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along the sides and under the calcaneum, the rest smooth and naked, 

 with only three granulated pads, one each at the base of the second 

 and fifth toes, and one at the base of the combined third and 

 fourth ; there is also a thickening of the skin opposite the meta- 

 tarsal of the hallux, but no definite pad is there found. Tail rather 

 shorter than the head and body, evenly long-haired above and on 

 the sides, shorter-haired below ; above coarsely grizzled pale yellow 

 and black, rich rufous below. Mammga 4. 

 Skull and dentition as described above. 



Dimensions. 



. d. 2- 



c (in spirit). *(iti spirit). 



Adult. Adult. 



millim. millim. 



Head and body 220 240 



Tail 175 (0.) 160 



Hind foot 50 48 



Ear 24 2-3 



Skull, see next page. 



Hah. Western and Southern Australia. 

 Type not in existence. 



1 Ad. sk. I , South Australia. Sir G. Grey [P. & 



"■ jSkuU. f ^' 0.1. 



6. Ad. St., cJ ■ King George's Sound, Sir G. Grey [P. & 



W. A. 0.]. 



e. Ad. al., d'. King George's Sound, G.Kre£Pt,Esq.[P.]. 



W. A. ( W. Master). 



, I Ad. sk. I Swan K., W. A. Zool. Soc. (A. Gor- 



"• \ SkuU.t i don, Esq. [P. & 

 (Type of " M. diemenensis, Waterh.") 0.]). 



, J Ad. St. I Swan R., W.A. {J. Gil- Gould OoU. 

 *'•/• ]Skulloffi.J bert). 



, Yg. St. & sk. I Swan R., W. A. ' Purchased. 

 ^'*- Skull of A. [ 



. llmm. sk. ) Toodyay, W. A. (J. Gil- Gould OoU. 

 *• 1 Skull. f bert). 



j. Skeleton (mounted). West Australia. Purchased. 



k. Ad. sk., 2 • Haalar Hospital. 



/. SkuU.t G. R. Waterhouse, 



Esq. [P.]. 



m. Skull. Charles Falconer, 



Esq. [P.]. 



* Belonging to the Biological Laboratory of the Eoyal School of Mines, and 

 kindly lent me for examination. The measurements of this specimen are not 

 quite so trustworthy as those of the male, owing to its being in somewhat bad 

 condition. 



t The skuU figured, Tr. Z. S. ii. pi. xxviii. 



I Figured in N. H. Mamm. i. pi. xxi. 



