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(b) Mammalia. 



By Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., Director S.A. Museum. 

 [Contribution from the South Australian Museum.'] 



CHIROPTERA. 



Nyctinomus atjstralis, Gray (Molossus australis, Gray, 

 Mag. Zool. and Bot., ii., 1838, p. 501). — Two specimens. One 

 of these is evidently the example referred to by Captain White 

 as follows: — "A large dark-coloured bat was brought to me 

 by one of the natives, who told me it was captured asleep in 

 a deep cavern or hole in the rocks. No bat of this description 

 was seen flying at any time during our trip." This species 

 was not taken by the Horn Expedition, the only mem- 

 bers of the Chiroptera recorded being Megaderma gigas, 

 Dobson, and Nyctophilus timoriensis, Geoffroy. 



Vesperugo pumilus, Gray (Scotophilus pumilus, Gray, 

 Append. Grey's Aust. Journ., ii., 1841, p. 406). — Two 

 examples. The species does not appear to have been pre- 

 viously recorded from Central Australia. In the report of 

 the Horn Expedition, Spencer 0) states that Nyctophilus 

 timoriensis was the commonest species of bat in the central 

 district, being met with everywhere. Captain White is in- 

 clined to associate the small bats seen on the wing with the 

 two specimens obtained, and supplies the following note: — 

 "Only one species of bat was seen flying, and this was a small 

 one. On two or three occasions while ascending the Finke 

 River a small bat or two came out and flew round quite early 

 in the evenings, long before the light had faded away. One 

 evening a small bat appeared so early that a Black-throated 

 'Butcher Bird' (Gracticus nigrogularis) set off in pursuit of 

 it, but the bird had no chance with the bat. Some time 

 later an aborigine was bringing in firewood, and in the 

 branch of a large dead mulga (Acacia aneura, F. v M.) he 

 discovered two small bats, to which he drew my attention, 

 and I believe these to be of the same kind as those observed 

 flying early in the evenings." 



MURID^. 



Mus hermannsburgensis, Waite (Mus hermannsburg- 

 ensis, Waite, Rep. Horn Exped., ii., 1896, p. 405, pi. xxvi., 

 fig. 5). — Three specimens, two adults and one young. 



MARSUPIALIA. 



Notoryctes typhlops, Stirling (Psammoryctes typhlops, 

 Stirling, Trans. Roy Soc, S.A., xi., 1889, p. 21, and xii., 

 1889, p. 158). — Two specimens. The method by which the 



<i) Spencer, Rep. Horn Exp., ii., 1896, p. 11. 



