37G THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 



our mutual friend Dr. Sclater, the learned Secretary of the Zoo- 

 logical Society of London, who will doubtless give them the atten- 

 tion they deserve, and we hope soon to see a full account of the 

 collection, with descriptions of the new species, from the pen of 

 that eminent ornithologist. 



In addition to the large collection of Birds, Mr. Brown and 

 Mr. Cockerell obtained a varied and interesting collection of 

 mammals, a lai'ge number of specimens of Cuscus, C. oriental-is, 

 Belideus ariel, Halmaturus (V) nov. sp., (allied to H. hrunii, and 

 which I have named, in honor of the Rev. Geoi'ge Brown, 

 H. Brownii), and a Perameles, differing from P. papuensis, chiefly 

 in the remarkably stiff, spine-like hair on the back, and which I 

 have named after Mr. Cockerell P. Cockerelli, both of which will be 

 found described in the present number of the proceedings of the 

 Linnsean Society of N. S. W. 



Among the fruit-eating bats I find two lai-ge species of 

 Pteropus resembling our " Flying Foxes ;" a smaller species, 

 which is doubtless Pteropxis personatus ; and a very interesting 

 species of a genus allied to Pteropus and strongly smelling of 

 musk, which may perhaps prove to be Cephalotes peronii. Besides 

 two (?) species of Harpy ia (H. cephalotes and another), there are 

 six or eight other species of bats belonging to vai'ious genera, of 

 which more will be said hereafter 



Of Rodents there are but two species of rats, one of a dull 

 mouse-colour, with spiny flat hairs down the back — perhaps a 

 species of Echimys ; and the other a species of Mus, known to 

 the missionaries as the " banana rat," a close-furred rufous-coloured 

 species, descriptions of which I hope to lay before this society at 

 its next meeting. 



The collection of Reptiles consists of about 170 specimens — 

 37 species — chiefly pythons and harmless tree-snakes, two species 

 of G-eckos, and others of the genera Grammatophora, Odatria 

 Monitor, Hinulia, and Mocoa, &c. Of Batrachians, there were 

 only two or three specimens, one of the genus Pelodryas. 



The collection of Arachnida? was not lai'ge in species, although 

 considerable in numbers and size. It chiefly consisted o f a large 

 species of Nephila (Leach), and a few Casteracantha. 



