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4. List of Species of Mammalia sent from the Aru Islands 

 by Mr. A. R. Wallace to the British Museum. By 

 Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S., Pres. Ent. Soc, etc. 



(Mammalia, PI. LXIII. LXIV.) 



Mr, A. R. "Wallace has lately sent to Mr. Samuel Stevens a col- 

 lection of Mammalia and Birds from the Aru Islands, referred to in 

 his paper on the Natural History of those islands in the ' Annals and 

 Mag. Nat. Hist.' 1857, which has been transferred to the British 

 Museum, and forms a most important addition to the collection of 

 that establishment. 



His list does not contain a single Bat. 



In the ' Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang ' I gave a list 

 of the Mammalia which had up to that period been found in New 

 Guinea (p. 31) ; and in Dr. Midler's ' Verhandlingen ' is a similar 

 list. 



Besides the animals sent home by Mr. Wallace from the Aru 

 Islands, there are recorded in these lists — 



1. Dendrolagus ursinus. B.M. 



Dendrolagus ursinus, S. Miiller, Verh. 131, 141. t. 19. f. 22, 23. 

 Hypsiprymnus ursinus, Temm. Faun. Japan. 



2. Dendrolagus inustus. B.M. 

 Dendrolagus inustus, S. Miiller, Verh. 131, 143. t. 20, 22, 23. 



3. Dorcopsis Asiaticus. B.M. 



Dorcopsis Brunii, Miiller, Verhand. 131. 



Dorcopsis Asiaticus, Gray, Voy. Sam. 32. 



Filander or Kangaroo, Le Brun's Voyage, i. 347. t. 213, 1714. 



Didelphis Asiaticus, Pallas, N. A. Petrop. 1777, 228. t. 9. 



D. Brunii, Gmelin. 



Halmaturus Brunii, Illiger, Prod. 



Hypsiprymnus Brunii, Miiller, Verh. 63. t. 21-23. 



Island of Aru. 



It is curious that this animal, described as specially inhabiting 

 the island visited by Mr. Wallace, was not 'sent home by him. It 

 is to be hoped that be did not neglect it, thinking it a common Kan- 

 garoo, as it is a desideratum in most museums in Europe. 



The specimen of this animal in the Ley den Museum is said to be 

 from the continent of New Guinea, where the two species of Den- 

 drolagus and the Antechinus melas were also found. 



4. Phascogale (Antechinus) melas. 



Phascogale {Antechinus) melas, Miiller, Verhand. t. 25. f. 1-3. 



From New Guinea. 



Differs according to the figure in having the hair of the tail rather 



