MORPMBJ OOH m CdMMI nis 



fhfl colour and f<trm of the annual 

 similar In the fiM« spccfraeti 

 I loin Ml. Hotham, except lhat it is 

 much smallci. The uiosi obvious 



feature b> which the species may be 

 recognised exiemsrUy is the lorlg t*B- 

 I he body iiu continues for Rboui 

 1 Cltfc along the tail, and hey 

 (fie tail is almosi naked I Plate 4). 

 The following are the dimcm 



Plate 5. 



1 ell mandible of Ml. Hotham SpCtllBBll 

 ,.i /( pflmiMi male. C7290, Nat. Mus 

 Viet showing sectorial premolar x ?! 



f'hnt,.: [ Guy 



Ki in 



Hroom. K.. 1S'»(> On a <unull tQSiil mai 

 siipiu! with large i; moved premolaiv 

 /V.h . / /H'l V" N S W. Hi: 5o3. 



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our specimen. Total length 235 mm., 

 tail 142 mm., eat K>.5 mm., hind lout 

 l(..tt mm. 



I he pouch has been examined ami 

 nipples lound lo he four in number, 

 arranged in Iwu pairs, one pair on 

 each side siiualed postcro-lalcrally 

 with one nipple ol each pair locate! 

 behind the other 



the teeth have been examined 

 while the animal was anaesthetised 

 Willi ether, and the premolar lectli 

 seen lo exhibit the sectorial foim 

 typical of Hitrniiiiys parvus (Plate 5J 



Aikm>\\l,<li:nuiiis: The author ex. 

 tends ihanks to the following per. 

 sons who assisted in various ways 

 before, during ami al'lei collection ot 

 the specimen. Dr I. Mcl. ( 'owan, 



I 'Diversity of British Colombia; the 

 Sp.ugo tainils. Falls Creek: Mr. T 



II M nil , National Herbarium: Mi 

 N. A. Wakefield. Monash 'Icachcrs 

 College: Mr. I-.. D. Cull. Deputy 

 Director. National Museum of \ ic- 

 loriu. 



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 University Press. 



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 bones in Q|C HoJian district 1. Via 

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