1"22 HKrOKDf; op THK A1"STHAI1AN miskiwi. 



Sound, Western Auslralia, l)y (loiild"' and its known I'ange lias since been 

 extended to south-west of Koeklianipton, Queensland, by Coliett''. Speci- 

 mens, in the Australian Museum, collected bv nivself and otheis enable me to 

 note tbe occuirence of this lat at several intermediate localities. 1 recently 

 collected a tine series on Kano;aroo Island, South Australia, which enables 

 me to lecord the occurrence of the S[)ecies, hitherto only known from the 

 mainland, on the island. These sjieciinens do not exhibit any striking 

 differences fiom the mainland specimens. They were caught in traps 

 baited with laisins, on a locky hillside near Birchniore Lagoon, a stretch 

 of brackish water about 15 miles from Kingscote, and along the banks of 

 a dry watercouise, known as Deep (h'eek, 20 miles fi'om Kingscote. 



Two specimens collected on the 'i'ulka sand dunes, in very dry 

 counti-y, about 10 miles South of Port Ijincoln, Eyie's Peninsula, Soutli 

 Australia, leflect their sandy environment in a slightly lighter coloui'ation. 



Unlike I'j. /nsrijH:-;, watei' does not seem essential to E. <(>•.</;;////.<, as 

 the localities in which both the Kangaroo Island and Eyi'e's Peninsula 

 s{)ecimens were secured were geneially some considerable distance from 

 it, which suggests that the species goes foi' long periods, if not altogether, 

 without water. I have also trapped it in the Megalong Valley, about two 

 miles from Blackheath, on the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, where 

 it favoui'ed damper suri'oundings than in South Australia, being on a hill- 

 side and near a cieek where theie is considei-able soakage of water at 

 times. Other specimens are in the Australian Museum collection from 

 Jeii'iwangler ('reek, Wandandian, New Soutli Wales, collected near water 

 by Mr. A. II. McCulloch ; Mount Kosciusko (5,600 ft.). New South Wales; 

 the Herherton District, Queensland. 



■"' (lOuM Proc. Znnl. Soc. 18.")7. p. 2-tl,and Mminu. Anstr., iii., lSfi:<. pi. xv. 

 '■■ Cullctl /(H>1. Jalir. (,Syst.), ii.. 1887, p. H:\H. 



