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be thrown open to the public. By the kindness of Mr. J. A. 

 Brodie, j.p., Chief Inspector of Fisheries, we were enabled to pur- 

 chase, on very reasonable terms, some excellent examples of our 

 local food fishes. 



Our knowledge of the Fish fauna of Lord Howe Island was 

 materially advanced in 1900, for Mr. Waite was able to largely 

 increase the number of species frequenting the shores of the 

 "Madeira of the Pacific," chiefly through collections made by 

 Mr. T. R. Icely, late Visiting Magistrate, Mrs. T. Nicholls, and 

 others. Descriptions of these will be found in our 'Records.'" 

 Thirty-two species were recorded, one new genus, Etbchilomycterus, 

 and a new generic name, Acanthocaulus { = Priomirus, Lacep.) 

 proposed, and the former defined. 



Valuable additions were made to our pre-existing specimens 

 through a friendly arrangement with Mr. B. H. Woodward, 

 Curator of the Western Australian Museum, in Perth, advantageous 

 to both Institutions. Our series, previous to this, was not rich in 

 examples from the western waters of the Continent. A paper, 

 descriptive of the more important of these additions has already 

 appeared in the same publication.* Sixteen specimens are recorded, 

 of which one is new — Hopleguathus woodwardi, accompanied by 

 some interesting historical notes on the genus Hoplegnathus. 



By donations seventy-three specimens were obtained; by ex- 

 change two; by purchase twenty-four; and by collection seventy-six. 



Osteology. 

 (Mr. E. R. Waite, Assistant-in-Charge) . 



Little can be done to increase this interesting and instructive 

 Section pending the acquisition of additional space. Some room 

 was made by removing Bird skeletons to cases in the Upper Main 

 Hall, contiguous to the mounted Birds; this can, however, be only 

 regarded as a temporary arrangement. 



Twenty-eight skeletons were added, chiefly those of Birds, and 

 ten existing preparations were repaired, or disarticulated, cleaned, 

 and remounted. The Comparative Series was increased by the 

 addition of three hundred and seventy-five bones. 



The additions by donation numbered thirty-three ; by purchase 

 one; and by collection six. 



Insecta, Myriapoda, and Arachnida. 

 (Mr. W. J. Rainbow, Assistant-in Charge). 

 Mr. Rainbow reports : — "The work of remounting and register- 

 ing the exhibited collection of Australian Coleoptera was completed, 

 and a few specimens now only remain to be relabelled. The task 



7 Waite — Additions to the Fish Fauna of Lord Howe Island. — Kec. 

 Aust. Mus., iii., 7, 1900, pp. 190 - 209, pis. xxxv. - xxxvii. 



8 Waite — Notes on Fishes from Western Australia, and Description of 

 a New Species. — Eec. Aust. Mus., iii., 7, 1900, pp. 210 - 216, pi. xxxvii. 



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