416 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 



accordance with our object, that I venture to express a hope that 

 jMembers may lend the assistance of at least their personal 

 influence to its speedy commencement and completion. 



The Papers read before the Linnean Society of New South 

 Wales during 1878. have been as follows, according to the order 

 of their succession : — 



1. Description of a new species of Ftilotis from Torres Straits. 



By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S. 



2. On an Australian variety of Neritina pulligera, Linn. By 



the Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. 



3. On a new genus of Milleporidce. By the Rev. J. E. Tenison- 



Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. 



4. On a new species of Psammoseris. By the Rev. J. E. Tenison- 



Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. 



5. Description of a species of Myiolestes from Fiji. By E. P. 



Ramsay, F.L.S. 



6. Notes on a species of Therapon found in a dam at Warialda. 



By William Macleay, F.L.S., with Remarks by the Rev. 

 J. E. Tenison- Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. 



7. On a new species of Desmophyllum, and a young stage of 



Cycloseris Sinensis, By the Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, 

 F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. 



8. On the Geology of Yass Plains. By Charles Jenkins, Esq., 



L.S., Yass. 



9. Description of some new Fishes from Port Jackson and 



King George's Sound. By William Macleay, F.L.S. 



10. Notes on List of Australian Birds. By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S. 



11. Notes on the Fishes of the Norman River. By Count F. de 



Castelnau. 



12. On a new species of Hoplocephalus from Sutton Forest. By 



William Macleay, F.L.S. 



13. On the Power of Locomotion in the Tunicata. By William 



Macleay, F.L.S. 



14. On some Australian Littorinidce. By the Rev. J. E. Tenison- 



Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. 



15. Descriptions of five species of Birds from Torres Straits and 



New Guinea, &c. By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S. 



