i;v II. ir. sroTT am> cmvk i,ui;i). i'.l.s. 



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The diaphysis itself, upon all its faces, has been thrown 

 into a series of transverse hollows and ridges — suggesting 

 a contraction of the periosteal membrane and a later bony 

 secretion that followed the contour of the several corruga- 

 tions. 



The whole character of the double wound upon the inner 

 and outer edges of this Nototherian femur leads to the con- 

 viction that a carnivorous animal had at one time attempted 

 the life of its owner. A strong kick v/ould not have pro- 

 duced such results, whilst the imprisonment of the leg in a 

 cleft among rocks or an accidental slip into a hole would 

 have atlected more directly the themal and anconal aspects 

 of the shaft. 



We are of the opinion that the mutilations were caused 

 by one of the larger marsupial Carnivores, and look to the 

 future for obtaining material proofs of the former existence 

 of Thijlucoleo and associated animals in the Pleistocene for- 

 mations of Tasmania. 



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Text fig. — Approximately one quarter of natural si-^e. 



