2G8 MR. G. F. ANGAS ON PHASCOLOMYS LATIFRONS. [June 25, 



The Secretary reported as follows in reference to this collection : — 



" The case No. 1 has arrived in good order, but the glass in No. 2 

 has been broken, and the spirit has evaporated, leaving the prepara- 

 tions dry and mostly spoiled. 



" The Mammals are three in number, (1) the Antelope from Zan- 

 zibar, which Dr. Gray was at first inclined to consider a new Calo- 

 tragus, but now believes to be Nesotragus moschatus, von Duben, 

 juv. Dr. Peters informs rae that he likewise met with this species 

 in the island of Zanzibar (2) Pterojms edwardsi, Geoffr. (Peters, 

 Zool. Reis. i. p. 23), nearly allied to, but according to the high au- 

 thority of Dr. Peters distinct from, Pt. medius, Temm., of India — 

 the species which we have now alive in our Gardens, and which is 

 commonly called Pt. edwardsi. This Bat is from Johanna, Co- 

 moro Islands. (3) Cricetomys gambianus, Waterh., from Zanzibar. 



" The birds, being in spirits, cannot be satisfactorily determined 

 until they have been tak^n out and dried. This I am not willing to 

 do until Capt. Speke's return, and I therefore content myself for the 

 present by stating that the three species from Delagoa Bay are of 

 the genera Erismatura, Parra, and Hiaticula ; that the Owl from 

 Europa Island is a Strix ; and that there are fifty specimens of Birds 

 from Zanzibar referable to thirty species, mostly well known. 



" The Reptilia are two, from Zanzibar, which, as determined by Dr. 

 Giinther, are Chamceleo dilepis and a Monitor, probably M. niloticus. 



"The birds from Johanna Island (in case 'So. 2) are a Dicrurus 

 and a Muscipeta ; the Crabs are of the genera Sessama and Cyclo- 

 grapkus, and the MoUusk is a species of Navicella." 



The following papers were read : — 

 1 . Notes on the Broad-fronted Wombat of South Australia 



(PhASCOLOMYS LATIFRONS, OwEn). By GeORGE FrENCH 



Angas, Corresponding Member of the Zoological 

 Society of London, Corresponding Member of the 

 Imperial Geological Institute of A^ienna, Member of 

 the Imperial Zoological and Botanical Society of 

 Vienna, etc. 



The existence of a second species of Phascolomys on the Australian 

 continent was established some years ago by Professor Owen, from a 

 skull sent to England from South Australia, and named by him 

 Phascolomys latifrons (see ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society ' 

 for 1845). 



Mr. G. R. Waterhouse, in his excellent work on the Marsupiata, 

 says, " Of the Broad-fronted Wombat, all that is known is a skull 

 sent from South AustraUa to Professor Owen. This skull presents 

 so many marked differences when compared with that of the Phasco- 

 lomys wombat, that no doubt can be entertained of the existence of 

 two distinct species of Wombats." 



I have lately had the opportunity of examining a full-grown male 

 example of the Broad-fronted Wombat, now li^^ng in the Botanical 



