406 MR. C. LUMHOLTZ ON MAMMALS RECENTLY [June 3, 



sutvraque exceptis) fulvo-oehraceis, pvnctato-striatis, tricostalis ; 

 capite fere sicut in G. afzeli ; thorace antice rectius angustato, 

 medio dorso late sulcato. <$ ventre medio vitta maculari ochraceo- 

 tomentoso . 

 Long. 17 millim. 3 5 . 



Pachnoda marginata, Drury, 111. Ins. ii. p. 59, t. 32. f. 1 ; var. 

 aurata, Voer, Col. i. t. i. f. 6. 



5. Notes upon some Mammals recently discovered in Queens- 

 land. By Carl Lumholtz, M.A. of the University of 

 Christiania. 



[Eeceived June 3, 1884.] 



During the three and a half years I travelled in Queensland I no 

 doubt spent the most interesting part of my time in the ranges near 

 Herbert River in North Queensland. By the kindness of Mr. W. 

 Scott, I had my headquarters at Herbert Vale, a now deserted 

 cattle-station on the Herbert River, at a very convenient distance from 

 the ranges, to which I made excursions from this place, camping 

 in the mountains in company with the blacks. Herbert Vale is, 

 in a straight line, only about 15 miles from the coast. The nearest 

 little town is Cardwell in Rockingham Bay. Herbert Vale is in 

 18° S. lat. ; and the rainfall at Rockingham Bay is 90 inches. 



The Great Dividing Range that runs along the east coast of the 

 Australian continent, the Cordilleras of Australia, is in the southern 

 part of Queensland low. In North Queensland it attains a greater 

 elevation, in one spot even rising to a height of 5-100 feet (Bellenden 

 Kerr) ; and it is here, on account of the warm and moist climate, 

 covered with fine tropical vegetation. 



The range nearest the lower Herbert River, to the north of this, 

 is between 2000 and 3000 feet high, and granitic. It is covered with 

 dense shrubs ; and numerous streams and rivulets hasten down the 

 sides of the mountains to the bottom of the valley, often forming 

 picturesque waterfalls. Here, in these extensive mountainous scrubs 

 that commence near Herbert Vale, the new Marsupial mammals 

 described by Dr. Robert Collett in his paper which was read at 

 the last Meeting of this Society, are found. The scenery is very 

 fine : but the character of the landscape is often wild, particularly 

 near the crest of the mountains. It is difficult to penetrate into 

 these regions. At one moment we find ourselves before steep 

 precipices, the ground is rough and stony, but everywhere where 

 there is the least possibility for any thing to take root, a variety of 

 trees, often very large, have sprung up, while frequently creeping 



