LIST OF AUSTEALASIAN AND AUSTEOPACIFIC MUEIDAE.— LONGMAN. 37 



Genus ASCOPHARYNX, Waite. 



Oldfield Thomas considers this genus as not distinct from Notomys, as its type, 

 H. cervinus, Gould, "agrees both in dental and pedal structure with mitchelli and longi- 

 caudatus." Waite founded the genus on the possession of a gular pouch, which, he 

 suggests, " is used, as in the Geomyidce, for storing food." Thomas notes (P.Z.S., 1906, 

 p. 539) that specimens of Notomys mitchelli " have an indication of a glandular organ 

 on the throat, . . ." 



Ascophaxynx cervinus, Gould. " Fawn-coloured Jerboa-rat." 

 1851. — Hapalotis cervinus, Gould, P.Z.S., p. 127. 

 1863. — Hapalotis cervinus, Gould, Mamm. Austr., iii, pi. x. 

 1S92. —Conilurus cervinus, Ogilby, Cat. Austr. Mamm., p. 120. 

 1896. — Hapalotis cervinus, Siaencer, Horn Exped., ii, p. 11. 

 189S. —Thylacomys cervinus, Waite, Pr. Roy. Soc. Vic, x, 2, p. 122. 



1900. — Ascopharynx {Thylacomys pre-oc.) cervinus, Waite, Ann. Mag. Nat. 



His., V, p. 222. 

 1906. — Notomys cervinus, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. His., xvii, p. 82, 

 1912. — Notomys cervinus, Spencer & Gillen, " Across AustraUa," i, p. 166. 

 1915. — Ascoplmrynx cervinus, Waite, Tr. Roy. Soc. South Aus., xxxix, p. 735. 

 Habitat : Central AustraUa, 



Genus CONILURIS Ogilby. 



Conilurus albipes, Licht. " Nest-building Jerboa-rat." 



182%.— Hapalotis albipes, Licht., Darst, der Saugth., tab. 29. 

 1838. — Conilurus constructor, Ogilby, Tr. Linn. Soc, xviii, p, 126. 

 18'^%.— Hapalotis albipes, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. His., ii, p. 308. 



1849. — Mus conditor, Gould in Sturt's Ex. Cen. Aus., i, p. 120, plate ; 



ii, Appen., p. 7. 

 1863. — Hapalotis conditor, Gould, Mamm. Austr., iii, pi. vi. 

 1863. — Hapalotis albipes, Gould, Mamm. Austr., iii, pi. i. 

 1892. — Hapalotis albipes, Ogilby, Cat. Austr. Mamm., p. 114. 

 1906. — Conilurus albipes, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. His., xvii, p. 84. 

 Habitat {J. D. Ogilby) : South-Eastern Australia ; southern portion of South 

 AustraHa. 



A curious lapsus calami occurs in T. S. Palmer's useful list of the Generic and 

 Family Names of Rodents (Proc Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, p. 259, 1897), where this species 

 is noted as Conilurus destructor. 



Conilurus penicillatus, Gould. " Black-tailed Jerboa-rat." 

 1842. — Mus penicillatus, Gould, P.Z.S., p. 12. 

 1843. — Hapalotis melanura, Gray, Mamm. Brit. Mus., p. 115. 

 1863. — Hapalotis penicillata, Gould, Austr. Mamm., iii, pi. v. 

 1892. — Conilurus penicillatus, Ogilby, Cat. Austr, Mamm., p. 117, 

 1906. — Conilurus penicillatus, Thomas, Ann. Mag, Nat. His., xvii, p. 84. 

 Habitat : Northern Queensland. " Long-haired Jerboa-rat." 



