WEDNESDAY, 31st MARCH, 1886. 



William A. Haswell, Esq., M.A., B.Sc, in the Chair. 



Mr James Scott, Mr. L. F. Heydon, and Dr. 0. Katz were 

 introduced as visitors. 



DONATIONS. 



" Comptes Rendus des Seances de lAcademie des Sciences, 

 Paris." Tome CI., Nos. 22-26. From the Academy. 



"Descriptive notes on Papuan Plants." By Baron Ferd. von 

 Mueller, K.C.M.G., &c. No. VII. From the Author. 



" Hints on the preservation of Specimens of Natural History." 

 By John MacGillivray, F.R.G.S. "Australian Vertebrata 

 (Recent and Fossil"), and " Notes on the Fauna of Tasmania." By 

 Gerard Krefft., F.L.S., " Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of 

 Australia." By George Masters. Parts I.-Y. " Catalogue of the 

 described Diurnal Lepidoptera of Australia." By George Masters. 

 From George Masters, Esq. 



" Vogel von Neu Guinea," beschrieben von 0. Finsch und A. 

 B. Meyer. No. 1. Paradiseidae. From Dr. O. Finsch. 



" Zoologischer Anzeiger." Nos. 213-215. From the Editor. 



"Journal of the New York Microscopical Society." Vol. I., 

 No. 8. From the Society. 



"Victorian Naturalist." Vol.11., No. 11. From the Field 

 Naturalists' Club of Victoria. 



