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Australian Mammalia . 
covered on the Australian continent; viz. Thylacinus cyno- 
cephalus, Diabolus ursinus, Dasyurus maculatus, Phascogale 
minima, Phascogale affinis, Perameles Gimnii, Phalangista 
fuliginosa, Phalangista nana, Halmaturus Billardieri, Mas 
setifer, Echidna setosa. Of the remaining species, 73 have 
been found only on the continent, and one is common to it and 
Norfolk Island. 
3. Scotophilus MORIO, Gray. Back uniform brownish 
black, scarcely paler beneath; cheeks nearly black ; under side 
of wings, and interfemoral membrane with lines of hairs; 
heel-bone elongated, slender ; ears moderate, rounded ; tragus 
oblong, blunt; fore-arm bone ; shinbone Aths of an inch. 
4. 8. Gouldii, Gray. Blackish, hinder half of the back 
brownish; sides and abdomen brownish ash; ears rather large, 
broad; tragus half ovate; under side of the wings and inter¬ 
femoral membrane with lines of hairs. Var . 1. Hinder part 
of the back greyish ; side of the abdomen grey. 
«5. S. Australis, Gray. Back blackish; tips of the hairs 
rather browner; beneath rather paler on the sides of the 
abdomen ; ears small; tragus oval, lanceolate, rather crescent¬ 
shaped ; wings with sixteen or eighteen oblique cross lines of 
hair under each fore-arm, and scattered hairs on the sides of 
the body; fore-arm bone 1 shin bone Var . rather 
larger; fore-arm bone l-rVi shin bone -^J-. 
(5. S. pumilus, Gray. Grey brown, base of the fur blackish, 
beneath paler ; cheeks blackish ; ears small, rather thin, longer 
than the fur; tragus elongate, half as long as the ears, rounded 
at the end; wings nearly bald, except near the armpit; inter¬ 
femoral membrane hairy at the base ; heel-bone elongate, two- 
thirds the length of the margin of the interfemoral membrane. 
Head and body 1 T ~ 5 ; tail \ h ; fore-arm bone 
18. Phascogale affinis, Gray. Above brown, grizzled 
with yellowish brown tips to the hairs; beneath grey brown ; 
under fur lead colour; tail short. Male darker; length of 
body and head 6h ; tail 2:( inches. — (Tasman’s Peninsula.) 
19. x P. rufogaster, Gray. Head grey ; back and sides 
brown, with longer black hairs ; sides of the belly and feet 
bright rufous; bps and chin whitish; under fur lead colour; 
tail end blackish brown, slightly pencilled. Body and head 4; 
tail 2 inches. 
22. P. leucogaster, Gray. Head and shoulders grey, 
behind rather browner, with scattered longer black-tipped 
hairs; chin and beneath pure white; feet brownish grey. 
Body and head 4; tail inches. — (Western Australia.) 
2b. Perameles fasciata, Gray. Grey brown, rump with 
three black bands; tail white, with a black streak along the 
upper side. Smaller than P. Gunwii. 
28. P. fusciventer, Gray. Brown, yellow grizzled; tail 
