Dr. J. E. Gray on species of Mammalia from the Aru Islands. 217 



lection of Mammalia ana" Birds from the Aru Islands, referred to in 

 his paper on the Natural History of those islands in the • Annals and 

 Mag. Nat. Hist.' vol. xx. p. 473, 1857, which has been transferred 

 to the British Museum, and forms a most important addition to the 

 collection of that establishment. 



His list does not contain a single Bat. 



In the ' Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang ' I gave a list 

 of the Mammalia which had up to that period been found in New 

 Guinea (p. 31) ; and in Dr. Miiller' s f Verhandlingen ' is a similar 

 list. 



Besides the animals sent home by Mr. Wallace from the Aru 

 Islands, there are recorded in these lists — 



1. Dendrolagus ursinus. 



Bendrolagus ursinus, S. Miiller, Verh. 131, 141. t. 19. f. 22, 23. 

 Hypsiprymnus ursinus, Temm. Faun. Japon. 



2. Dendrolagus inustus. 



Bendrolagus inustus, S. Miiller, Verh. 131, 143. t. 20, 22, 23. 



3. Dorcopsis Asiaticus. 



Borcopsis Brunii, Miiller, Verhand. 131. 



Borcopsis Asiaticus, Gray, Voy. Sam. 32. 



Filander or Kangaroo, Le Brun's Voyage, i. 347. t. 213, 1714. 



Bidelphis Asiaticus, Pallas, N. A. Petrop. 1777, 228. t. 9. 



B. Brunii, Gmelin. 



Halmaturus Brunii, Illiger, Prod. 



Hypsiprymnus Brunii, Miiller, Verh. 63. t. 21-23. 



Island of Aru. 



It is curious that this animal, described as specially inhabiting 

 the island visited by Mr. Wallace, was not sent home by him. It 

 is to be hoped that he did not neglect it, thinking it a common Kan- 

 garoo, as it is a desideratum in most museums in Europe. 



The specimen of this animal in the Leyden Museum is said to be 

 from the continent of New Guinea, where the two species of Ben- 

 drolagus and the Ant echinus melas were also found. 



4. Phascogale (Antechinus) melas. 



Phascogale (Antechinus) melas, Miiller, Verhand. t. 25. f. 1-3. 



From New Guinea. 



Differs, according to the figure, in having the hair of the tail rather 

 more elongated and spreading than the Australian species of the 

 genus ; the dentition is more nearly allied to the Antechinus than 

 to the new genus Myoictis sent home by Mr. Wallace. 



5. Halicore Australis. 



Halicore Australis, Owen in Jukes' s Voyage of the Fly, ii. 323. 

 f. 135, 1847 ; Gray, Voy. Samarang, 33. 

 Hab. Timor Straits. 



