Volume II Part 39 (1/2)

93. Echidna setosa 6:1 6:2.

Ornithorhynchus hystryx var. Home.

Tachyglossus setosus Illiger.

94. Platypus anatinus Shaw 1:1 6:4.

Ornithorhynchus paradoxus Blum.

Orn. rufus and O. fuscus Leach.

O. crispus and elvis Macgillivray.

O. brevirostris Ogilby.

Order CETAE.

95. Delphinorhynchus pernetttensis 5:1.

96. Balaena physalis 4:1.

Total of species found in each country 1:60 2:18 3:20 4:6 5:3 6:22 7:1.

Total of species peculiar to each country 1:45 2:6 3:12 4:6 5:2 6:11 7:0.

Of these species there are:

Non-Marsupial:

Primates 8.

Ferae 2.

Cetae 2.

Glires 11.

Total 23

Marsupial (Didelphidae) 71.

Monotrematous 3.

Total 97.

This list shows the progress which has taken place in the knowledge of the Australian animals; for only a few years ago it was generally stated that the Australian dog was the only non-Marsupial animal found on the continent.

The following species appear to be new to science.

Number 1. Rhinolophus megaphyllus, Gray Proceedings of the Zoological Society 1834 52.

Brown, end of the hairs of the back with small, and on the lower side of the body with longer, grey tips. Ears with two hairy lines on each side.

Wings with little tufts of short hairs near the side of the body beneath.