818' NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



the midden near the baths); and Anomalocardin trapezia, Desh , 

 the common mud-cockle (scarce, evidently brought over from the 

 mud-flats at Rose Bay). Portions of the skull of the schnapper 

 {Pa'ncrus tniicolor, Quoy) were also met with. 



Mr. Brazier also exhibited (1) a fine specimen of Cyprcea 

 vi/e/lus, Linn., of unusual coloration (light brown, the margins 

 thickened with enamel of a dark fawn colour, the dorsal surface 

 showing bluish- white lines in splashes, and a few white dots in 

 place of the ordinary large white spots), dredged alive at Little 

 Coogee : and (2) a perfect adult specimen of the shell described 

 at the July Meeting as Clatliitrella WaterJioutife, which must now 

 be referred to the genus Cantharus, the lip of the type specimen 

 having been broken ; it is larger than the type (length 15, 

 diameter 5|, length of aperture 6 mm.); it was found at Vaucluse, 

 Port Jackson, in possession of a hermit crab, and is allied to 

 C. imstralis, Pease, and C. unicol ir, Angas, both from Port Jackson. 



]\Irs. Kenyon sent for exhibition a series of specimens of Conus 

 Jiiitilus, Menke, and five varieties, C. Macleayana, T. Woods, 

 C. Smitki, Angas, C. Grayi, Reeve, C. maculatus, Sowb., and (7. 

 Anemone, Lam., w4th young and distorted examples of the same; 

 and communicated a Note thereon, 



Mr. Darley exhibited an apparently ancient Ijoomerang found 

 in a deposit of hardened mud, 10 feet below the present bed of 

 the River Darling, 2| miles below Bourke, wheii excavating for a 

 coffer-dam. 



Mr. Darley also communicated some interesting particulars as 

 to the reported occurrence of Teredo and Rock Oyster for the 

 first time at the mouth of the Gippsland Lakes about four years 

 ago, whereas previousl}' both wei-e said to be unknown in the 

 locality. 



Mr. W. S. Dun exhibited on behalf of the Mining and Geolo- 

 gical Museum, a beautiful series of Trilobites from the Upper 

 Silui'ian of Dudley, England, lately presented by Mr. C. Holcroft. 



Mr. Deane exhibited a number of rock specimens from Victoria 

 Lakes east of Menindie, Lake Boolaboolka, and Kilfera. 



