46 MAMMALIA. 



Z)/j//-/(5«/w«.— Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania. 

 a. Stuffed. Tasmania. C. G. T. Lloyd (i860), A.S.B. 



Hydromys fulvolavatus. 



Hydromys fulvolavatus, Gould Manim. Ausir,, iii, pi. xxv (1863). 

 Hydromys leucogaster, apud Blyih, Cat., no. 399, p. 122 (1863). 



Distribution. — Southern and South-eastern Australia. 



a-b. 2 Stuffed Port Philip, Melbourne Mr. Benson (1849), A.S.B. 

 c-d 2 Skins South Australia Adelaide Mus. [Ex.] 



e. Skin Australia Adelaide Mus. [Ex.] 



Hydromys leucogaster. 



Hydromys leucogaster, Et. Geoff. Si. Hil, Ann. Mus., Paris, vi, p. 81, 

 pi. xxxvi (1805) ; Gould Mamm. Austr., iii, pi. xxvi. 



Distrihuiion. — Australia, New South Wales, and Queensland. 

 a. Ale. Queensland Brisbane Mus. [Ex.] 



Genus PLATACANTHOMYS. 



Platacanthomys, Blyth J. A. S. B., xxviii, p. 288 (1859). Type, P.lasi- 

 urus. 



Platacanthomys lasiurus. 



Platacanthomys lasiurus, Blyth J. A, S. B., xxviii, p. 289 (1859) ; id. Cat,, 

 no. 349, p. 109; Peters P. Z. S., 1865, p. 397, pi. xx ; Jerdon Mamm, 

 p. 210. 



Distribution. — South Malabar and Travancore. 



a~m. 12 Skins Travancore Rev. H. Baker (1870). 



«-?. 4 Stuffed South Malabar Rev. H. Baker, (1859) A.S.B. 



r. Skeleton Travancore Rev. H. Baker. 



mtd. 



5. Skeleton „ Rev. H. Baker, 



impf. 



t-u. 2 Ale. 2 skulls ,, Rev. H. Baker. 



T-fl^ 6 Ale. $ $ Trevandrum H, S. Ferguson, 

 and 4 juv. 



Genus GERBILLUS. 



Gerbillus, Desmaresi N. Diet. d'Hisl. Nat., 1st ed., xxiv, p. 22 (1804)*. 

 Meriones, Illiger. Prodr., p. 82 (1811). 



Rhorabomys, Wagner Schreber Sixugeth. Stippl., iii, p. 485 (1843). 

 Psammomys, Cretschmar RiippelVs Atlas, p. 56 (1826). Type, G. obesus. 



