24 INTRODUCTION. 



Order MARSUPIATA. 



Section MONOTREMATA. 

 Genus Ornithorhynchus, Blumenb. 



1. Ornithorhynehus anatinus Vol. I. PI. 1. 



Habitat. New South Wales and Tasmania. Victoria and 



South Australia ? 



Genus Echidna, Cuv. Forcvf-ine A^^t zEct^-rs. 



2. Echidna hystrix Vol. I. PI. 2. 



Habitat. New South Wales, Victoria, the islands in Bass's 



Straits. Southern and Western Australia? 



3. Echidna setosa, Cuv Vol. I. PI. 3. 



Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 



Genus Myrmecouius, IFaterh. -^^'^•'^^^-I'-^^xt^^^-' 



4. Myrmecobius fasciatus, Waterh. . . . Vol. I. PI. 4. 

 Habitat. Western Australia, and parts of South Austraha. 



Genus Tarsipes, Gerv. et Verr. 



5. Tarsipes rostratus, Gerv. et Verr. . . . Vol. I. PI. 5. 

 Habitat. Western Australia. 



Mr. Waterhouse is of opinion that this animal is most 

 nearly allied to the Dromicice, yet he has not placed it near 

 that form in his ' History of the Mammalia.' 



Genus Chceropus, Ogilbij. 



'°'"'i G. Chceropus castanotis, Gray Vol. I. PI. G. 



Habitat. Interior of New South AVales^ South and Western 

 Australia. 



Genus Peragalea, Gray. 



7. Peragalealagotis .-^'.'^V'^?*'^.'" . . . . Vol. I. PI. 7- 

 Habitat. Western Australia. 



Genus Peramkles, Geoff. J^aniii coots 



8, Perameles fasciata, Gray Vol. I. PI. 8. 



