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lowed by two others, as figured by' Temminck j the last was cutting the 
gum. 
'^Phalangista hernsteinii, sp. n., Schlegel, 1. c. p. 367, from the Aru Islands, 
id Halmaturus. M. E. Alix has written on the organs of parturition in Kan- 
garoos, Compt. Rend. 1866, January 15, pp. 146-148 (translated in Ann. 
& Mag. Nat. Hist. 1866, xvii. pp. 316-317). Having observed the exist- 
ence of an aperture of the median vagina into the urethro-genitale vestibule, 
he comes to the conclusion that this is the , embryophorous vagina,’’ 
whilst the lateral pair are merely spermatophorous vaginae.” He also 
describes the process of parturition of these animals from observations of 
M, Jules Verreaux, Avhom he regards as the discoverer of it. — Prof. Owen sent 
a reply to this paper to the Academy of Sciences in Paris, which appeared in 
Compt. Rend. 1866, April, pp. 692-696 (translated in Ann. & Mag. Nat. 
Hist. xvii. pp. 382-384). lie shows, by a comparison of the structure of the 
organs of parturition of other Marsupials, that such a distinction between 
embryophorous and sperm atophoroiis vaginas is inadmissible, and that, if M. 
Alix had properly studied the literature on the subject, he would have found 
that the pretended discoveries had been made long before him. — Also M. 
PoELMAN has addressed a note to the same Academy, stating that he had 
described and figured the aperture of the median vagina in 1861. Compt. 
Rend. 1866, Feb. 19 (Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1866, pp. 121 & 122). 
A Messrs. Bartlett and Murie have observed the moveability of the sym- 
physis of the lower jaw in Kangaroos, by which the incisors can be separated 
from each other in a similar manner as in Glires. The inner edge of the 
incisors being sharp, grass can be grasped by these teeth, and cut through. 
The authors describe the muscular arrangement by which these movements 
are effected. Proc. Zool, Soc. 1866, pp. 28-34. 
^Macropus hrunii (Fisch., not Waterh.), from the Aru Islands, is described 
by Prof. Schlegel in Nederl. Tydschr. Dierk. iii. pp. 350-353. 
^Halmaturus coxenii, sp. n.. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 220, pi. 25, from 
the Cape York Peninsula j it is compared with allied species. 
Halmaturus tvilcoxi, sp. n., M'Coy, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, xviii. p. 322, 
from Richmond River, New South Wales. 
^Perameles doreyanus (Quoy & Gaim.) is described by Prof. Schlegel, 1. c. 
p. 353, from a specimen from the Aru Islands. 
V Mr. Krepft has given a systematic synopsis of the Insecti- 
vorous Marsupials of Australia, in which he characterizes the 
genera, enumerates the species, and describes some new forms 
(Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, pp. 431-435) : — 
1. Phascoyale (Temm.), with two species. 
2. Antechinus (MacLeay), with nine species; however, the author is 
inclined to regard Gould’s A. leucoyaster, unicolor y and feyruyinifrons merely 
as varieties of A.Jlavipes. 
3. Podabrus (Gould), with seven species, of which P. mitchelli is new 
(p.433). 
4. Anteohinomysy a new genus founded on Phascoyale laniyera (Gould)j 
p. 434. 
5. Chcetocercus (g. n., p. 434) cristicauda (sp. n., p. 435, pi. 36), from 
South Australia. 
