LAGORCHESTES CONSPICILLATA, Oouid. 



Spectacled Hare Kang-aroo. 



Spec. Char. — Lag. vellere ul in Lepore timido ; artubus parvis ; cauda fere quoad longitudmem cum corpore cocequali / 

 cafite corporeque supra fuscescentihus et flavescenti-alho nigroque adsperm ; corporis partibus inferioribiis sordide 

 albis ; lateribus ferrugmeo-Jiamscentibus ; cauda pilis brembus sordide albis parch indula ; tarsis sordide albis ; auribus 

 intus pilis flavescenti-alhis ; oculis pilis ferrugineis circutndatis ; vellere corporis superioris ad radicem nigro. 



Descr. — Fur very long, dense, and rather soft to the touch ; on the back it is of a black colour next the skin, yellowish 

 white tovvards the apex, shaded into deeper yellow still nearer to the point, and black at the point ; on the lower 

 part of the back the portion of each hair, which is yellow on the back, is replaced by white, and there is an 

 oblique white mark on each side of the rump ; fur on the side of the body is deep grey next the skin, brownish 

 yellow in the middle, followed by black, then whitish, and at the point black ; on the under surface of the body 

 the fur is ash-coloured next the skin, and white externally, excepting on the sides of the belly, where they are of 

 a rusty yellow hue externally ; the hair on the upper surface of the head is black, freely pencilled with yellowish 

 white ; a broad space round the eye is covered with bright rusty red hairs, and this hue, though less bright, is 

 extended backwards beneath the ear ; lips and chin dirty white ; throat white ; ears very small and some- 

 what pointed ; internally they are clothed with whitish hairs, and externally with dirty white hairs on the apical 

 portion, but towards the base there is an admixture of black ; fore- and hind-legs and feet pale, the hairs being 

 dirty white at the point and brown next the skin ; tail slender, and being but sparingly clothed with short dirty 

 white bristly hairs, exhibits scales ; on the under surface it is more densely clothed, and the hairs are longer and 



of a dirty yellowish hue. 



Male. 



feet, inches. 



Length from the nose to the extremity of the tail 2 8J- 



„ of tail 1 U 



„ „ tarsus and toes, including the nail 5i 



,, „ arm and hand, including the nails 3 



„ ,, face from the tip of the nose to the base of the ear ... 3^- 



„ ear 1^- 



Lagorchestes conspicillatus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part IX. p. 82. 



I HAVE again to offer my thanks to the Officers of H.M.S. the Beagle for subjects they have contributed to my illustra- 

 tions of Australian zoology, and especially for the loan of two fine specimens of this highly interesting Lagorchestes, the 

 second species yet discovered of this beautiful form. It is to Capt. Wickham and Mr. Bynoe that science is indebted 

 for its discovery. It was procured on Barrow Island, which lies off the north-western coast of Australia, about thirty 

 miles from the main land. The two specimens collected by those gentlemen are fortunately male and female, and hence 

 the subject is rendered so much the more complete. The specimen sent me by Captain Wickham has, by his desire, been 

 presented to the national collection at the British Museum, and his example will, I feel assured, be followed by my 

 esteemed friend Mr. Bynoe, as no exertion should be spared to render that collection, already so fine, as complete as 

 possible. 



This species is rather less in size than the Lagorchestes Lepordides ; from which it is distinguished by its fur being 

 more dense and harsh to the touch, by the extreme blackness of the basal part of the hair, by the shortness of its ears, 

 by the want of the black patch at the base of the arm, and by the red colouring around the eyes being of a more brilliant 

 rusty hue than in that animal. 



The sexes are alike in colour and size. 



