iv. CONTENTS. 



PART II. 



(Issued September Wth, 1889.) 



PAGE 

 Note on the Probable Occurrence of Aldrovanda vesiculosa in N.S.W. 

 By Baron von Mueller, K.C.M.G., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S. (Plate 

 XVI.) 197 



Remarks on Fossils of Permo-Carboniferous Age, from North-Western 

 Australia, in the Macleay Museum. By R. Etheridge, Jun. 

 (Plate xvii.) 199 



Diptera of Australia. Part vi. — The Chironomidse. By Frederick 



A. A. Skuse. (Plates XI. -XIV. and XIV. &is.) 215 



Specimens of Plants collected at King George's Sound by the Rev. R. 

 Collie, F.L.S. By the Rev. Dr. Woolls, F.L.S 317 



Bacteriological Notes. By Dr. Oscar Katz— 



(1) Note on the Bacillus of Leprosy 325 



(2) On "Air-gas" for Bacteriological Work 328 



An Attempt to Synchronise the Australian, South African, and Indian 

 Coal-Measures. Part i. — The Australasian and New Zealand 

 Formations. By Professor Stephens, M. A., F.G.S. 331 



Observations on the Oviposition and Habits of certain Australian 



Batrachians. By J. J. Fletcher, M.A., B.Sc 357 



Notes on possible Means of Dispersal of Species, and on the Effects of 

 eating Pigeons nourished by the Seeds of Euphorbia Drummondii. 

 By C. T. MussoN, F.L.S 388 



A List of the Birds of the Mudgee District, with Notes on their 



Habits. By J. D. Cox and A. G. Hamilton 395 



Revision of the Genus Heteronyx, with Descriptions of New Species. 



Part III. By the Rev. T. Blackburn, B. A 425 



Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with Descriptions of New Species. 



Part III. By the Rev. T. Blackburn, B. A 445 



Note on the Origin of Kerosene Shale. By T. W. Edgeworth David, 

 B.A., F.G.S. (Plate XVIII.) 483 



Studies in Australian Entomology. No. i. — Review of the Genus 

 <Sar«e«ts (Fam. Carabidte). By Thomas G. Sloane 501 



Experimental Researches with theJMicrobes of Chicken-cholera. By 

 Dr. Oscar Katz 513 



Elections and Announcements 193,314,391 



Donations 193, 314, 391 



Notes and Exhibits 312,388,598 



Note. — In the explanation of fig. 7 of PI, xvii. (p. 214), /or "Side view of 

 another example, showing relative convexity of the ventral valve," read 

 Dorsal view of another example, showing fractured ventral umbo, and 

 decorticated dorsal valve. 



