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papillae During life my specimen was coloured 



as follows : shining slaty-brown above, dusted with brick red, 

 with a dusky-red patch on the head, and a moderately distinct 

 dusky-red lateral line on each side extending throughout its 

 entire length ; below, pinkish grey ; the antennae dark brown. 

 It measured 21 mm. when fully extended." Mr. Olliff in the 

 same letter draws my attention to the fact that the specimens 

 of Peripatus Leuckarti from Queensland, described on p. 

 180 et seq., were found by Mr. Tryon, who^ records it from 

 Brisbane and Card well. He further points out to me that Mr. 

 J. J. Fletcher has a note on the " Discovery of Peripatus in 

 Victoria " on p. 450 of the ' Proceedings of the Lin. Soc. of New 

 South Wales,' 1887. The Victorian specimen was found by 

 Mr. R. T. Baker at Warragal, Gippsland. It possesses fifteen 

 pairs of claw-bearing legs and a pair of oral papillae. The 

 Australian localities at present known are therefore Cardwell 

 and Brisbane, in Queensland; Cassilis, in New South Wales; 

 and Warragal, in Victoria. 



In addition to calling my attention to these new localities, 

 Mr. OllifiF has most kindly sent me his specimen — the only one 

 which at the date of his letter (9th May, 1888) had been 

 found. It appeared to me to resemble the two specimens from 

 Queensland, described above on p. 180 ; but I must confess 

 that I have not had time or opportunity to make a sufficiently 

 minute examination of it. This I do not regret, as the task 

 will be much better and more completely performed by natural- 

 ists on the spot who are able to examine the living specimens. 



I may here again call attention to the fact, that by far the 

 best way of killing Peripatus for the examination of external 

 features is to drown them thoroughly, i.e. until the muscular 

 tissue is dead and does not contract when the animals are 

 placed in spirit. This generally requires an immersion in the 

 water for twenty-four hours or more. I may also remind 

 collectors of the living animals that they are liable to come 

 out of their box at night or in the dark, if any hole be left for 



I ' Proceedings of the Ijirmean Soc. New South Wales,' 1886. 



