SUB-FOSSIL REMAINS FROM KING ISLAND. 
117 mm. the width of the bulla is 6 ram. ; in a small island form 
with a basal length of 87'5 mm., the width is 6 mm., and in a 
D. maculatus , with a basal length of 91mm., the width is 6\ r ) mm. 
Talcing everything into account we are of opinion — first, that 
the Dasyurus remains include those of two species ; secondly, that 
the larger of these two is distinct from any vet described ; and, 
thirdly, that the smaller form is identical with l). maculatus. 
It is of course possible that the larger species may still exist in 
some of the wilder and more inaccessible parts of the island, but it 
is much to be feared that, like the small Wombat and the Emu, it 
is now quite extinct, and will only be known from its sub-fossil 
remains. 
We describe it as follows, and associate with it the name of Mr. 
J. McKie Howling, to whose assistance in securing these remains 
from King Island we are much indebted. 
Dasyurus bowlingi. sr. n. 
Size, considerably larger than D. maculatus. Basal length ol 
skull, 105 mm. or more. Length of upper first three molars, 
20 mm., or more ; and of lower molar series, 25 mm., or more. 
Bulhe much less swollen than in J). maculatus , and more obliquely 
elongate, their length decidedly more than twice their width, an* 
their height, measured vertically above the glenoid surface, not oi 
only slightly exceeding 5 mm. 
Habitat. — King Island.* Extinct. 
Type (skull) in the National Museum, Melbourne. 
* A lower iaw from Deal Island, witli a measurement of 20 mm. for the molar series, and 
part of a cranium, probably indicate the former existence there of this larger species of 
Dasyurus. 
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