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a-b. 2 Stuffed J S N. S. Wales Dr. Scone, 1864. 



c. Skull Purchased, A.S.B. 



d. Skull T. Shawe, A.S.B. 



Genus PSEUDOCHIRUS. 



Pseudochirus, Ogilby P. Z. S., p. 26 (1836). 



Hepoona, Gray, App. Grey's Travels Austr., ii, p. 402 (1841)*, 



Pseudochirus peregrinus. 



Didelphis peregrinus, Boddaert Elench. Anim., i, p. 78 (1785)*. 

 Didelphis caudivolvula, Kerr Linn. Anim. Kingd., p. ig6 (1792)*. 

 Phalangista cooki, apad Ogilby P. Z. S., p. 192 (1835) ; Gould Mamm. 



Austr,, i, pi. xviii. 

 Phalangista lanuginosa, Gould Mamm. Austr., i, pi. xx (1858). 

 Pseudochirus peregrinus, Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 172 (1888). 



Distribution. — Queensland to South Austialia. 



a. Skin Melbourne Mus., 1864. 



d. Skin, juv. W.Australia? Bengal Econ. Mus. 



Pseudochirus occidentalis. 



Pseudochirus occidentalis, Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 174 (1888). 



Distribution. — Western Australia. 



u. Skin Gawler Ranges, Adelaide Mus. [Ex.] 



S. Australia. 



Pseudochirus cooki. 



Phalangista cooki, Desmarest N. Diet. d'Hisi. Nat., xxv, p. 476 (1817). 

 Phalangista viverrina, Ogilby P. Z. S., p. 131 (1837) ; Gould Mamm. Austr., 



i, pi. xix. 

 Pseudochirus cooki, Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 176 (1888). 



Distribution. — Tasmania. 

 u. Stuffed Tasmania Bengal Econ. Mus. 



Genus TRICHOSURUS. 



Trichosurus, Lesson Did. Class. d'Hist. Nat., xiii, p. 333 (1828). 



Trichosurus vulpecula. 



Var, A. — typicus. 

 Didelphis vulpecula, Kerr Linn. Anim. Kingd., p. 198 (1792)*. 



