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MAMMALIA. 
cropus and Dorcopsis ; to the latter of these are referred Owen’s fossil 
genera Frotemnodon and Sthenurus ; P. Z. S. 1875, p. 68./ 
^jEpyprymnus^ g. n., A. H. Oarrod, tom. cii. p. 59 ; = AypsiprymnuSy 
section i., Waterhouse, in which the auditory bullae are not inflated, the 
palatine foramina absent, the head short, and the tarsus long. 
^Dorcopsis luctuosus. A. H. Garrod describes in detail the type of 
Halmaturus luckiosus [c/". Zool. Reo. xi. p. 20], and shows that it belongs 
to this genus ; tom. cit. pp. 48-69, pis. vii.-ix. Jti. M. D’Albertis arrives 
independently at the same conclusion ; tom. cit. p. 531. 
Macropus papuanus, sp. n., W. Peters & G. Doria, Ann. Mus. Genov, 
vii. p. 544 ; New Guinea, near Yule Island. 
PflASCOLOMYIDiB. 
Phascolomys pliocenus^ sp. n. (foss.), P. McCoy, Prodr. Palacont. Viet, 
dec. i. p. 21, pis. iii.-v., Pliocene of Victoria. 
ORNITHODBLPHIA, 
MONOTREMATA. 
C. Martins compares the bones of the fore-limb of Ornithorhynchus 
and Echidnus with those of other Vertebrates ; he finds that the torsion of 
the humerus amounts to about 90*^, thus agreeing with that of Birds and 
Reptiles rather than with that of other Mammals ; Ann. Sci. Nat. (5) 
xix. art. 6 (1874). M. Durand de Gros objects to some of his criticisms, 
op. cit. (6) i. art. 4; and he replies, op. cit. (6) ii. art. 1, his. 
