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Didelphys Hu uteri. 
Didelphys Hunteri. Watkrii., Naturalist's Library (Marsupialia), Vol. ii. 
p. 110. 
Tlie above name was proposed for a small species of 
Opossum, agreeing in size and proportions very nearly with 
the D. tricolor and the D. brachijttra . but which differs from 
those animals in its colouring, the upper parts of its body 
being of an uniform brown-black tint, and the under parts 
pale brown: it presents no trace of the rusty hue on the 
Hanks, which characterizes the D . tricolor . The specimen 
is preserved in spirits in the Museum of the College of 
Surgeons, and formerly formed part of the collection of the 
celebrated John Hunter, after whom the animal is named 
Of course this cannot be regarded as a well-established 
species. 
Didelph ys pad lotus. 
This species, described by Dr. Wagner in the volume of 
Wiegmanns Archive, already quoted (at p. 858 of Vol. viii.), 
should have been introduced next to the Didelphys cuncri - 
ronty agreeing with that animal in its general characters, and 
no doubt possessing a pouch. It is said to be nearly equal 
in size to the D. cancrivora. Its woolly fur is whitish, and 
the long interspersed silky hairs are white at the base, and 
black at the point, or some few of them are white throughout: 
the head is white, and has three narrow black stripes; the ears 
are of a whitish flesh colour, spotted with black. Inhabits 
Brazil—Agaba. 
Since the preceding pages were printed, copies of the 
published parts of Dr. Tschudi’s Fauna Peruana have 
