1897.] FROM NOBTH ATJSTEALIA. 321 



Fam. Oahtid^. 



9. Cakis dingo, Blumenb., 1790. 



Canis dingo, Ogilby, Cat. Austral. Mamm. p. 123 (1892), 



N. Australia : Hermit Hill, Aug. 12th, 1894 (one specimen and 

 one skull). Daly Eiver, Aug. 1894 (one specimen). S. Alligator 

 River, June ISth, 1895 (one specimen). 



Shin. The three specimens belong to the red variety. The size 

 seems to be inferior to those from Queensland which are preserved 

 iu the Christiania Museum ; length of four skulls 183-190 mm. 



Hah. Only the red variety was seen in Arnhem Land; but 

 black specimens were known by the natives. 



Fam. M i: E I D jE. 



10. CONILTTEUS PENICILLATUS (Gould), 1842. 



Conilurus penicillatus, Ogilby, Cat. Austral. Mamm. p. 117 

 (1892). 



N. Australia : Hermit Hill, Aug. loth, 20th, 1894 (five speci- 

 mens). Daly Eiver, Oct. 1894 (three specimens). Adelaide 

 River, Dec. 12th, 1894 (one specimen). Mary River, May 15th, 

 1895 (one specimen). 



Shin. There are ten specimens in all : two of the skins (Hermit 

 Hill, Aug. 1894) have the tail white-tipped (length of white tip 

 26 mm.) ; in all the other specimens the tail is black throughout. 

 In the single autumn specimen (Mary River, May 1895) the hairs 

 on the tail are very short and adpressed. 



Shull. In a full-grown specimen, with worn teeth, the length of 

 the skull is 44 mm., the breadth 23 mm. 



Foramen palatinum reaching to or a little beyond the first molar. 



The anterior border of the os interparietale forms a straight line, 

 the posterior one a rounded one. 



Hah. Numerous all over Arnhem Land, and in great numbers 

 on the rivers on the lowlands. Most of the specimens procured 

 were taken from holes in the trees, but they were also seen close 

 to and within the houses. 



JS/aiive name : Pelke. 



11. CoNiiCEUS BOWERi (Ramsay), 1886. 



? Sapalotis macrura, Peters, Monatsb. Akad, Wissensch. Berlin, 

 1876, p. 355, pi. i. (1876). 



Hapalotis bowei'i, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 

 2nd ser. vol, i. p. 1153 (1886). 



Conilurus howeri, Ogilby, Cat. Austral. Mamm. p. 116 (1892). 



N. W. Australia : Roebuck Bay, Dec. 8th, 1895 (one specimen, 

 a female). Roebuck Bay, Dec. 16th, 1895 (two half-grown young 

 ones, in spirit). 



Shin. The specimen (a female) is not perfectly adult, the teeth 

 being unworn and the posterior molars not yet fully developed. 



