CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXIV, 



RT. I. — Bitter Pit in Apples. By Jean White, D.Sc. (Plates 



I.-IX.) 1 



II. — Papuan Timbers : Some of the Properties of Six Species. 



By James Mann. (Plates X.-XX.) 20 



III. — A List of Victorian Rotifers, with Description of Two 

 New Species and the Males of Two Species. By J. 

 Shephard. (Plates XXI., XXII.) 46 



IV. — Fruiting- of " Blackfellow's Bread" (Polyporus Mylittae, 



Cooke). By Alfred J. Ewakt, D.Sc, Ph.D., F.L.S. 59 



V. — Contributions to the Flora of Australia, No. 17. By 

 Alfred J. Ewart, D.Sc, Ph.D., F.L.S., Bertha 

 Rees, and Bertha Wood. (Plate XXIII.) ... 61 



VI. — On a New Australian Genus of Phoridae associated 

 ■with Termites. By Arthur M. Lea. (Plate 

 XXIV.) 76 



VII. — On the Displacement of the Optic Lobes during the 

 Development of the Brain of the Fowl. By K. K. 

 Oliver. (Plates XXV.-XXXV.) 78 



VIII.— The Origin of Cuts on Bones of Australian Extinct 

 Marsupials. By Baldwin Spencer, C.M.G., M.A., 

 F.R.S., and R. H. Walcott, FG.S. (Plates 

 XXXVI.-XXXIX.) 92 



IX. — On a Lumburg'ite Rock occurring as a Volcanic Plug at 

 Balwyn, near Doncaster. By F. Chapman, A.L.S., 

 and A. O. Thiele. (Plates XL., XLI.) 124 



X. — Descriptions de Quelques Nouveaux Espeees de Coleop- 



teres Australieunes. Par. .\. Grouvelle ... ... 135 



XI. — Subdivision of the Spinal Canal in the Lumbar Region 

 of Chick Embryos. By Hklen Kelset. (Plate 

 XLIL) ^ 152 



XII. — Notes on the Geology of Broadmeadows. By F. L. 



Stillwell, B.Sc (Plates XLIIl., XLIV.) 15G 



XIII. — New or little-known Victorian Fossils in the National 

 Museum, Part XIII. By Frederick Chapman, 

 A.L.S., &c. (Plate XLV.)' 179 



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