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Archipel." Lief. 8, p. 343) a species for which he proposes the names 

 Eriodon semicoccineuni, and which he thinks will prove to be 

 synonymous with Actiyiopus formosus, Rainb., and should this 

 prove to be so, the question will then be one of priority, as both 

 descriptions were published in 1896. In so far as the question of 

 generic determination is concerned, Simon's view of the position 

 must be accepted, namely that of Eriodov. Semon's specimen 

 was obtained at Burnett River, Queensland. A.formosus is now 

 known to have a wide range, as specimens have been collected in 

 Queensland, and at Coolgarlie, W. Australia. 



Mr. Baker read a Note embodying some inquiries instituted 

 respecting Eucalypts killed by the recent drought in certain 

 districts, as reported in the newspapers. The evidence afforded 

 by residents seemed to show that in most cases the trees which 

 had died grew in rocky places where the soil was poor and 

 shallow. 



Mr. Brazier exhibited for Edwin H. R. Brazier a specimen of the 

 Hawksbill Turtle (Chelone imhricata) obtained alive by him at 

 Nelson Bay, Waverley, during the easterly gale of June 14, 1897. 

 This is the first record of the species so far south, its usual 

 habitat being Torres Straits, Solomon Islands, and the Line 

 Islands. Also a specimen of Planaxis mollis, Sowb., with the 

 whorls tabled below the suture which has the appeai-ance of 

 being canaliculated, more like an Eburna; obtained at Coogee, 30 

 years ago. 



Mr. Fletcher exhibited a fresh specimen of Viscuin articulatiun 

 parasitic upon a species of Santalum, forwarded from Narrabri, 



N.S.W., by Mr. C. T. Musson. 



