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A REVIEW OF THE FOSSIL JAWS OF THE MACRO- 

 PODID^ IN THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



By C. W. De Vis, M.A. 



{Abstract.^ 



The very fine collection of over eleven hundred dissociated jaws 

 or portions of jaws in the Queensland Museum has been studied 

 in the light of a knowledge of the nature and range of the 

 variations, individual and specific, presented by the skulls of 479 

 individuals referable to sixteen existing species. The following 

 species are described as new : — Palorchestes parvus, Sthenurus 

 pales, S. oreas, Halmaturus vincetis, H. thor, H. dryas, H. odin, 

 H. indra, H. siva, H. vishnu, Macropus magister, M. pan, and AI. 

 f annus. 



This paper, with illustrations, will appear in the next Part of 

 the Proceedings. 



