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Stead had found that though they very frequently retrograded, 

 they quite commonly move forward, as did those exhibited. 

 Several oyster-shells, showing a deposit of spawn of this species, 

 were also shown. 



Mr. A. McCuUoch exhibited, by permission of the Curator of 

 the Australian Museum, six Queensland fishes which appear to 

 be new records for Australia —GaUyodon pyrrhostethus Richard- 

 son, from Dunk Island, near Cairns : Scarichthys auritns Kuhl k 

 Van Hasselt, Stethojulis kalosovia Bleeker, Balistes chrysopteriis 

 Bloch & Schneider, and Tetraodon nigroj^unctatus Bloch & 

 Schneider, from Murray Island, Torres Strait; Zonogohius semi- 

 doliatus Cuv. &, Val., from Dunk Islaufl, and Masthead Island nflf 

 Port Curtis. 



Mr. Whitelegge showed fresh specimens of Utricnlaria fiexuosa 

 Vahl, the submerged leaves interspersed with utricles, from 

 Wooli Creek, Cook's River; the beautiful retiform alga, Hydro- 

 dictyon utriculatum Roth, from the Ascot Racecourse; and an 

 uncommon Hepatic, Anthoceros gracilis, from Vaucluse. 



M r. E Cheel exhibited a number of interesting fungi, including 

 — HELVELLACEiE: MorcheUa esculenta Dill., Botanic Gardens, 

 Sydney(E. Bennett; October, 1911) — Pkzizack;.^ : Peziza vesicu- 

 losa Bull., Zoological Gardens, Moore Park (A. S. Le Souef ; Sep- 

 tember, 1911) — Mollisiace.e: Psendopeziza trifolii Fckl.; on 

 leaves of Trifoli'ihvi pratense Linn.; Ohakune, New Zealand; and 

 Franklin, Tasmania (E. Cheel). P. medicaginis Sacc; on leaves 

 of Mediciigo sativa; Penshurst(E. Cheel; June, 1911) — Dothi- 

 diacKjE: /'hyllachora graminis Pers.; on leaves of S2}orobohis 

 Lindleyi Benth.; Inglewood, Queensland (J. L. Boorman): and on 

 Zoysia pungens Willd.; Narrabeen(E. Cheel); Centennial Park 

 (A. A. Hamilton) — Ustilaginace^e : Sorosporium cryptum 

 McAlp.; on inflorescence of Panicum efiusum R.Br.; Cooma(W. 

 Bauerlen); Menah tu« Mudgee(G. Campbell). Ustilago broniivora 

 F.v.M.; on Prairie-grass, Bromus unioloides H. B. & K.: Mudgee 

 (J. D. Cox); Lismore (Manager of WoUongbar Experiment Farm); 

 Cook's River(A. A. Hamilton); Hawkesbury College, Richmond 

 (W. M. Carne) — PucciNiACEiE : Aecidium soleniiforme Berk.; on 



[Printed off 6th February, 1912.] 



