CATALOGUE OF MAMMALS FROM NEW GUINEA. 9 



b. Macropina. 

 Dendrolagus ursinus. 



Dendrolagus ursinus, S. Muller, Verh. 131, 141. t. 19. f. 22, 23 ; 

 Gould, Macrop. t. 25 ; Gray, List Mam. B.M. 87. 

 Hypsiprymnus ursinus, Temm. Faun. Japon. 6. 

 Hab. New Guinea (Milller). 

 a. New Guinea. From the Leyden Museum. 



Dendrolagus inustus. 



Dendrolagus inustus, S. Muller, Verh. 131, 143. t. 20, 22, 23; 

 Gould, Macrop. t. . 



Hypsiprymnus inustus, Temm. Faun. Japon. 6. 



Hab. New Guinea {Milller). 



a. New Guinea. From the Leyden Museum. 



Dorcopsis Asiaticus. 



Filander or Kangaroo, Le Bran's Voyage, i. 347. t. 213, 1714. 

 Didelphis Asiaticus, Pallas, N. A. Petrop. 1777, 228. t. 9 ; Voy. 

 Astrol. t. . • 



Bidelphis Brunii, Gmelin, S. N. i. 109 ; Cuv. Tabl. Elem. 1798. 



Halmatmus Asiaticus, Gray, List Mam. B.M. 91. 



Halmaturus Brunii, Illiger, Prod. 



Hypsiprymnus Brunii, Muller, Verh. 63. t. 21-23. 



Dorcopsis Brunii, Muller, Verhand. 131. 



Dorcopsis Asiaticus, Gray, Voy. Sam. 32. 



Hab. Island of Aru. 



It is curious that this animal, described as specially inhabiting 

 the island visited by Mr. Wallace, was not sent - home by him. It 

 is to be hoped that he. did not neglect it, thinking it a common Kan- 

 garoo, as it is a desideratum in most museums in Europe. 



a. " Aru Island." From the Leyden Museum. 



c. Peramelina. 

 Perameles (Echimipera) Doreyanus. 



Perameles Doreyanus, Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Astrol. Zool. i. 100. 

 t. 16. f. 1-5; Waterhouse, Mamm. i. 386. 



Echymipera Kalulu, Lesson, Jtegne Anim. 192. 



Tail naked, rugose, squamose, wrinkled below. Toes 3-5 : the 

 two inner front large, equal ; the outer small ; the inner hind toe 

 short, clawless ; the two index fingers small, united, clawed. 



Hab. Aru Island (Wallace). 



a. Female. Aru Island. 



" The skin is very thin and friable. 



" Teeth' 46 :— Inc. f ; C. i=±; Prem. g > M. ?=?."— Wallace. 



This enumeration agrees with that given by MM. Quoy and Gai- 

 mard, being two cutting teeth in the upper jaw less than are found in 

 the other species of the genus ; hence Lesson considered it as forming 



