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Show 1897.] FROM NORTH AUSTRALIA. 333 Skull. Length in two adult specimens (male and female) 37 mm., breadth 26 mm. Hab. Met with both in Arnhem Land and at Roebuck Bay, but scarce. It was generally seen along the coast, more rarely inland. Native name: Lambalk. Fam. PERAMELIDCE. 25. PERAMELES MACRURA, Gould, 1842. Perameles macrura, Thos. Cat. Mars. Monotr. Brit. Mus. p. 234 (1888); Ogilby, Cat. Austral. Mamm. p. 22 (1892). N. Australia : Daly River, July-Aug. 1894 (four specimens and four extra skulls). Katherine River, July 15th, 1895 (one specimen). Mt. Showbridge, Nov. 11th, 1895 (one young, in spirit). Skull. Size of largest specimen : length 78 mm., breadth 36 mm. Young (size of a mouse). Shields on lower surface of middle toe broad, undivided (one series). Hab. Common in Arnhem Land: generally found sleeping in hollow trees. Native name : Koppol. 26. PERAMELES OBESULA (Shaw), 1793. Perameles obesula, Thos. Cat. Mars. Monotr. Brit. Mus. p. 231 (1888) ; Ogilby, Cat. Austral. Mamm. p. 23 (1892). N.W. Australia : Roebuck Bay, Nov.-Dee. 1895 (three specimens, one young in spirit, seven embryos, one skeleton). Skull. Size of largest specimen 59 mm., breadth 28 mm. Young (size of a mouse). Shields on lower surface of middle toe divided (two series). Hab. Common at Roebuck Bay in the dry coast country (not seen in Arnhem Land). Fam. DASYURIDCE. 27. DASYURUS HALLUCATUS, Gould, 1842. Dasgurus hallucatus, Thos. Cat. Mars. Monotr. Brit. Mus. p. 269 (1888); Ogilby, Cat. Austral. Mamm. p. 15(1892). N. Australia : Daly River, Sept. 7th, 1894 (one skull). Mt. Showbridge, Dec. 4th, 1894; March 10th, 1895 (two specimens). Adelaide River, Dec. 15th, 1894 (one specimen). Mary River, May 10th, 1895 (one specimen). Union Town, May 30, 1895 (one specimen). Shin. Five specimens, all males. All belong to a dark variety, the ground-colour of the body being of a more or less deep brownish black, with the tips of the hairs yellowish. Head with small and indistinct spots on the front; legs spotted in some specimens, in others imicoloured. Tail unspotted ; on upper base coloured like the back (or rather |