612 ICOTES AKD EXHIBITS. 



as a new species. It differed in some respects from P. Peroiiii 

 of the soutli coast, and P. UrviUel of King George's Sound. 

 If it were the former, it was the first record of its being discovered 

 living in Port Jackson. He promised carefully to examine the 

 specimens and communicate the results to the Society. He added 

 that conclusions had been drawn erroneously as to the former 

 existence of reef-building corals and a semi-tropical temperature 

 from the occurrence of a similar fossil in the Miocene beds of 

 Tasmania, but neither the existing nor the fossil species were 

 reef-builders, nor were they confined to warm seas. 



Mr. T. A. Tenison-Woods exhibited an idol from Savu, taken 

 from a Taboo House. It was elaborately carved in wood and 

 was about four feet high. As such examples are very rare, the 

 exhibitor promised to give descriptive notes at the next meeting. 

 The specimen was brought from Savu by Capt. Brodie of the 

 'Ariel.' 



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"WEDNESDAY, 27Tn DECEMBEE, 1882. 



The President J. C. Cox, M.D., E.L.S., &c., in the Chair. 



do:n'atioxs. 



" Tijdschrift voor Entomologie uitgegeven door de Nederlan- 

 dsche Entomologische Yereeniging," Yols. 22 to 25 complete, 

 Svo, 1878-82. 



" Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom naturwissenschaftlichen 

 Yereine zu Bremen," YII. Bd. 2. Heft. 



" Fish and Eisheries of New South Wales," by the Eev. J. 

 E. Tenison-AVoods, E.a.S., E.L.S., &c., from the Government 

 Printer. 



" Nova Acta Regise Societatis Scientiarum lipsaliensis," Seriei 

 Terti*, Yol. XI., Ease. I., 4to, 1881. 



