248 ? LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY, 
Habits——Western New Guinea (Charles Lewis Mountains). 
Additional specimens are required before it can be defi- 
nitely asserted that this form indicates anything more than a 
lerge race of P. bruzjni, characterised by the abundance and 
dark colour of its spines ; since its points of difference from the 
ordinary form do not appear to be greater than those dis- 
tinguishing the local races of the Common Echidna, 
