president's address. 1097 



Dr. Haswell has a note on the Embryology of Yirinllia ccespi- 

 tosa and Eyipomahis elegavs (p. 1032). 



On Bipalium Kewense at the Cape. By E. Trimen, F.R.S. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond., 1887 (p. 548). 



On the genus Temnocepliala, an aberrant Monogenetic Trema- 

 tode. By Dr. W. A. Haswell, Sydney University, Q.J.M.S., Vol. 

 XXVIII., p. 279 (4 sp. described). 



Proc. Inst. N.Z. I.e. — On a specimen of Acanthodrilus sp. in 

 which the posterior portion is double, the anal aperture being 

 situated in the fork, T. W. Kirk (p. 64). On the work of 

 Earthworms in N.Z. showing how rapidly they bury the surface 

 under their accumulated castings. A. T. Urquhart (p. 119). 

 Earthworms of N.Z. their habits, &c. W. W. Smith (p. 123). 



Further contributions to the Anatomy of Earthworms, No. IV., 

 by F. E. Beddard, F.R.S.E., with desc. of Gryptodrilus Fletcheri, 

 n.sp., from Qld. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1887 (p. 544). 



ECHINODERMATA. 



Note on Echinaster decanus, Miill and Trosch. By Professor 

 F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A., Corr. Mem. Soc. N.S.W. (p. 1074). 



Hydroida. 



Roy. Soc. Vict. I.e. — Review of the Plumulariidfe, with obs. 

 on various Austi'alian Hydroids, and corrections of, and additions 

 to, V. Lendenfeld's papers on the Hydromedusee, L.S. N.S.W. 

 Vols. IX and X. By W. M. Bale F.R.IVI.S. (p. 73). 



The Australian Museum has published a " Descx'iptive Catalogue 

 of the Medusa; of the Australian Seas." Pt. I. Scyphomedusa?. 

 Pt. II. Hydromedusse, by R. v. Lendenfeld. 



PORIFERA. 



Sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. H. 

 J. Carter, F.R.S. Ann. and Mag. XVII. 1886 (pp. 40, 112, 431, 

 502) XVIII. (p. 34, 126, 271, 369, 445). On Chrondrosia spurca 

 n.sp. same locality, ib. XIX. (p. 286.) 



