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trie/Hem* ( « habitat in India orientali »). Although lie is not afraid 

 to speak of « an unrecognizable Armadillo from India » as though 

 the Dasypodidae existed there , Mr. Rhoads would probably be 

 puzzled to mention any animal from India -in the modern sense- 

 which could possibly correspond to Linnaeus' s description. 



1 ( ». Didelphys azarae, Temm. 

 2 young specimens. 



20. Chironectes minimus, Zi mm. 

 One young 9 . 



21. Marmosa microtarsus, Wagn. 

 Seven specimens. 



The examination of these specimens , which undoubtedly re- 

 present the species described by Wagner from examples obtained 

 by Natte re r at Ypanema , Sào Paulo , induce me to think that 

 M. microtarsus is after all distinct from M. pusilla, to which it 

 has been commonly assigned. In M. pusilla the hind-foot is only 

 about 12 or 13 mm. in length, while in these examples and in 

 others from Santa Catherina and Rio Grande do Sul the foot is 

 at least l'i or lb' mm. long. There is also a decided difference 

 in colour between the two. 



On the other hand the Lagoa Santa form (Burmeister's agili*) 

 of which 1 have been recently privileged to examine the fine 

 series in the Copenhagen Museum , does not appear to be sepa- 

 rable from the true Paraguayan M. pusilla. 



22. Peramys dimidiatus, Wagn. 

 k specimens. 



