83 
28, heiglit 48 ; malar heiglit 25, basi-nasal 187 ; bizygomatic 
breadth 137 ; a-uriculo- orbital length 73, basi-alveolar 106 ; 
gnathic index 102*8, cephalic 70*6; nasal 58"3, orbital 83*3. 
Lamboidal suture simple ; inion obsolete ; zygomata prominent, 
glabella moderately prominent, convex ; epipteric none ; sagittal 
suture depressed ; parietal region tectiform. Mandible, symphysial 
height 29, molar 25, coronoid height 58 ; goniosymphysial length 
71 ; bicondylar width 111 ; bigoniac width 73. The upper median 
front tooth absent, its alveolus obsolete. 
Adult female skull. — Dolichocephalic, prognathous, micro- 
, seme, platyrhine. Length, 185 ; breadth, 126 ; height, 130 ; 
frontal breadth, maximum 106, median 98 ; horizontal circum- 
ference 506, pre-auricular 224 ; longitudinal dimensions, frontal 
128, parietal 140, occipital 118 ; transverse dimensions, frontal 
266, bregmatic 296, parietal 360 ; foramen magnum, length 35, 
breadth 30 ; orbit, width 39, height 30 ; nasal orifice, width 25, 
height 37 ; malar height 22, basi-nasal 90"5 ; bizygomatic breadth 
123 ; auriculo-orbital length, 67, basi-alveolar 94"5 ; gnathic 
index 105, cephalic 68"1, nasal 70, orbital 77. Lamboidal suture 
simple, two wormian bones on one side ; inion not decided ; 
zygomata not prominent; glabella very prominent, overhanging 
nasion ; epipteric none ; parietal region subtectiform. 
Attention should here be drawn to the great dearth of 
aboriginal skulls and skeletons in the national museum. Prom 
an ethnological point of view they are of the utmost value. They 
are readily procurable in many localities, yet efforts to obtain 
them from public officers, and others who have the necessary 
opportunities, have constantly failed. 
Pteeopus scapijlatus. Pet. Yellow-shouldered Plying-Fox. The 
range of this bat extends to the Islands of Torres Straits. 
AcAi^THOMTS LETTCOPrs, Or. "White-footed Eat. Bellenden-Ker ; 
distributed widely over North Australia. 
Htdeomts leucoq-astee, Geo. Water Eat. Eussell Eiver ; common 
in most parts of Australia in several varieties. 
Halmattjeus agilts, Gld. Eed Creek Wallaby. All North 
Australia as far south as Eockhampton ; frequents long grass 
bordering creeks ; easily recognised by its colour, haunts, and 
generally thrifty condition. 
Halmatuetjs, sp. A Padymelon allied to H. thetidis, from which, 
however, it differs considerably ; possibly an undescribed species — • 
skeleton only. 
Dastueus maculatus, ^haw. Spotted-tailed Native Cat. This, the 
largest and most destructive of our native cats, attaining some- 
times a weight of ten pounds in the neighbourhood of Brisbane, 
is an object of dread to the natives of the Herberton district ; 
they even accuse it of carrying off their piccaninnies. Exaggerated 
ideas of it have probably given rise to certain rumours of a great 
striped carnivore of arboreal habits infesting the Herberton wilds. 
After prolonged search for the latter in its known haunts nothing 
but the native cat in question could be found. The Spotted-tail 
extends from Tasmania to the Cape York Peninsula. 
