BY J. J. FLETCHER. 373 



from Spring-wood, one male was found to have seized a female, the 

 clasp being axillary ; but nothing came of it. Two half-grown 

 specimens obtained at Mt. Wilson at the end of December are 28 

 and 30 mm. from snout to vent ; a third specimen from Spring wood 

 at the end of March is 24 mm. These are probably specimens of 

 tw^o seasons' growth. On the whole I should conclude that this 

 species breeds during the summer months and oviposits in water in 

 the ordinary manner. 



Mr. Ivrefft estimated the number of species occurring in the 

 neighbourhood of Sydney as nineteen or twenty, of which in 

 two papers he enumerates seventeen, the others being then unde- 

 termined. The thorough revision of the whole group by Mr. 

 Boulenger has rendered Mr. KrelBft's lists obsolete, some of the 

 species being now known by different names. It may be conve- 

 nient therefore to have a revised list of the species occurring in 

 the County of Cumberland, since out of Sydney the opportunities 

 of consulting the British Museum Catalogue are limited. It 

 includes all the species mentioned in the last-named work from 

 the district in question. 



Of the following species I have myself collected specimens 

 belonging to eighteen species within the limits of the County of 

 Cumberland, in addition to three others, one {Uyla lesueurii) just 

 on the border as well as in the adjacent County of Cook, and 

 two others {Mixophyes fasciolatus, and Cryptotis hrevis) also in the 

 latter county. For the identification of many of my specimens, 

 including all those difficult to determine from mere descriptions, 

 I am indebted to Mr. G. A. Boulenger of the British Museum, to 

 whose courtesy and help I am glad of this opportunity of acknow- 

 ledging my indebtedness. 



CYSTIGNATHIDiE. 



1. LiMNODYNASTES PERONII, D. & B., sp. 



Not quite so common as some of the others, and not occurring 

 sufficiently near me to be so conveniently and systematically 

 observed, I have seen breeding specimens only once, in February, 



