328 DIBELPHTIDJS. 



, I Ad. al. 5 I Purchased. 



■ 1 & two young, ( 



f. Ad. sk., cJ (albino). Purchased. 



g'. Skeleton (mounted). Zool. Soc. 



A'. Skeleton. Zool. Soc. 



h. Didelphys maxsupialis, var. azarae. 



MicourS premier, ou Micourfi proprement dit,- Azara, Ess. Quadr. 

 Parag. i. p. 244 (1801). 



Didelphys azarse*, Tenvm. Men. Mamm. i. p. 30 (1827) ; Desm. 

 Diet. 8ci. Nat. xlvii. p. 884 (1827) ; Gray, Griff. Cm. An. K. 

 V. p. 186 (1827); Less. Man. Mamm. p. 209 (1827); Schinz, 

 Nat. Abbild., Saug. p. 173, pi. Ixvi. (animal) (1827) ; J. B. Fisch. 

 Syn. Mamm. p. 264 (1829) ; Sengig. Saug. Parag. p. 228 (1830) ; 

 Mart. P. Z. S. 1834, p. 101 (anat.) ; Less. S. N. Mamm. (Compl. 

 Buff.) V. p. 268 (1836) ; Waterk. Cat. Mamm. Mus. Z. S. p. 64 

 (1888) ; id. Zool. Vog. ' Beagle,' Mamm. p. 93 (1839) ; id. Jard. Nab. 

 Libr., Mamm. xi. p. 83, pi. i. (animal) (1841) ; Less. N. Tabl. M. A., 

 Mamm. p. 186 (1842) ; Gray, lAst Mamm. B. M. p. 100 (1843); 

 Wagn. Sckr. Saug. Supp. iii. p. 38 (1843), y. p. 223 (1855); 

 Tsch. Faun. Peruana, Mamm. p. 143 (1844) ; Schimi, Syn. Mamm. 

 i. p. 498 (1844) ; Watei-h. N. S. Mamm. i. p. 470, pi. xviii. fig. 2 

 (animal) (1846); Oieb. Odoniogr. p. 41, pi. xvii. fig. 10 (teeth) 

 (1855) ; Gerv. Casteln. Am. Sud, Mamm. p. 100, pi. xx. fig. 8 

 (teeth) (1855) ; Burm. Erldut. Faun. Bras.jp. 61, pi. i. (animal) 

 (1856) ; Gieb. Sdvg. p. 709 (1869) ; Tomes, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 268 ; 

 Burm. JReise La Plata ii. p. 412 (1861) ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones 

 Mamm. B. M. p. 138 (1862); Hens. Zool. Gart. viii. p. 290 

 (1867) ; id. Abh. Ak. Bei-l. 1872, p. Ill, pi. i. fig. 1 (teeth) ; Schleg. 

 Bierent. p. 160 (1872) ; Burm. Republ. Argent, iii. p. 189 (1879) ; 

 Flow. 8f Gars. Cat. Ost. Coll. Surg. ii. p. 749(1884) ; Jent. Cat. Ost. 

 Leyd. Mus. p. 300 (1887) ; Lyd. Cat. Foss. Mamm. B. M. v. p. 280 

 (1887). 



Didelphys albiventris, Lund, Blik Bras. Dyr., Dansk. Afh. viii. 

 p. 236 (1841) ; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 500 (1844) ; Burm. Thiere 

 Bras. 1. p. 132 (1854); id. Erlaut. Frun. Bras. p. 62, pi. ii. 

 (animal), pi. v. figs. ^ & 6, & pl- vi. fig. 4 (skuU) (1856) ; Oieb. Saug. 

 p. 710 (1859). 



Didelphys poecilotis, Wagn. Arch. f. Nat. viii. p. 358 (1842) ; id. 

 Abh. Ak. Munch, v. p. 126 (1847) ; id. Schr. Saug. Supp. v. p. 219 

 (1855); Natt. Pek. Bras. Saug., Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxziii. Anh. 

 p. 109 (1888). 



Didelphys poecUonota, Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 504 (1844). 



Didelphys leucotis, Wagn. Abh. Ah. Miinch. v. p. 127 (1847); id. 

 Schr. Saug. Supp. v. p. 228 (1855). 



Azaka's Oposstjm. 



Similar to B. marsupialis in all essential characters and equally 



* Although the specimena in the Leyden Museum marked D, aza/ra by 

 Temminok are unquestionably the ordinary dark-coloured D. ma/rsvpiaUs, his 

 name was given to Azara's " Micourfi premier," identified rightly by Burmeister 

 aa the present form, and I therefore retain the name under which the variety is 

 figured in the latter author's beautiful work. 



