14 Mathews and Irejdale, " Perry's Arcana.'' 



Vict. Nat. 

 Vol. XXIX. 



to pertain to Echidna setosa, Cuvier, as figured in Gould's 

 " Mammals of Australia," vol. i., pi. 3, and has priority. 



Plate XIII. is of the Dolphin. 



Plate XIV. represents the Vicuna, Camelus paces, Linne. 



Plate XVII. is of the Koalo, or New Holland Sloth. 



Plate XXI. is a nice figure of the Wombach of Botany Bay, 

 which Perry called Opossum hirsutum. This is the first and 

 only time we can note Opossum being used as a generic name. 

 Fortunately, it falls as a synonym of Phascolomis, Geoffroy 

 (1803). The specific hirsutum, however, would appear applic- 

 able to the New South Wales Wombat, and the earliest name 

 available. 



Plate XXVII. figures Dipus muscola, from New Holland. 

 We are unable to identify this figure. 



Plate XXXII. illustrates the " Opossum Flying Mouse, that 

 lives in the trees and forests of Botany Bay." Perry writes :— 

 " Character. — Not exactly known." 



Plate XL. is a figure of Sapajus jacchus. 



Plate XLI. illustrates Bradypus striatus. supposed to come 

 from South America. 



Plate XLIX. figures the Giraffe, from near the Cape of Good 

 Hope, which Perry called Camelus camelopardalis. 



Plate LI II. introduces the genus Antelopa, the plate repre- 

 senting Antelopa montana, the Mountain Cow of Morocco. 



Plate LVII. is the Lion, Felis leo. 



Plate LXI. is of the Elephant, from Africa and Asia, which 

 Perry named Elephas gigas, and in the text he wrote : — 

 "There is also found a second and different species, which is 

 said to reside in the kingdom of Tibet, and, being much smaller 

 and of an opposite form, is to be considered as a separate 

 animal from the above under the title or name of Elephas 

 socotrus." 



Plate LXIII. is of the Panther, Felis pantherus, from Senegal. 



Plate LXV. is of the Leopard, Felis leopardis. 



Plate LXVII. figures a skull of Babyrousa quadri-cornua, 

 from Amboyna. According to Palmer (Index Generum 

 Mammalium, 1904, p. 130), the earliest name for this genus is 

 Babirussa, Frisch, but as that name is invalid, that writer 

 being non-binomial ( — non-binary), the next in sequence is 

 Babiroussus, Gray (Lond. Med. Repos., vol. xv., p. 306, April, 

 1821). Perry's Babyrousa would thus appear applicable, 

 having ten years' priority over Gray's name. 



Plate LXVIII. is a figure of the Guanaco, which Perry called 

 Guanaco patagonia. Again referring to Palmer (p. 128-, we 

 find the earliest name for this genus is Auchenia, Illiger, pro- 

 posed the same year as Perry's, but that this name is pre- 

 occupied by Thunberg (1789), and therefore Dromedarius, 



