114 DIDELPHYIDjE. DASYURID^l. 



460. Didelphys virginiana, Shaw. Virginian Opossum. 

 Hob. North America. 



a. Presented by R. T. Hadow, Esq., June 21, 1866. 



b. Purchased, Feb. 21, 1868. 



461. Didelphys azaras, Temm. Azara's Opossum. 

 Hob. South America. 



a. Female ; b-d. Young. Presented by William Reay, Esq., 



March 5, 1864. 



e. Presented by G. Wilks, Esq., C.M.Z.S., Jan. 13, 1868. 

 /. Male. Presented by G. Wilks, Esq., C.M.Z.S., May 5, 1869. 

 g. Purchased, Dec. 28, 1870. 



462. Didelphys crassicaudata, Desm. Thick-tailed Opossum. 

 Hob. La Plata. 



a. Presented by W. D. Christie, Esq., F.Z.S., July 5, 1860. 



b. Presented by Geo. Wilks, Esq., C.M.Z.S., March 5, 1868. 



See P.Z.S. 1868, p. 261. 



463. Didelphys opossum, Linn. Four-spotted Opossum. 

 Hab. South America. 



a. Purchased, Aug. 15, 1868. 

 6. Purchased July 19, 1869. 



Family DASYURID^E. 

 Genus DASYURUS. 



464. Dasyurus maugai, Geoffr, Mauge's Dasyure. 

 Hab. Australia. 



a. Male. Presented by H.E. Sir George Grey, K.C.B., F.Z.S., 



Governor of New Zealand, May 26, 1861. 



b. Male. Presented by F. J. C. Wildash, Esq., June 21, 1862. 



c. Presented by the Rev. E. Selwyn, Sept. 18, 1863. 



d. Presented by W. S. C. Cooper, Esq., March 6, 1865. 

 e-h. Purchased, March 9, 1865. 



i-l. Received, July 20, 1866. 



m. Presented by J. T. Luce, Esq., Oct. 28, 1867. 



n. Presented by Capt. Watson, March 29, 1868. 



o. Presented by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. July 4, 



1868. 

 p. Presented by Capt. Skinner, Sept. 28, 1868. 



