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f^. Lacrymal bone forming a sharp 

 overhanging ledge postero-extem- 

 ally. Goronoid process narrow and 

 weak, its anterior edge concave, 

 c^. Molars ^-' more than 11 mUlim. 

 c'. Palate (in adults) perfect be- 

 tween anterior premolars .... 9. P. nuButa, p. 242. 

 (?. Palate with a pair of additional 

 vacuities between the anterior 



premolars 10. P. gunni, p. 245. 



(P. Molars ^"' less than 11 mUlim. 

 e^. Palate with vacuities between 



the anterior premolars 11. P. hmigainmllei, p. 246. 



1. Ferameles obesula. 



Didelphis obesula, Shaw, Nat. Misc. viii. pi. 298 (animal) (circa 

 1793) ; id. Gm. Zool. i. pt. ii. p. 490 (1800) ; Turt. I/inn. Syst. 

 Nat. i. p. 68 (1806). 



Perameles obesula, Oeoff. Ann. Mus. iv. p. 64, pL xlv. (animal and 

 skull) (1804) ; G. Fiseh. Zoogn. iii. p. 13 (1814) ; Desm. Mamm. 

 i. p. 265 (1820) ; Schinz, Cuv. Thierr. i. p. 256 (1821) ; G^-ag, 

 Griff. Cuv. An. K. v. p. 195 (1827) ; Less. Man. Mamm. p. 217 

 (1827) ; id. Diet. Class. d'H. N. xiii. p. 200 (1828) ; J. B. Fisch. 

 Syn. Mamm. p. 274 (1829) ; Less. If. N. Mamm. {Compl. Buff.) 

 iv. p. 487 (1830) ; Waterh. Cat. Mamm. Mus. Z. 8. p. 65 ri838); 

 id. Jard. Nat. Mbr., Mamm. xi. p. 159, pi. xiv. (animal) (1841) ; 

 Gray, Greyh Austr., App. ii. p. 401 (1841) ; Owen, Tr. Z. S. ii. 

 p. 320 (^1841) ; Wagn. Arch./. Nat. vii. pt. i. p. 290 (1841); Less. 

 N. Tall. E. A., Mamm. p. 191 (1842) ; Gi-ay, List. Mamm. B. M. 

 p. 96 (1843) ; Wagn. Schr. Saug. Supp. iii. p. 59 (1843), v. p. 211 

 (1855) ; Schinz, &/n. Mamm. i. p. 516 (1844) ; " Waterh. N. IT. 

 Mamm. i. p. 368, pi. xx. %. 2 (skuU) (1846) ; Gunn, P. Boy. Soc. 

 Tasm. ii. p. 83 (1862); Gieb. Odontogr. p. 40, pi. xviii. fig. 7 

 (teeth) (1855) ; Gould, Mamm. Austr., i. pi. xii. Canimal) (1856) ; 

 Schkg. Dierk. p. 138 (1857) ; Gieb. Saug. p. 721 (1859) ; Qerrard, 

 Cat. Bones Mamm. B. M. p. 132 (1862) ; Sreffi, Cat. Mamm. 

 Austr. Mus. p. 34 (1864) ; id. Notes Faun. Tasm! p. 1 (1868) ; id. 

 Mamm. Austr. text to pi. xi. p. 6 (1871) ; Schieg. Dierent. p. 164 

 (1872) ; Gieb. Bronn's Kl. u. Ord. vi. Abth. v. pi. xix. fig. 7 & 

 pi. xlvii. fig. 30 (skuU & teeth) (1874-76) ; Flow. Sf Gars. Cat. Ost. 

 Coll. Surg. ii. p. 736 (1884) ; Lyd. Cat. Foss. Mamm. B. M. p. 256 

 (1887) ; Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. p. 306 (1887). 



Thylacis obesula, III. Pi-odr. Syst. Mamm. p. 76 (1811). 



Isoodon obesula, Desm. N. Diet. d'H. N. (2) xvi. p. 409 (1817) ; 

 F. Cuv. Diet. Sci. Nat. xxxviii. p. 416 (1825) ; Desm. Diet, Univ. 

 d^JET. N. ix. p. 579 (1849). 



Perameles fusoiventer. Gray, Grey's Austr., App. ii. p. 407 (1841) ; 

 id. List Mamm. B. M. p. 96 (1843) ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. 

 B. M. p. 132 (1862). 



Perameles afiinis, Gray, lAst Mamm. B. M. p. 96 (1843). 



Shokx-nosed Bandicoot. 



Form rather thick and stout. Fur short, coarse and spiny, the 

 spines flattened, and averaging where shortest rather less than 



