LAGORCHESTES CONSPICILLATA, Gould. Spectacled Hare Kangaroo. Spec. Char.—Lag. vellere ut in Lepore timido; ar > narvis es p . I ido; artubus parvis ; cauda feré quoad longitudinem ¢ orpor oie. siurds Giscescesit 12 em cum corpore coequal ; p poreque supra fuscescentibus et flavescenti-albo nigrogque adspersis + corpori } inferior 2 ee ae Sroque adspersis ; corporis partibus inferioribus sordide albis ; lateribus ferrugineo-flavescentibus ; cauda pilis brevibus sordide albis parce induta ) lid ae” oo oe iS sordide albis parce induta ; tarsis sordide albis ; auribus intus pitas, flavescenti-albis ; oculis puis ferrugineis circumdatis ; veller ) ni ; i. ee gine crrcumdatis ; vellere corporis superioris ad radicem nigro. Descr.—Fur very long, dense, and rather soft to the touch ; on the back it is of fc i ) an ; on the back it is of a black colour next the skin, yellowish white towards the apex, shaded into deeper ye 7 sti parer 1 i : ‘ae : Se pe yellow still nearer to the point, and black at the point; on the lower part Oo yack 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 > side of the i : i : ue ae p; fur on the side of the body is deep grey next the skin, brownish yellow the middle, followed by black, then whitish, and at the point black ; on the under surface of the body the fur is ash-coloured next the skin, and white externally, excepting i : fe su d 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, 1s 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 tall: 33. 8t ooftal 0. Fr ,, tarsus and toes, including the nail . ©. . - - - +: - en fo arn) and hands mel dines thie ctl Se 3 . ., face from the tip of the nose to the base ON WM GBP 0 0 © 32 12 5 pea aly Lagorchestes conspicillatus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part IX. p. 82. I HAVE again to offer my thanks to the Officers of H.M.S. the Beagle for subjects they have contributed to my illustra- specially for the loan of two fine specimens of this highly interesting Lagorchestes, the It is to Capt. Wickham and Mr. Bynoe that science is indebted lies off the north-western coast of Australia, about thirty are fortunately male and female, and hence tions of Australian zoology, and e second species yet discovered of this beautiful form. for its discovery. It was procured on Barrow Island, which The two specimens collected by those gentlemen ‘ Nl sent me by Captain Wickham has, by his desire, been xample will, I feel assured, be followed by my that collection, already so fine, as complete as miles from the main land. : : Mee the subject is rendered so much the more complete. The specimen presented to the national collection at the British Museum, and his e esteemed friend Mr. Bynoe, as no exertion should be spared to render possible. This species is rather less in size than the by the extreme blackness of the basal p d by the red colourmg aroun Lasorchestes Leporoides ; from which it is distinguished by its fur being 2 a fy S q . a its 2c more dense and harsh to the touch art of the hair, by the shortness of its ears, cy ee ; d the eyes being of a more brilliant by the want of the black patch at the base of the arm, an § rusty hue than in that animal. The sexes are alike in colour and size.