OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 199 



" Total length, 3f in. ; bill, f in. ; wing, 2£ in. ; tail, 2J ; tarsi, 

 fin. Gould, Handbook Bds. Aust. 1, p. 421. 



Poephila mirabilis, Homb. et Jacq. 



" Crown of the head and cheeks of a beautiful carmine, bounded 

 posteriorly with a narrow line of black ; throat black, to this suc- 

 ceeds a band of pale blue narrow on the throat, and broad on the 

 back of the neck ; back and wings green, passing into yellow on 

 the nape of the neck ; breast crossed by a broad band of lilac, sepa- 

 rated from the yellow of the abdomen by a narrow line of orange ; 

 rump and upper tail coverts pale blue ; quills brown ; tail black ; 

 bill fleshy white, becoming redder at the tip ; feet, flesh-color." 



Mr. Gould figures this species with tail feathers at least 2J? in. 

 in length ; but gives no measurements in the text. Length, about 

 6 inches. 



MONDAY, 31st JULY, 1876. 



William Macleay, Esq., President, in the Chair. 

 The following Donations were announced : — 



The Shells of Tasmania, by the Author — the Rev. J. E. 

 Tenison Woods, F.L.S., F.G.S. 



Hints for the Preservation of Specimens of Natural History — 

 by E. Pierson Ramsay, F.L.S., Curator Australian Museum. 



The Secretary announced that the Rev. J. E. Tenison Woods, 

 F.L.S., F.G.S., had been elected by the Council a Corresponding 

 Member of the Society. 



Mr. Ramsay exhibited a male and female specimen of the very 

 rare and beautiful Zylopsyche Staceyi, Scott, from the neighbour- 

 hood of Newcastle. 



The following papers were read : — 

 Shells collected during the Ch evert Expedition, by John Brazier, 



fc.M.Z.S. 



Class Gasteropoda. 



Sub-Family Purpurin^e. 



1. — Purpura (Thalessa) mancinella. 



Murex mancinella, Linn. Gmel., p. 3538, No. 47. 



Purpura mancinella, Lam., Anim. Sans Vert., tome 7, p. 239. 



