•518 
DIDELPHY8 TKISTUIATA. 
The Didelphya elegans is found nearly throughout Chili; 
Mr. Bridges informs me that lie has found it os far north ns 
Cobija, and that in the opposite direction it extends to Curico, 
in the province of Colclmguu. Mr. Darwin, who first brought 
specimens to Europe, states that these little animals ore 
frequent in the thickets growing on the rocky liills, near 
Valparaiso. They are exceedingly numerous, and ore easily 
caught in traps baited either with cheese or meat. The tail 
appeared to be scarcely at all used as a prehensile organ: 
they are able to run up trees with some degree of facility. 
Larva? of beetles were found in the stomachs of specimens 
dissected. 
DIDELPHYS TKI STRIATA. 
Three-striped Opossum. 
Didclphys triztriata. 
** <4 
«* .1 
So rex Brazilensis . 
«• u 
it i. 
La MuMaraiyne du Bresil, 
Brasilian Shrew. 
Kuhl, Beitiiigc, p. 63. 1820. 
Fischer, Synopsis M.immnlium, p. 269. 1929. 
Water hours. Not. Libr. (Marsupialis), Vol. xi. 
p. 107, PI. 3. 
Erzuuiin, Systcma Krgui AnimaJis, p. 127. 
1777. 
Sen re it., Saug. p. 577. 1778. 
Gmel. Linn., Syst. i. p. 115. 1788. 
Buff., Hist. Nat. tom. xv. p. ICO. 1767. 
Pennant, Synopsis of Quadrupeds, p. 309. 
1771. 
Fur very short, of a rich browu hue on the upper parts of the 
body, and suffused with rust colour ou the hinder parts; 
abdomen rusty yellow: three longitudinal black stripes ou 
the back. Ears small; tail short. 
inhabits Brazil. 
The small size, and comparatively short ears and tail, 
