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INTRODUCTION. 
Genus Myrmecobius, Waterh. 
4. Myrmecobius fasciatus, Waterh. ............ Vol. I. PL 4. 
Habitat. Western Australia, and parts of South Australia. 
Genus Tarsipes, Gerv. et Verr. 
5. Tarsipes rostratus, Gerv. et Verr. ............ Vol. I. PI. 5. 
Habitat. Western Australia. 
Mr. Waterhouse is of opinion that this animal is most nearly allied to the Dromicice, yet he has not placed it 
near that form in his ‘ History of the Mammalia.’ 
Genus Chceropus, Ogilby. 
6. Choeropus castanotis, Gray ........ 
Habitat. Interior of New South Wales, South and Western Australia. 
Vol. I. PI. 6. 
Genus Peragalea, Gray. 
7. Peragalea lagotis .......... 
Habitat. Western Australia. 
Genus Perameles, Geoff . 
8. Perameles fasciata. Gray ........ 
Habitat. Interior of South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. 
9. Perameles Gunnii, Gray ......... 
Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land. 
10. Perameles myosurus, Wayn. ....... 
Habitat. Western Australia. 
11. Perameles nasuta, Geoff. 
Habitat. New South Wales. 
Vol. I. PL 7. 
Vol. I. Pl. 8. 
Vol. I. PL 9. 
Vol. I. Pl. 10. 
Vol. I. Pl. 11. 
12. Perameles macroura, Gould. 
Perameles macroura, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc. part x. p. 4 ; Waterh. Nat. Hist, of Mamm. vol. i. p. 366. 
Perameles macrurus, Gray, List of Spec, of Mamm. in Coll. Brit. Mus. p. 96. 
I have not figured this animal because, although twenty-one years have passed away since my description was 
published, I have never seen a second example; still I have no doubt of its being a distinct species. It gieatly 
resembles P. obesula and P. nasuta, but differs from both in its larger tail. I transcribe my original description 
from the £ Proceedings of the Zoological Society ’ above referred to 
“ Corpore supra niyro et flavescenti-albo penicillato, infra sordide albo, pilis riyidis obsito ; cauda pilis parvulis parce 
tecta, lonyitudine dimidio corporis aequante, supra niyra, infra fuscescenti-alba ; auris mediocribus. 
“ Longitudo ab apice rostri ad basin caudse 
caudce ..... 
• ab apice rostri ad basin auris 
tarsi diyitorumque . 
auris ..... 
“ Habitat. Port Essington.” 
unc. lin. 
16 3 
7 3 
3 4 
3 1 
1 2 
13. Perameles obesula, Geoff. .....•• 
Habitat. South coasts of Australia and Tasmania generally. 
Vol. I. Pl. 12. 
