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hoUzi, all from the Herbert River district. One of these was taken 

 as the type of a iiew subgenus. 



2. In 1884, Dr. Lumholtz published some remarks concerning the 

 occurrence and habits of the last mentioned 4 species : „Notes upon some 

 mammals recently discovered in Queensland" (in: Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond. 1884, June 3, p. 406—409). 



3. At the close of the same year, the writer published an ac- 

 count of the specimens of Echidna, from the Rockhampton district, 

 which he regarded as a species different from either the South 

 Australian E. aculeata [Shaw), oy E. lawesii (Rams.) 1877, from New 

 Guinea: „JS^. acanihion, en sandsynligvis ubeskreven Art Myre-Pind- 

 svin fra Nord-Queensland" (in: Forh. Vidensk. Selsk. Christiania 1884, 

 12. Decbr. Nr. 13, pp. 12j. 



4. A Resume of this last memoir was published the next year: 

 „On Echidna acanthion from Northern Queensland" (in : Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond. 1885, Jan. 13, p. 148 — 161, whith woodcuts, and a coloured 

 plate). 



In accordance with the views, set forth by Mr. Thomas in his 

 memoir : „Notes on the characters of the different races of Echidna'-'- 

 (in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885, April 21., p. 329), I now regard E. 

 acanthion as not being specifically distinct from E. aculeata. 



5. Finally, in 1886, I gave the diagnosis of a specimen of Phas- 

 cologale, obtained on Herbert River, which appears to be identical 

 with Ph. virginiae de Tarrag. 1847 , of which species the typical 

 specimen, which was unsatisfactorily described from an unknown lo- 

 cality, has been subsequently lost: „On Phascologale virginiae^ a rare 

 Pouched Mouse from Northern Queensland (in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 

 1886, Dec. 7., p. 548—549, with a coloured plate). 



The following remarks are consequently not intended to embrace 

 any general or detailed description of the species. Most of them are given 

 to Supplement in various ways the previous descriptions. They refer 

 entirely to the specimens before me, and must be only in so far re- 

 garded as contributary to the characteristics of the species in ge- 

 neral. The descriptions of the rarer, or apparently new species are 

 somewhat more detailed. 



In the Statements regarding the length of the skulls it must be 

 understood that the measurement is from the furthest point of the 

 occiput, to the base of the upper incisors, not to the points of the 

 teeth. The length of the lower jaw is measured in the same way, 



