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The species and sulispecies which, according to onr present knowledge, are 

 confined to the Louisiade Islands are marked with an asterisk. They are not less 

 than thirty-two! To these must be added Zosterops yriseitincta (anfea, i>. 2IU), 

 probably from one of the smaller islands in the group. 



DENDEOLAGUS MAXIMU8. 



By Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D. 



(Plate I.) 



THIS plate shows the interesting new tree kangaroo, described by my brother 

 and myself in Vol. V. of this journal, pp. 511 and 512, under the name 

 of Dendrolagus maximus. 



