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identified by Murie in the Proc. Zool. Soc.' 1865, p. 851 an identifi- 

 cation which, if correct, should lead to the abolition of the latter name. 

 The distinctive characters of the present form, according to Owen, 

 are the still smaller connexion of the nasal with the maxilla, the 

 lesser protuberance of the lachrymal in advance of the tubercle, the 

 smaller size of the posterior palatal foramina, the greater depth of 

 the outer surface of the maxilla below the zygoma, and the less 

 extension backwards of the mandibular symphysis. 

 Hab. New South Wales and Queensland. 



42598. The middle region of the cranium, showing the true molars, 

 (Fig.) and the alveoli of pm. 4 and of the incisors ; from a cave 

 in the Wellington Valley, New South Wales. Figured by 

 Owen in the ' Phil. Trans.' 1872, pi. xvii. figs. 1, 3-5, and 

 in the ' Extinct Mammals of Australia,' pi. 1. figs. 1, 3-5. 

 Presented by the Trustees of the Australian Museum, 1870. 



32912. The palatal region of the cranium ; from the Pleistocene of 

 Australia. The whole of the cheek-dentition is shown. 



Presented by Sir W. Me Arthur, Bart. About 1854. 



43048. The palatal region of the cranium, showing the whole of the 

 (Fig.) cheek-teeth ; from the Pleistocene of Queensland. Figured 



by Owen in the ' Phil. Trans.' 1872, pi. xviii. figs. 1-4, and 

 in the ' Extinct Mammals of Australia,' pi. li. figs. 1-4. 



Presented by Dr. George Bennett, 1863 . 



43049. The imperfect palatal region of the cranium ; from Australia. 

 (Fig.) Figured by Owen in the ' Phil. Trans.' 1872, pi. xviii. figs. 



5-7, and in the ' Extinct Mammals of Australia,' pi. li. 

 figs. 5-7. Presented by Dr. George Bennett, 1861. 



42612. The imperfect left maxilla, without the teeth, from a cave 

 (Fig.) in the Wellington Valley. Figured by Owen in the ' Phil. 



Trans.' 1872, pi. xvii. figs. 7-8, and in the 'Extinct 



Mammals of Australia,' pi. 1. figs. 7, 8. 



Presented by the Trustees of the Australian Museum, 1870. 



46915. The imperfect palatal region of the cranium, showing all the 

 cheek-teeth ; from the Pleistocene of Kirban, near Men- 

 dor an, New South Wales. 



Presented by W. L. R. Gipps, Esq., 1875. 



47849. Fragment of the right maxilla, with two true molars ; from 

 the Pleistocene of Darling Downs, Queensland. 



Presented by Dr. George Bennett, 1875. 



