52 Proceedings of tJie Royal Society of Victoria. 



Auf cler Unterseite der Fiisse drei Erhebungen, von denen die 

 eine lang und bogenfdrmig ist, wiihrend die zwei andern kurz 

 nnd gerade sind. Lange 21 Mm., grosste Breite 3 05 Mm." 



In 1887, Mr. Henry Try on published an interesting paper 

 " On Peripatus and its Occurrence in Australia," in the 

 " Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland " (Vol. IV., 

 p. 78). In this paper he announces the re-discovery of 

 Peripatus in Australia, and gives a brief account of its 

 structure, habits, and distribution, and to this paper I 

 would especially call the attention of Australian naturalists. 

 In 1886, Mr. Tryon found two specimens of PerijKitus in a 

 collection of invertebrata from the Cardwell district, sent to 

 the Queensland Museum. These specimens were unfortu- 

 nately lost in Sydney. A single specimen of Peripatus was 

 next found by Mr. Tryon under dead wood in a gully in 

 Victoria Park, Brisbane ; and later on several specimens were 

 obtained under stones within a short distance of the General 

 Hospital. The author points out the great resemblance 

 between the Australian and New Zealand species. He like- 

 wise observed the important fact that " the external jaw 

 claw is simple, with a slight elevation at the base of the 

 claw proper " ; but he did not recognise this character as a 

 distinction between the Australian and New Zealand species, 

 as was subsequently done by Sedgwick. 



Concerning the colouration of the body, Mr. Tryon says 

 the species " exhibits the same variation in colouring which 

 occurs in the different species of the genus. . . . The 

 Australian species is very dark blue, almost black, with a 

 few rust-like specs here and there, and lighter coloured 

 beneath ; or dark fuscous, with a still darker line along the 

 back." 



In the Annals and Magazine of Natural History for 

 September of the same year (1887), Professor F. Jeffi-ey Bell 

 published a very brief note (p. 252) on the " Habitat of 

 Peripatus Leucharti," in which he says : — " Dr. E. P. 

 Ramsay, F.R.S.E., has lately been so kind as to send me 

 two specimens of Peripatus Leiickarti, Sanger. Professor 

 Leuckart's only information with regard to the place of 

 origin of his specimen was ' Neu Holland.' It may there- 

 fore be of interest to state that Mr. Ramsay's examples were 

 taken in the Queensland Scrubs, near Wide Bay." 



The next discovery of Peripatus leuckartii took place in 

 Victoria, and is recorded by Mr. Fletcher in the " Proceedings 

 of the Linnean Society of New South Wales " (Vol. II., 



