SUB-FOSSIL REMAINS FROM KING ISLAND. 
Unfortunately Hunter in his letter to the Newcastle Philo- 
sophical Society, when sending to England the original specimen 
on which Shaw established the species, gave only a very vague 
description of it, nor does that specimen appear to have ever been 
adequately described. 
Collins, however, published a more detailed account of the 
specimen obtained by Bass on Cape Barren Island, though in his 
account, which undoubtedly refers to this particular species of 
Wombat,* there is a curious error in regard to the dentition which 
must have arisen in consequence of a mistake in the transcription of 
notes. Taking Bass’ account of the external form and combining 
it with the results obtained from the investigation of the skulls 
from King, Deal, and Flinders Islands, and skins from the latter, 
the following may be taken as a fairly accurate description of this 
species : — 
Phascolomys ursinus. Shaw. 
Size, smallest of the genus. Length, from tip of tail to tip of 
nose, about t <5 mm.y Length of head, 175 mm. Weight, from 
twenty-five to thirty pounds. The female slightly larger than the 
male. Hair coarse, light sandy brown in colour, darkest along the 
back. Lars sharp and erect, about 57 mm. long. Eves about 
60 mm. apart. Muzzle naked. The fore legs strong and muscular, 
their length to the sole about 130 mm. ’The three middle claws 
20 mm. in length, claws of first and fifth digits 15 mm. in length. 
The three inner claws of the foot about 5 nun. longer than the 
longest of the fore claws. Skull smaller than that of the Australian 
or Tasmanian species. Basal length, 120-132 mm. Greatest 
breadth 99-106 mm. Nasals much expanded posteriorly, their 
greatest breadth at least three-fourths of their length. Post-orbital 
processes small The malar bones strongly bowed downwards and 
outwards below the orbit. Length of upper molar tooth series not 
exceeding 45 mm. ; that of the lower tooth series not exceeding 
46 mm. Length of humerus !<8 mm. Greatest width of humerus 
at its distal end 42 nun. Length of femur, 125 mm. 
Habitat. — King, Deal, Cape Barren, Clarke, and Flinders 
Islands in Bass Strait. 
Type specimen is the one sent to Newcastle by Hunter. It is 
doubtful whether it is now in existence. 
Dasyurus bowlingi. sp. n. 
When describing the fauna of King Island, | Peron says, “Nous 
y avons recueilli, M. Lesueur et moi, une foule d’esp^ces inconnes 
a TEurope, parmi lesquelles se trouvent deux Dasyures elfgans. 
* “ An account of the English colony of New South Wales.” 2nd Edit. 1804, p. 469. 
t This may probably be regarded as the maximum. Of two skins from Flinders Island, 
one, a mature male, measures 715 mm., the [other, a female, not quite complete, as the 
tip of the snout is wanting, measures 675 mm. 
J Voyage de decourertes, etc., p. 12. 
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