1897.] FROM NORTH AUSTRALIA. 333 



Skull. Length in two adult specimeas (male and female) 37 mm., 

 breadth 26 mm. 



Hab. Met with both in Arnhem Land and at Roebuck Bay, 

 but scarce. It was generally seen along the coast, more rarely 

 inland. 



Native name : Lambalk. 



Fam. Peramelid^. 



25. Perameles macrura, Gould, 1842. 



Perameles macrura, Thos. Cat. Mars. Moiiotr. Brifc. Mus. 

 p. 234 (1888) ; Ogilby, Cat. Austral. Mamm. p. 22 (1892). 



N. Australia : Daly River, July-Aug. 1894 (four specimens and 

 four extra skulls). Katherine River, July 15th, 1895 (one speci- 

 men). Mt. Showbridge, Nov, 11th, 1895 (one young, in spirit). 



Skull. Size of largest specimen : length 78 mm., breadth 36 mm. 



Young (size of a mouse). Shields on lower surface of middle toe 

 broad, undivided (one series). 



Hah. Common in Arnhem Land : generally found sleeping 

 in hollow trees. 



Native name : Koppol. 



26. Perameles obesula (Shaw), 1793. 



Perameles ohesula, Thos. Cat. Mars. Monotr. Brit. Mus. p. 231 

 (1888) ; Ogilby, Cat. Austral. Mamm. p. 23 (1892). 



N. W. Australia : Roebuck Bay, Nov.-Dec. 1895 (three speci- 

 mens, one young in spirit, seven embryos, one skeleton). 



Skull. Size of largest specimen 59 mm., breadth 28 mm. 



Young (size of a mouse). Shields on lower surface of middle toe 

 divided (two series). 



Bab. Common at Roebuck Bay in the dry coast country (not 

 aeen in Arnhem Land). 



Fam, Dasyurid^. 



27. DAsruRUs hallucatus, Gould, 1842. 



Dasyurus hallucatus, Thos. Cat. Mars. Monotr. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 269 (1888); Ogilby, Cat. Austral. Mamm. p. 15(1892). 



N. Australia : Daly River, Sept. 7th, 1894 (one skull), Mt. 

 Showbridge, Dec. 4th, 1894; March 10th, 1895 (two specimens). 

 Adelaide River, Dec. 15tb, 1894 (one specimen). Mary River, 

 May 10th, 1895 (one specimen). Union Town, May 30, 1895 

 (one specimen). 



Skin. Five specimens, all males. All belong to a dark variety, 

 the ground-colour of the body being of a more or less deep 

 bi'ownish black, with the tips of the hairs yellowish. 



Head with small and indistinct spots on the front ; legs spotted 

 in some specimens, in others unicoloured. 



Tail unspotted ; on upper base coloured like the back (or rather 



