LAGORCHESTES CONSPICILLATA, Gouid. 
Spectacled Hare Kangaroo. 
Spec. Char, —Lag. vellere ut = Lepore timido ; artubus parvis; caudà ferê quoad longitudinem. cum corpore co@quali ; 
i di رو وین‎ fuscescontibus et flavescenti-albo nigroque adspersis ; corporis partibus inferioribus. sordide 
albis ; lateribus ferrugineo favescentibus 7 cauda pilis brevibus sordide albis parcè indutà ; tarsis sordidè albis ; auribus 
xi pilis flavescenti-allis ; oculis pilis ferrugineis circumdatis ; vellere corporis superioris ad radicem nigro. 
Descr. È ur very long, dense, and rather soft to the touch ; on the back it is of a black colour next the skin, yellowish 
white towards the apex, shaded into deeper yellow still nearer to the point, and black at the point; on the lower 
part of the back the portion of each hair, which is yellow on the back, is replaced by white, and there is an 
oblique white mark on each side of the rump; fur on the side of the body is deep grey next the skin, brownish 
yellow in the middle, followed by black, then whitish, and at the point black ; on the Inder surface of the body 
the fur is ash-coloured next the skin, and white externally, excepting on the sides of the belly, where they are of 
a rusty yellow hue externally ; the hair on the upper surface of the head is black, freely pencilled with yellowish 
white ; a broad space round the eye is covered with bright rusty red hairs, and this hue, though less bright, is 
extended backwards beneath the ear; lips and chin dirty white; throat white; ears very small and some- 
what pointed; internally they are clothed with whitish hairs, and externally with dirty white hairs on the apical 
portion, but towards the base there is an admixture of black; fore- and hind-legs and feet pale, the hairs being 
dirty white at the point and brown next the skin ; tail slender, and being but sparingly clothed with short dirty 
white bristly hairs, exhibits scales; on the under surface it is more densely clothed, and the hairs are longer and 
of a dirty yellowish hue. 
Male. 
feet. inches, 
Length from the nose to the extremity of the tail . . . . . + + 2 81 
بی‎ O A Net EA ANI E: پیٹ‎ Ue 
d „ tarsus and toes, including the nail . . . . . - + . 51 
7 „arm and hand, including the nails . . . . . . . . > 3 
b ,, face from the tip of the nose to the base of the ear. p i 31 
5 ا‎ ROS nO L + MAA ot ue E: (E 
Lagorchestes conspieillatus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part IX. p. 82. 
I nave again to offer my thanks to the Officers of H.M.S. the Beagle for subjects they have contributed to my illustra- 
tions of Australian zoology, and especially for the loan of two fine specimens of this highly interesting Lagorchestes, the 
second species yet discovered of this beautiful form. It is to Capt. Wickham and Mr. Bynoe that science is indebted 
for its discovery. It was procured on Barrow Island, which lies off the north-western coast of Australia, about thirty 
miles from the main land. The two specimens collected by those gentlemen are fortunately male and female, and hence 
the subject is rendered so much the more complete. The specimen sent me by Captain Wickham has, by his desire, been 
presented to the national collection at the British Museum, and his example will, I feel assured, be followed by my 
esteemed friend Mr. Bynoe, as no exertion should be spared to render that collection, already so fine, as complete as 
»ossible. 
١ This species is rather less in size than the Lagorchestes Leporoides ; from which it is distinguished by its fur being 
more dense and harsh to the touch, by the extreme blackness of the basal part of the hair, by the shortness of its ears, 
by the want of the black patch at the base of the arm, and by the red colouring around the eyes being of a more brilliant 
rusty hue than in that animal, 
The sexes are alike in colour and size, 
