382 



ECBXDNID^. 



6- 5. 



i (stuffed). e (stuffed). 



Old. Adult. 



millim, millim. 



Head and body 490 410 



Tip of muzzle to eye ^ 60 53 



Second hind claw 49 45 



Third hind claw 41 33 



Skull, see p. 384. 



Mab. Tasmania*. 

 Tyjoe not in existence t. 



a. Ad. al., $ . Tasmania. Capt. Mangles [P.], 



, i Ad. sk. I Tasmania. Capt. Mangles [P.]. 



■ I Skeleton (mounted), f 



. J \ Ad. al. I J, Tasmania. Purchased. 



"'"■ ) Skull of c. ( °- 

 e,f. Ad. $ & imm. st. Tasmania (/.G.). Gould Coll. 



j Imm. sk. I J, Tasmania. Gen. Hardwicke fP.I. 



^- ] Skulls, f ^• 



h. Ad. st. Tasmania. 



i. Ad. St., d- ' H. Farley, Esq. [PJ- 



. J. JAd. al. I J, n Baron von Mifller fP.! 



J'"- 1 Skulls, i'^^- 

 I Yg. al. (28 mm. long). Baron von Miiller [P.l, 



JAd. sks. I 

 "*''*•] Skull of m.f 

 0, Skeleton. Zool. Soc. 



2. PROECHIDNA. 



Type. 

 Acanthoglossus, Oerv, C. R. 1877, p. 838, nee Kraatz, 



Arch.?. Nat. 1859, pt. i. p. 144 (Coleopt.) ., P. bruiinii. 



ProecHdna, Gerv. OsUogr. Monotr. p. 48 (18^7) P. bruiinii. 



Bruijnia, Dubois, Bull. Soc. Zool. vi. p. 267 (1882) P. bruijnii. 



Claws normally 3 — 3 only, but the first and fifth toes, both before 

 and behind, are represented in the skeleton by several phalanges, and 

 in some cases claws are functionally developed on these, so that the 

 number of the claws may equal that found in Echidna. Claws of 

 hind feet evenly and slightly decreasing in length from that of the 

 second to that of the fourth digit. Beak nearly twice as long as 

 the rest of the head, curved downwards. 



Skull less depressed than in Echidma. Palate very concave ante- 

 riorly, narrower ppsteriorly than in Echidna, and its extreme back 

 less imperfect in the middle liae. 



* Specimens agreeing witli this rather than with the typical variety may also 

 not improbably be found to occur in Victoria, judging by the resemblance that 

 the climate and fauna of that colony bear to those of Tasmania. 



t Geoffrey's name was distinctly founded upon Home's figure and not on any 

 specimen. 



