BY N. DE MIKLOUHO-MACLAY 719 



(1) and the general dimensions of the body (2) of both are in 

 favour of this supposition, but closer examination of the illustra- 

 tion of the dentition of P. Doreyanus (3), the 6 nipples in the 

 pouch of B. Garagassi, instead of the 8 of P. Doreyanus, and 

 other minor differences have induced me to consider B. Gax*agassi 

 as a new species. 



The other three above-mentioned species of Perameles are all 

 very distinct from B. Garagassi : P. Moresbiensis (4) on account 

 of the dentition (5 upper incisors and very large canines), (fig. 8), 

 and in comparison with B. Garagassi soft fur ; P. Broadbentii (5) 

 and P. longicauda (6) on account of the general habitus and all details. 



Examining the collection of Perainelidte in the Australian 

 Museum, I found that P. Cockerellii Ramsay, shows a general 

 resemblance to B. Garagassi. Mr. Ramsay mentions in his paper 

 (7.) " 1 can find no trace of the fifth large posterior incisor" (of 

 the upper jaw.) The absence of this upper incisor, as well as the 

 spiny fur on the back are two characters identical with B. Gara- 

 gassi, but the examination of the dentition of P. Cockerellii, which 

 was partly possible in the stuffed specimen of the Australian 

 Musesum. (Fig. 7.), brought me to the conclusion that P. Cocker- 

 ellii is distinct from B. Garagassi (8.) 



(1) Loc. Cit., pi. 16, fig. 4. 



(2) Zoolog. part of the Voyage de l'Astrolobe, p, 102. 



(3) Loc. Cit. Atlas, pi. 16, fig 2. 



(4) E. P. Ramsay. The Mammals of the Chevert Expedition, part I., in 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. of N.S.W., Vol. II., 1878, p. 14. 



(5) E. P. Ramsay. Description of a new Marsupial allied to the Genus 

 Perameles. Proc. Linn. Soc. of N.S.W., Vol. III., 1879, p. 402. 



(6) Peters e Doria. Enumerazione dei Mammiferi, etc., etc., p. 12, pi. X. 



(7) E. P. Ramsay, Descriptions of a New Species of Perameles, from New 

 Ireland. Proceed. Linn. Soc. of N. S. W. Vol. I., 1877, p. 310 and 318. 

 Note on P. Cockerellii. 



(8) At the Meetiug of the Society when this paper was read, and when I had 

 the opportunity of exhibiting a stuffed specimen of B. Garagassi, Dr. O. 

 Finsch from Bremen, was present as a guest. Knowing that Dr. Finsch has 

 collected, during his visit in New Britain in 1881, about twenty specimens 

 of Perameles, which he obtained in Blanche Bay, it was interesting to 

 me to ask Dr. Finsch, if he thought B. Garagassii identical with one of the 

 species from New Brition, and got a decided answer that his specimen 

 belongs to a different species, which he believed to be P. Doreyanus. The 

 collections of Dr. Finsch were taken by him to Berlin, but Prof. Peters 

 died before he could express his opinion about the species of the Perameles 

 from Blanche Bay. 



