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Head, 7 inches (skull, 6*1, cleaned). 



Tail, 2 feet G inches. 



Tarsus (broken), about 14 inches. 



Hind foot, 9 inches; longest toe, 3 inches ; its nail, 1-1 x 05 



x 0-58. 

 Ears, 1-9 x 2-9 in length. 

 From snout to centre of eye, 3*6 inches. 

 From snout to ear, 6 inches. 

 Forearm, 8i inches; hand in width, 1*8, 3*3 in length to 



tips of nail. 

 Third finger longest, its nail - 9 x 0*4. 



This fine species appears to he tolerably plentiful about Port 

 Moresby, New Guinea, and is one of the novelties discovered by 

 Messrs. Broadbent and Petterd, by whom some young specimens ol 

 it were first brought to Sydney. 



For the adult male above described, the Museum is indebted to 

 the generosity of Mr. Gouldie, botanist, at present on a collecting 

 tour in the Southern portion of New Guinea, and from whom we 

 have lately received some valuable donations. 



The Coleoptera of the Chevert Expedition — by William 



Macleay, F.L.S. 



It was my wish and intention to have given you, on the present 

 occasion, a complete description of the Coleoptera collected during 

 the cruise of the Chevert. I have been unable, I regret to say, 

 from various causes, to carry out my intention as a whole, but I 

 now lay before you, as an instalment, a few notes on those of the 

 Geodephagous Coleoptera of New Guinea, which were taken 

 during the voyage. 



It may be recollected that, soon after my return from New 

 Guinea, I read in this room a short Paper on the Zoological 

 results of the Chevert's Expedition, and I then stated that the 

 very great scarcity of the carnivorous ground beetles in that 

 country was very remarkable. That it is so, may be inferred 



