OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 280 



MONDAY, 3 1st DECEMBER, 1877. 



The Hon. W. Macleay, F.L.S., in the Chair. 



Dr. O'Connor, of Wagga Wagga, was elected a Member of 

 the Society. 



DONATIONS. 



From Dr. Hector, F.R.S., F.G.S., <&c, of Wellington, a large and 

 valuable donation of Publications referring to the Geology 

 and Natural History of New Zealand, viz. : — 



Reports of Colonial Museums aod Laboratory, from 1866-76 ; 

 Paper on the Geographical relations of N. Z. Fauna, by Cap- 

 tain Hutton ; on N. Z. Coleoptera, by F. P. Pascoe ; on 

 Cnemiornis Calcitrans, by J. Hector ; on Cnemiornis, show- 

 ing its relation to Natatores, J, Hector ; on a Fossil Crab ; 

 Report on Oyster Cultivation in N. Z., 1877 ; on the Anthri- 

 bidse of N. Z., by Dr. Sharp ; on Priocella Antarctica, and 

 on N. Z. Ichthyology, J. Hector ; Geology of N. Z., Hoch- 

 stetter and Petermann ; Coal Deposits, J. Hector ; Geolo- 

 gical Report on Lower Waikato, Captain Hutton; Geological 

 Survey and Exploration, &c. ; Catalogue of N. Z. Exhibits 

 and Awards, 1865, with Appendix on Minerals ; Meteorolo- 

 gical Reports, 1868-75 ; Phormium Tenax, as a Fibre Plant ; 

 Mollusca, by Martens ; Marine Mollusca, Captain Hutton ; 

 Land Mollusca ; Whales and Dolphins ; Echinodermata ; 

 Stalk and Sessile-eyed Crustacea, by Miers ; List of Insects, 

 Capt. Hutton ; List of Birds, Capt. Hutton ; List of Fishes, 

 Capt. Hutton and Hector ; New Zealand, Hochstetter ; Par- 

 liamentary Papers ; State Forests ; Analysis of Metalliferous 

 Rocks ; Introduction of Californian Salmon ; Report of New 

 Zealand at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, 1876 ; 

 on Fossil Reptilia, J. Hector ; on Early Forms of Stone 

 Implements ; 3 Geological Maps of New Zealand ; 7 Vols., 

 with Index, of the Trans, and Proceedings of the New Zea- 

 land Institute. 



From Professor R. Tate, Adelaide, 2 New Helices, from S. Aus- 

 tralia. 



