Skulls. New South Wales. . Purchased. 



i. Ad. sk. Australian Alps. Purchased. 



J. Skull. Zool. Soc. 



