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All the Peranielidse with 4. upper incisors agree also in some 

 other characters, as the bristle-like hair which is more stifi' and 

 prickly than in the other species with 5 other incisors, and as far as 

 I can judge from illustrations and stuffed specimens, in the relative 

 shortness of the hind limbs. I would therefore propose to include 

 the above mentioned 3 species P. Doreyanus, P. rufescens (1), 

 P. Coquerellii in the subgenus Brachymelis. 



Before the conclusion of this paper I must express my best 

 thanks to Mr. E. P. Ramsay, at having given me an opportunity 

 of examining carefully the Peramelidse of the Australian Museum, 

 and of making the sketches of the dentition of P. Moresbyensis 

 and P. Cockerellii. 



Explanation of Plate XXXVIII. 



Fig. 1. — Outline of the lateral view of the Head of Brachymelis Garagassi 



Mel. 9> a short time (1| or 2 hours) after death to show the 



relative position, shape, and size of the ears, eyes, etc., etc. 



(Nat. size.) 

 Fig. 2. — Lateral view of the teeth of both jaws. {Twice thenat. size.) 

 Fig. 3. — Teeth of the upper jaw and the ten ridges of the palate. (Twice 



the nat- size.) 

 Fig. 4. — Teeth of the lower jaw. (Ttcice the nat. size ) 

 Fig. 5. — Under surface of the hand of a large Brachymelis Garagassi (j\ 



(Nat. size.) 

 Fig. 6. — Under surface of the corresponding foot of the same. (Nat. size.) 

 Fig. 7. — End of the snout, in profile, of Brachymelis Cockerelli Ems., to 



show a part of the dentition of the same. (Nat. size.) 

 Fig. 8. — End of the snout in profile ot Perameles Moresbiensis Rms. (Nat. 



size.) 



(1) Peters e Doria. Emerazione dei Mammiferi etc., etc., p. 11. 



