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MACHO POD ID AS. 
bushy hairs extend for about two inches from the end of 
the tail. 
The extreme point of the tail is perhaps wanting in this 
specimen ; for in a specimen in the British Museum in which 
the tail is perfect, about one inch of the apical portion is 
white. A second specimen lias the tail somewhat suffused 
with rust colour, and the apical third is clothed with 
bushy brown-black hairs above—the point is wanting. This 
latter specimen is the original of the D. setosa of Mr. 
Gray, alluded to in the Magazine of Natural History, haring 
been regarded by that gentleman as the Hyps, sctosus of Mr. 
Ogilby—a very distinct species. The dimensions of this 
specimen are given below in the second column, whilst those 
of the B. cuniculm , of the Zoological Society, are contained 
in the first column :— 
Inches. Lines. Inches. Lines. 
Length from tip of nose to root of tail 17 6 16 0 
•• of tail.13 0? 12 0? 
“ of tarsus and claws . 5 0 5 0 
44 of ear ... ... ... ... 1 2 12 
Fig. 2, of Plato 10, is taken from a skull of the B. cuniculus 
in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. It was 
procured by Mr. Gould in Van Diemen's Land. The skull of 
the specimen originally described by Mr. Ogilby differs in 
having the nasal bones a trifle broader behind, and distinctly 
narrower in front, and the inter-orbital space rather broader. 
Its dimensions are given in the first column, whilst those of 
the specimen figured (which is fractured behind) arc contained 
in the second column :— 
Total length of skull, about 
14 width ... .. ... . 
Length from tip of nasal bones to hinder 
margin of frontals . 2 
*• of nasal bones ... ... ... l 
Width of ditto at base ... ... ... o 
44 near the apex . 0 
ZooL Soc. 
Inches. Lines. 
? 
C 
•*4 
8 
3i 
Coll. Sunr. 
Inches. Lines. 
3 4 
1 10 * 
2 6 
1 4i 
0 7 
0 4 
