m, brownish black, scarcely paler beneath; cheeks nearly
black; underside of wings, and interfemoral membrane with lines of hairs;
heel bone elongated, slender; ears moderate rounded; tragus oblong blunt;
fore-arm bone, 1 10-12; shin bone, 9-12 of an inch.

Number 4. Scotophilus gouldii, Gray.

Blackish, hinder half of the back brownish; sides and abdomen brownish
ash; ears rather large, broad; tragus half ovate; underside of the wings
and interfemoral membrane with lines of hairs.

Var. 1. Hinder part of the back greyish; sides of the abdomen grey.
Inhabits Australasia, Mr. Gould.

Number 5. Scotophilus 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
hairs under each fore-arm, and scattered hairs on the sides of the body;
fore-arm, bone, 1 5-12; shin bone, 15-24. Var. rather larger fore-arm
bone, 1 7-12; shin bone, 17-24.

Number 6. Scotophilus 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
arm-pit; interfemoral membrane hairy at the base; heel-bone elongate,
two-thirds the length of the margin of the interfemoral membrane. Head
and body, 1 2-12; tail 11-12; fore-arm bone, 1 2-12.

This species, Mr. Gould notes, flies quick and low over water.

Number 7. Molossus australis. See Gray, Magazine of Zoology and Botany
volume 2 501.

Number 15. Dasyurus viverrinus.

Mr. Gould has observed that the black and yellowish varieties are
sometimes found together in the same litter. There is an intermediate
variety, blackish, with olive tips to the hairs. Dr. Shaw's specific name
should be retained.

Number 18. Phascogale affinis, Gray.

Above brown, grizelled with yellowish-brown tips to the hairs; beneath
grey brown; under fur lead colour; tail short. Male darker; length of
body and head 6 1/2; tail 4 1/2. Female, length of the body and head 4
1/2; tail 2 3/4 inches. Inhabits Tasman's Peninsula, Mr. Gould.

This may be the same as P. minima of Geoffroy, but the tail is longer for
its size.

Number 19. Phascogale rufogaster, Gray.

Head grey; back and sides brown, with longer black hairs; sides of the
belly and feet bright rufous; lips and chin whitis