CONTENTS OF VOL. IX., PART 1. 



(SECOND SERIES.) 



PAGE 



Notes on Australian Typhlopidce. By Edgar. R. Waite, F.L.S., 



Zoologist, Australian Museum. (Plate I.) ..." ... ... ., ... 9 



On the Fertilisation of Clerodendron tomfMosum, R.Br., and CandoUea 



(Sfylidium J serrulata, l^s.hi\l. By Alex. G. Hamilton. (Platen.) 15 

 Note on Bungwall ( Blechnum serrzdatum. Rich.), an Aboriginal Food. 



By Tho.s. L. Bancroft, M.B., Edin. ... 25 



On the Nests and Habits of Australian Vespidce and Larridce. By 



Walter W. Froggatt ... 27 



Description of Ccdliostoma purjnirtocinctum, a new Marine Australian 



Shell. By C. Hedley, F.L.S . ... ■... .... .35 



Note on the Habitat of the Naked-eyed Cockatoo (Gacatiia rjymnopis, 



Sclater). l^y Alfred J. North, F.L.S., Assistant in Ornithology, 



Australian Museum. ... ... ... ,. . ... ... ... 37 



Oological Notes. By Alfred J. North, F.L.S. , Assistant in 



Ornithology, Australian Museum 39 



Preliminary Note on the Anatomy of the "Dumb-bell-shaped" Bone 



in Ornithorhynchus, with a new View of its Homology. By J. T. 



Wilson, M. B., Professor of Anatomy in the tJniversity of Sydney 44 

 A Contribution to a further Knowledge of the Cystic Cestjides. By 



.J;^s. P. Hill, F.L.S., Demonstrator of Biology, Sydney University. 



(Plates m.-v.) ' 49 



Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with Descriptions of new Species. 



Part XV. By the Kev. T. Blackburn, B.A., Corr. Mem. ... 85 



On an Aboriginal Implement, believed to be undescribed, and supposed 



to be a Hoe. By R. Etheridgk, Jun., Palteontologist to the 



Australian Museum, and Geological Survey of New South Wales. 



(Plate VI.) ...■ 109 



On the Life-Histories of Australian Coleoptera. Part ii. By Walter 



W. Froggatt 113 



On some Naked Australian Marine Mollusca. Part i. By C. Hedley, 



F.L.S. (Plate VII) 126 



Observations upon the Anatomy and Relations of the "Dumb-bell- 

 shaped" Bone in Ornithorhynchus, witli a new Theory of its 



I lomology ; and upon a hitherto undescribed Character of the 



Nasal Septum in the genera Oniithorhyiichns and Echidna. By 



J. T. Wilson, M.B., Professor of Anatomy in the University of . 



Sydney. (Plates viii.-ix.) .^ ... ... 



Description of a new Iso^iogon of New South Wales. By BEtron 



Ferd. von Mueller, K.C.M.G., M. & Ph.D., LL.D., F3.S. ... 1^ 

 Descriptions of some new Aranrddm of New South Wales, Noii^4. By J 



W. J. Rainbow. (Plate x.) .-• ...""'i^ ... 153* 



Plants of New South Wales Illustrated. No. vii. — Genus Xototmxo><. 



By R. T. Baker, Assistant Curator, Technological Museum, 



Sydney. (Plate xi.) /. 158 



Description of a new Croton, from New South "Wales. By J. H. » 



Maiden, F.L.S., and R. T. Baker, F.L.S. (Plaitexn.) 160 



Description of an apparently new Acacia from New Sfputh Wales., By 



J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., and R. T. Baker. F.L.^.v "(Plate x^3^ . 

 List of Mollusca found at Green Point, Watson's/Mayv'Sydne;^ 



Arnold U. Henn, F.E.S., F.L.S. With aMr-Remai 



some of the most interesting Species, and Desoi-mtions^of t 



Species. By John Brazier, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S;^j -(Plate xid 

 On a PattUa said to have been found on the Kermadec Islands^ 



John Brazier, F.L.S., CM. Z.S. ... ... ,■ ' ... 



Note on the Destruction of young Oysters at Vaucluse'lr^ the opemtions 



of a boring Mollusc (Ricimda marninatra, Blainv. ). By C. H edley, ,i 



F.L.S ^. ...|IS5 



Note on tlie discovery of a destructive FJoridian Coccid (Iceryat roiscn, 



Riley anrl Howard) near Sydney. By Walter W^. "Froggatt ... ^ 

 Note on the Breeding Seasons of Meliornis noixt-hollandite. By A. J.I 



North, F.L.S ...'1S6 



Elections and Announcements '46 



Donations 1, 46 



Notes and Exhibits 4,3,-:185 



