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sordide albus ; aurium apicibus externis et margine antico nigris ; 

 strigd fuscescente utrinque ab oculis usque ad nares productd, et 

 infra hanc lined albd ; clunibus lined albidd notatis ; caudd longd 

 pilis brevibus albidis, ad basin supra fldvidis, ad apicem nigrescen- 

 tibus, indutd. 



unc. lin. 



Longitudo ab apice rostri ad apicem caudse . . 63 



cauda 30 



tarsi digitorumque 9 3 



antebrachii et pedis antici 9 6 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris .... 5 6 



auris 2 9 



The above are the principal characters of a male specimen pro-' 

 cured at Port Essington : its fur is rather short, adpressed, and 

 harsh to the touch : the general colour is sandy yellow, but the 

 upper parts of the head and body are freely pencilled with blackish, 

 the hairs being of this colour at the point. The chin, throat, and chest 

 are nearly pure white, and the hairs on these parts are uniform to 

 the base : on the belly the hairs are sandy yellow next the skin, but 

 whitish at the point. The limbs are of a pale sandy yellow tint 

 externally, and white on the inner side. On the fore-feet the hairs are 

 also of a pale sandy yellow tint, but they are pencilled with blackish. 

 The hind-feet are nearly white, but on the toes many of the hairs 

 assume a rusty hue. The upper surface of the head is rather paler 

 than the body ; the lips are whitish, and a whitish mark extends 

 backwards from the lips and terminates beneath the eye : running 

 parallel with, and joining this mark, is another mark, which is of a 

 dusky hue. The ears are of moderate size, somewhat pointed, white 

 within, and of the same colour as the upper surface of the head ex- 

 ternally, excepting at the apex, where they are rather broadly mar- 

 gined with black, and a narrow black line runs along the anterior 

 edge. On each side of the rump is an oblique whitish line. The 

 tail is rather sparingly clothed with short adpressed hairs, and 

 these are nearly white, excepting on the upper surface at the base, 

 where they are of the same hue as those on the back, and along 

 the dorsal surface is a yellowish line : on the under surface the 

 hairs of the tail are of a dirty white colour, and at the apex they 

 are black. 



The last species belongs to the division of the Kangaroos to which 

 Mr. Gould has applied the name Lagorchestes, and is remarkable 

 for the circle of bright rust- coloured hairs which surround the eyes, 

 a character which suggested the specific name given. 



Lagorchestes conspicillatus. Lag. vellere ut in Lepore timido ; 

 artubus parvis ; caudd fere quoad longitudinem cum corpore co- 

 cequali ; capite corporeque supra fusees centibus et flavescenti-albo 

 nigroque adspersis ; corporis partibus inferioribus sordide albis ; 

 lateribus ferrugineo-flavescentibus ; caudd pilis brevibus sordide 

 albis parce indutd - x tar sis sordide albis ; auribus intus pilis flaves- 

 centi- albis ; oculis pilis ferrugineis circumdatis ; vellere corporis 

 superioris ad radicem nigro. 



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