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568. Phascolomys platyrhinus, Owen. Platyrhine Wombat. 

 Hab. Victoria, Australia. 



a. Presented by the Acclimatization Society of Victoria, March 



18, 1863. Black variety, described by Mr. Gould as P. 

 niger. 



b. Male ; c. Female. Purchased, Jan. 27, 1868. Black 



variety. 



d. Female. Presented by Dr. Ferdinand von Mueller, C.M.Z.S., 

 Sept, 25, 1872. 



569. Phascolomys latifrons, Owen. Hairy-nosed Wombat. 

 Hab. South Australia. 



a. Purchased, July 24, 1862. Specimen figured by Mr. Gould 

 (Mamm. Austr. pi. 60) as P. lasiorinus. 



b. Male ; c. Female. Presented by the Commissioners of 



South Australia to the French Exhibition, May 11, 1867. 



d, e. Presented by the Governor of the Botanic Gardens, Ade- 

 laide, South Australia, Dec. 24, 1867. 



/*. Female. Purchased, Feb. 25, 1870. 



#. Male. Purchased, March 3, 1870. 



Order MONOTREMATA. 



Family ECHIDNID^E. 



Genus ECHIDNA. 



570. Echidna hystrix, Cuv. Echidna. 

 Hab. New South Wales. 



a. Male. Purchased, April 18, 1863. 



b. Female. Presented by E. T. Smith, Esq., July 18, 1863. 



