M2 
MACROPOD I D.E. 
colour; neck, shoulders, and fore legs, of a pale rust colour, 
much pencilled with white; body beneath, grey-white: tail 
with a black mark along the upper surface of the apical 
portion. 
This animal is said to be called “Damn” by the natives.— 
Inhabits Western Australia. 
M. Eugenii. 
Male. 
M. Dama. 
Female. 
M. Dama. 
Inches. Lines 
Inches. Lines 
Inches. Lines 
Length from tip of nose to root of tail 
22 8 
23 0 
22 0 
11 of tail, about 
13 0 
15 0 
14 0 
“ of tarsus and nails . 
6 0 
5 8 
“ of the great central toe-naU 
0 9 
0 7i 
“ from nose to ear 
4 4 
3 9 
3 9 
“ of ear 
2 G 
2 3 
“ of fore arm, hands, and uails 
5 9 
4 9 
tl of hand and nails . 
1 9 
1 5i 
of which the nail of central finger is 
0 5 
0 5j 
11 of the three upper incisors ... 
0 5} 
M. Dama differs from M. Derbianus , not only in wanting 
the black mark on the back of the neck, but in having the 
fore legs much more slender, and the hands smaller, the tarsi 
longer, and the ears larger: the upper incisor teeth are rather 
larger—they are represented on Plate 5, fig. 8. The smaller 
size of this animal, its rufous fore legs, and the structure of 
the upper incisor teeth, serve to distinguish it from die 
M. Thot id is of the East coast. 
Mr. Gould’s Halmaturus y radiis, I feel no doubt, is 
specifically identical with the //. Dama . Two specimens in 
the British Museum collection, and which formerly belonged 
to Mr. Gould, present the following characters:— 
