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MR. O. THOMAS ON THE RACES OF ECHIDNA. [Apr. 21, 



To commence with, the following List of specimens examined is 

 given. The specimens will afterwards be merely referred to by their 

 distinguishing letters : — 



Var. lawesi :— Specimens. 



a. Adult skin, ? . Port Moresby. Eev. W.G. Lawes. 85. 3. 24. 1 K 



h. Ditto, ?. Ditto. Ditto. 10,37, Liverpool 



10,37, 

 Museum. 



Var. acnleata : — 



c-e. c? ,?, and yg. skins. 80 miles W. of Eock- Dr. C. Lumliolz. Christiania Mus. 



hampton. Queens- (Co.-types of E. acanthioii, Coll.) 



f. Imm. (J (in al.). 



g. Ad. sk. c?. 



h. Ad. cJ (in al.). 

 i-m. Skins. 



n. Ad. sk. 

 o. Ad. sk. 



Var. setosa : — 



p,q. c? 2 (in al.). 

 r-v. Skins. 



w, .r. 2 c? (in al.). 



y. S (in al). 



z. Ad. skin. 



a'. Ad., stuffed. 



l>\ c'. Ad. & 5g., stuffed. 



cV. Yg. sk. S- 



e'. Ad. (5', stuffed. 



Var. lawesi: — 

 /, g'. Skulls of a & b. 



Var. acnleata : — 



^.'-y. Skulls of c-e. 

 /.■'-m'. Ditto, /-^. 

 «'-o'. Ditto, k-l. 

 p'. Skull. 

 Ditto. 



land. 



Queensland. Sir D. Cooper. 



Liverpool Ran ge,New J. Gould, Esq. 



South Wales. 

 Port Stevens, New Dr. Gr. Bennett. 



South Wales. 

 No exact localities, 



probably New 



South Wales. 

 York.West Australia. J. Gilbert, Esq. 



West Australia. 



No exact localities, 

 probablyTasmania. 

 Tasmania. 

 Ditto. 

 Ditto. 

 Ditto. 

 Ditto. 

 Ditto. 

 Ditto. 



Skulls. 



Austin, Esq. 

 Dr. Miiller. 



Jamrach. 

 Capt. Mangles. 

 Ditto. 



J. Gould, Esq. 

 Gen. Hardwicke. 

 Mr. Maddox. 



66. 7. 3. 1. 

 41. 1163. 



72. 11. 8. 1. 



44. 7. 9. 18. 

 56. 4. 7. 4. 



64. 10. 1. 3-4. 

 69. 5. 21. 1-2. 



112 4. 



41. 1162 & 4. 

 112 a. 



238 c, Liverpool 

 Mus. 



West Australia. 



?■ 



Var. setosa : — 



r'-s'. Skulls ofp&q. 

 t'-w'. Skulls of y.w, d',&e\ 



x', y\ Skulls. 

 z'. Imm. sk. 



a". Ad. skuU. 

 h'\ c". Ditto. 



^". Skull of r. 



Tasman's Peninsula, G. S. Baden- 

 Tasmania. Powell, Esq. 

 Tasmania. E. Gimn, Esq, 



1017^, c^, kh. 

 1017 e & f. 

 1017 a. 

 1017 c. 



1006 c kd. 

 1006/ e, g, & 71, 



Liverpool Mus. 

 1006 a&b. 

 3957, Coll. Surg. 



3955, Coll. Surg. 

 3952 & 3958, Coll. 



Surg. 

 1006 h. 



^ Except where otherwise stated, these numbers refer to the registers in the 

 Natural History Museum. 



