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from the district. These treasures were taken to Sydney in 
November, 1886, and were exhibited, as is well known, to all the 
leading zoologists there ;* it being intended that they should 
ultimately be submitted to minute examination at the hands of 
Mr. W. H. Haswell, out of regard for his anatomical skill. As, 
however, they were lost or mislaid, somewhere in Sydney, this 
intention could not be carried out, although ultimately no doubt 
they may fall into the hands of a naturalist who will discover 
their interest, although not the locality whence they were procured, 
for this until the present occasion has not been made known. 
A single specimen of Peripatus was next met with by the writer 
under dead wood in a gully in Victoria Park, Brisbane, and again 
still more recently, whilst in company with Mr. F. A. A. Skuse— 
who was fortunate in having the habits and economy of this strange 
animal brought so prominently to his notice on the occasion of 
his first hearing of its name—several examples were procured 
under stones within a short distance of the General Hospital. 
Concerning the Australian Peripatus, Leuckart, in giving some 
account of Szenger’s paper, informs us that the new species, that 
which came from New Holland, is described therein as follows :— 
Fifteen pair of feet stumps, between the last pair of which the 
generative orifice is situated. On the under side of the feet are 
three elevations (erhebungen), of which one is long and arch- 
shaped, whilst the two others are short and straight. Length, 
21 mm.; greatest breadth, 3.05 mm.f 
Had evidence not been now forthcoming of the existence of an 
Australian species, and especially since so vague a definition of 
the habitat of Peripatus Leuckarti, as is conveyed by the term 
New Holland is given, it might have been concluded that Senger 
had the New Zealand species in view, for his diagnosis mentions 
no character which is not found in Peripatus Novee-zealandie. 
And the fact is, the Australian (or Queensland at least) and New 
Zealand species are strikingly similar, and the comparison then of 
examples from the two sources indicated will be thwart with much 
interest. ‘The greater part ot Seenge.’s definition, bearing in mind 
that the identity in the number of feet has been elsewhere pointed 
out by Prof. Moseley, is contained in the following statement 
made by the latter authority concerning Peripatus Novee-zealandie, 
*It is to this fact that Mr. Fletcher alludes when he mentions ‘‘its 
re-discovery in Queensland last year (1886). Vid. Proc. Lin. Soc., N.S. 
Wales, 2nd Ser. II., p. 450. 
+ Archir fiir Naturg., p. 406-7; Berlin, 1871. 
