macropid.e. — didelphi*. 137 



The Pouched House. Antechinus ? 



a, b. Skulls. W. Australia. From Mr. Gould's Collection. 



Antechinus alhipes. 



•a, *b. Darling Downs, New South Wales. From Mr. Gould's Col- 

 lection. 

 c. Skull. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 



Antechinus unicolor. 

 a. Skull. 



Antechinus minutissimus. 

 •a. Skull. 



MYOICTIS. 

 Teeth :— Incisors g; Canines g; Premolars g 5 Molars g; = 36. 



Myoictis wallacii. 



Gray, Proc Zool Soc. 1848, p. 112. figs. 1-4 (skull;; Ann. & Mag. 

 A at. Hist. 11. 1858, p. 223. tigs. 6-9 (skull). * 



*a. Skull. Aru Island. From Mr. Wallace's Collection.— The 

 specimen figured in Proc. Zool. Soc. 



MYRMECOBIUS. 



Teeth :— Incisors ~; Canines — ; Molars — 8 - = 52 



J-J 1-1 g_g f *JAi. 



The Mtrmecobius. Myrmecobius fasciatus. 

 Water-house, Trans. Zool Soc. ii. p. 149. pi. 28 (skull); Nat. Hist. 

 Manim 1 p. 394 p 21. fig. la, b (skull).- Owen, Odont. i. p. 377, 



(de P ntitk.nf C ); ' ^ ^ ^^ *** ?' 448 " % 7 * 



«. Skull. Swan River. From Mr. Gould's Collection. 

 b. Skull. Swan River. From the Zoological Society's Collection.— 

 Ihe specimen figured by Mr. Waterhouse in Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. 



DIDELPHIS. 

 Teeth :— Incisors ^ 5 ; Canines ifj ; Premolars f=? ; Molars ±* ;=50. 



The Opossum. Didelphis virginiana. 

 Burmeister Faun. Bras. taf. 5. fig. 1 (skull). 1856.— Owen Odont 

 pL 98. fig. 6 (teeth), L840-5; Odoni, Art in Kncvcl Rrit (new 

 edit) p. 448. tig 76 (dentition).-ftvr™ in Castehiau, AmerW 

 au bud, p. 9/. pi. 20. fig. 7 (dentition). H 



