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2nd Ser. ZOOLOGY.] 



[VOL. IX. PART 3. 



THE 



TRANSACTIONS 



OF 



THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE AUSTRALIAN MAESITIALIA ; WITH 

 REMARKS ON THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE MARSUPIALS IN 

 GENERAL 



BT 



B. ARTHUR BENSLEY, B.A. (Tor.), Ph.D. (Col.), Univci-sity of Toronto, Canada. 

 (Communicated by Prof. G. B. Howes, D.Sc, LL.D., F.ll.S., Sec Linn. Soc.j 



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