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the muzzle to be naturally naked at that part in the specimens 
in question) was deceived as to the section to which they 
belonged, and placed them iu the genus Bettoiigia, and 
founded a new species, under the name Lag arch estes aJbipilis , 
upon some skins received from Western Australia agreeing 
with M. fascia (us, but winch he imagined difFered in having 
the muffle hairy. Upon a recent careful examination of the 
Paris specimens, I found that some few of the small hairs 
still remained, and indeed were distinct in one of the speci¬ 
mens, where, being in a hollow, they had not been exposed to 
friction. 
In a skeleton of the M. elegant, contained in the Museum 
of Comparative Anatomy at Paris, I noticed that the molar 
teeth had distinct, and considerably elevated, transverse 
ridges, as in Macrojms; that the foremost incisor tooth of 
the upper jaw was rather the narrowest of the three; the 
second and third incisors were very nearly equal, the latter 
had a distinct external notch; the first molar was shorter 
than in Hypsiprymnus, and had three external grooves; there 
were no canine teeth, and the nasal portion of the cranium 
was short. Canine teeth are absent in all Mr. Gould’s speci¬ 
mens of Lag or chest es albijtilis which I had on opportunity 
of examining, and the structure of the incisor teeth is as 
above described; they are represented in Plate o, fig. 4. 
The fur of this animal is very long and soft; the ears of 
moderate size, and somewhat pointed; the tail about equal to 
the body in length; fore legs and feet very small, and the 
claws slender; tarsi slender, and of moderate length; the 
nails of the toes also slender, compressed, and concave 
beneath. The general colour of the fur is greyish, but it is 
variegated with black, white, and rust colour; the last- 
mentioned colour is most conspicuous around the eyes: on 
the back arc numerous transverse, narrow, black bands; 
these are somewhat irregular, and not well defined;' the 
