Abstract
THE year 1891 proved a notable one in regard to marsupials. The existing mole-like marsupial (Notoryctes) from the deserts of Central Australia having been made known to us, news came of the discovery in the Tertiaries of Patagonia of remains of carnivorous marsupials closely allied to the existing pouched wolf, or Thylacine, of Tasmania. This discovery was immediately recognized as one likely to considerably modify some of our views regarding the distribution of mammals. A preliminary account of these new marsupials was given by Dr. Florentino Ameghino in a paper written for the new serial, Revist. Argent. Hist. Nat. This description seems to leave no doubt as to the correctness of the diagnosis of the fossil remains.
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