28 MEMOIRS OF TEE Ql'EENSLAND MUSEUM. 



1897. — Mus browni, Thomas, Mus. Civ., xvii, p. 612. 



1910. — Epimys browni, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. His., vi, p. 605. 



1914. — Epimys browni, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. His., xiii, p. 439. 



Thomas notes (1897) that concolor, Bly., ephippium, Jent., wichmanni, Jent., 

 Tnaorium, Hutt., and exulans, Peale, are very closely allied with this species. 



Type locality : Duke of York Island. 



Epimys colletti, Thomas. 



1904.— ilfws colletti, Thomas, Nov. Zool., xi, 1904, p. 599. 

 1910. — Epimys colletti, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. His., vi, p. 605. 



Type locality : S. AlHgator River, Northern Territory. " Dug out of hole in 

 open clay flats." 



Epimys culmorum, Thos. and Doll. 



1908.— Jfws culmorum, Thos. & Doll., P.Z.S., 1908, p. 790. 

 1910. — Epimys culmorum, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. His., vi, p. 605. 

 Tjrpe locality : Inkerman, North- West Queensland. A common central species. 



*Epimys exulans, Peale. " Maori Rat" ; " PaciiSc Rat." 



1848. — Mus exulans, Peale, U. S. Expl. Ex., Mamm., 1st edit., p. 47. 



1848. — Mus vitiensis, Peale, U. S. Expl. Ex., Mamm., 1st edit., p. 49. 



ISll.—Mus maorium, Hutt., Tr. N. Z. Inst., ix, p. 348 ; loc. cit. x, p. 288 

 and xi, p. 344. 



1895.— IfMS exulans, Thomas, P.Z.S., p. 338. 



1896. — M)is exulans, Waite, Mem. Aus. Mus., iii, p. 165, pi. viii. (with refs.). 



1899.— J/ms exulans, Hedley, P.L.S. N.S.W., xxiv, p. 408. 



1904. — Mus -exulans, Hutt., Index. Faun. Nov. Zeal., p. 347. 



1910. — Epimys exulans, Thomas, Ami. Mag. Nat. His., \a, p. 605. 



1911.- — Mus exulans, Oliver, Tr. N. Z. Inst., xUii, p. 537. 

 See note under E. browni. 

 Habitat : Pacific Islands. 



Epimys fuscipes, Waterh. " Dusky-footed Rat." 



1840. — Mus fuscipes, Waterh., Zool. Voy. Beagle, p. 66, pi. xxv. 

 1892. — Mus fuscipes, Ogilby, Cat. Austr. Mamm., p. 104. 

 1900. — 31us fuscipes, Waite, Rec. Aus. Mus., iii, p. 190, figs. 1-4. 

 1910. — Epimys fuscipes, Thomas, Aim. Mag. Nat. His., vi, p. 605. 



Epimys lutreola. Gray, with the folio A\ing references, should probably be included 

 with the above : — Mus lutreola. Gray, Appen. Grey's Travels, 1841, p. 409 ; M. fuscipes, 

 Gray, B.M.C., 1843, p. HI ; M. fuscipes, Gould, Mamm. Aus., iii, 1863, pi. xi ; Epimys 

 lutreola, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. His., vi, 1910, p. 605. 



Habitat : Southern half of Australia, Tasmania, and Bass Strait Islands. Found 

 near water. 



