1897.] MR. E. R. WAITE ON THE SYDNEY BUSH-RAT. 857 



132. Kedestes niteostriga, Trimen. 



Karkloof, 8th, 15th, 19th, and 20th February, 1897. 

 New to the Museum collection. 



133. Gegenes ietterstedtii, Wallgr. 



Estcourt, 4th September, 3rd, 8th, and 17th October; Frere, 

 5th, 6th, and 9th December, 1896. 



Mr. Marshall calls this G. hottentMa, but an examination of the 

 type by Dr. Scudder proved the latter to be G. ohumhrata. 



134. Gegenes occulta, Trimen, 



Pamphila occulta, Trimen, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 103. 

 Tugela Elver, 11th, 12th, and 15th November, 1896. 

 New to the Museum collection. 



135. Parnara mathias, Fabr. 



Malvern, 8th and 13th August; Estcourt, 27th November 

 Erere, 5th and 7th December, 1896. 



136. Ehopalocajipta keithloa, Wallgr. 

 Malvern, 8th August, 1896. 



EXPLANATION OP PLATE L. 



Eig. 1. 'Pseudonym-pha vigilans, iS , p. 838. 



2. „ pcztula, (^ , p. 838. 



3. Acrcsa burni, ^J, p. 84L 



4. Cacyreus palcsnion, c? , p. 845. 



5. „ marshalli, (^ , p. 845. 



6. Cyclyrius noquasa, (^ , p. 846. 



7. AphncBus hutchinsonii, (^ , p. 849. 



8. Terias inarskalli, (^ , p. 851. (Wet phase.) 



9. „ „ (Dry phase.) 



3. On the Habits of the Sydney Bush-Rat {Mus arboricola). 

 By Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., Zoologist, Australian 

 Museum^ Sydney. With a Note by Oldfield Thomas, 

 F.Z.S. 



[Received August 6, 1897.] 



Shortly after taking possession of a new house at Mosman's 

 Bay, Sydney, from which the builders had scarcely departed, our 

 household was made well aware that a colony of rats had 

 established themselves overhead. As they were evidently in 

 considerable numbers, a six-way rat-trap was obtained, set 

 and baited in the orthodox manner with bacon and cheese. 

 Seven weeks passed by and none of the traps were sprung, although 

 the nightly gambols in no way diminished. At the end of 

 that period a single rat was caught, and on removing it from the 

 trap it was found to be a Bush or Native Eat. Eecognizing 

 the species, and having heard that it fed chiefly if not exclusively 



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