DIDELPIIYID^. 



Fisr. 25. 



165 



Orycteropus ceihiopicus. (P. Z. S. 1870, p. 669.) 



Order MARSUPIALIA. 



Family DIDELPHYID^E. 



Genus DIDELPHYS. 



567. Didelphys cancrivora, Gm. Crab-eating-Opossum. 

 Hob. Tropical America. 



a. Presented by the Hon. F. North, Nov. 23, 1863. 

 6. Presented by O. Wakefield, Esq., June. 16, 1868. 



c. Female. Presented by Gr. H. Hawtayne, Esq., Nov. 6, 1873. 



d. Female. Purchased, Sept. 29, 1875. 



568. Didelphys virginiana, Shaw. Virginian Opossum. 

 Hob. North America. 



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



b. Purchased, Feb. 21, 1868. 



