3. DASYTJETTS. 263 



II. Cranial Chakactees. 



A. BuUse obliquely oval, their lesser barely- 



half their greater diameter. Molars i-3 



18 millim. or more 1. D. maculatus, p. 263. 



B. Bullse spherical. Molars i-3 not reaching 



18 millim. 

 a. Molars i-3 more than 14 millim. Zygo- 

 matic breadth more than 40 millim. 

 a^. Posterior palate comparatively perfect 2. D. viverrmus, p. 26-5. 

 » 6'. Posterior palate with large vacuities 8. D. geoffroyi, p. 268. 

 h. Molars i-s less than 14 millim. Zygo- 

 matic breadth less than 38 millim. 

 e\ Muzzle not abnormally short. Palate- 

 . length about 35 millim. Nasals 



about 20 millim. long 4. D. halhtcatns, p. 269. 



d^. Muzzle very short. Palate-length 

 about 28 millim. Nasals about 17 

 millim. long 6. B. allopunctatus, p. 271. 



1. Dasynrus maculatns. 



Spotted Marten, Phillip, Voy. Botany Bay, p. 276, pi. xlvi. (animal) 



"Viverra maculata, Km-r, Linn. An. K. p. 170 (1792) ; Shaw, Oen. 



Zool. i. pt. ii. p. 433 (1800) ; TuHon, Linn. S. N. i. p. 56 (1806). 

 Mustela novse-hoUandise, Meyer, Syst. Uebers. Zool. Entd. p. 27 



(1793). 

 Dasyurus macrourus, Geoff. Ann. Mus. iii. p. 358 (1804) ; Tiedem. 



Zool. p. 428 (1808); P4ron, Voy. Terres Austr. (2) pi. xxxiii. 



(animal) (1811) ; Besm. N. Diet. d'H. N. (2) ix. p. 138 (1817) ; 



G. Cm. R. A. i. p. 176 (1817) ; Geoff. Diet. Sci. Nat. xii. p. 510 



(1818) ; Desm. Mamm. i. p. 263 (1820) ; Desmoul. Diet. Class. 



d'H. N. V. p. 338 (1824) ; F. Cuv. Dents Mamm. p. 75, pi. xxiii. b 



(teeth) (1825); Gray, Griff. Cuv. An. K. v. p. 193 (1827); 



Less. Man. Mamm. p. 214 (1827) ; Temm. Mon. Mamm. i. p. 69 



(1827) ; Fisch. Syn. Mamm. p. 271 (1829) ; Burm. Lehrb. Naturg. 



p. 648 (1830) ; Owen, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 7 (anat.) ; Less. S. JV. 



Mamm: {Compl. Buff.) v. p. 372, x. p. 366 (1836) ; Waterh. Cat. 



Mamm. Mus. Z. S. p. 65 (1838) ; Owen, P. Z. S. 1838, p. 121 



et seqg. ; id. Tr. Z. S. ii. pp. 389, 408, pi. Ixx. fig. 4 (skull) (1841) ; 



Waterh. Jard. Nat. LAbr., Mamm. xi. p. ISO, pi. vi. (animal) 



(1841) ; Less.N Tahl. R. A., Mamm. p. 190 (1842) ; Wagn. Schr. 



Saug. Supp. iii. p. 23, pi. clii. b. a (animal) (1843), v. p. 196 



(1856) ; Sehinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 490 (1844) ; Oieb. Odontogr. 



p. 89, pi. xvii. figs. 1 & 8 (teeth) (1855); Dobs. J. Anat. Phys. 



xvii. p. 153 (1882) (anat. feet). 

 Dasyurus maculatus, G. Fiseh. Zoogn. ii. p. 584 (1818) , Gray, 



Grey's Austr., App. ii. p. 400 (1841) ; id. List Mamm. B. M. 



p. 98 (1843) ; Waterh. N. S. Mamm. i. p. 489, pi. xxi. fig. 2 (skull) 



(1846) ; Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pi. xlix. (animal) (1851) ; Gunn, 



P. Roy. Soc. Tasm. ii. p. 81 (1862) ; Schleg. Dierh. p. 135 (1857) ; 



Gieb. Saug. p. 731 (1859); Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. B. M. 



p. 186 (1862) ; Krefft, Cat. Mamm. Austr. Mus. p. 25 (1864) ; 



id. Notes Faun. Tasm. p. 4 (1868) ; id. Austr. Vert. p. 14 (l871) ; 



Schleg. Dierent. p. 158 (1872); Higg. 8/- Pett. P. Roy. Soc. Tasm. 



