Froceediiigs of the tioyal tiocld/j o/ Victoria. 'lO'S 



bo ^ot. Those observations would not ni\e information as to 

 ^•el•y minute points relating to local disturbance of gi-a\ity. 

 What the Committee was aiming at Avas the general lesult as 

 regards the earth. It was also suggested that an obs(M-\ation 

 sliould be made in Western Australia, prol)ably at Perth. This 

 would be of value, as a check on those made on the other side of 

 the continent. 



The CllAiKMAX said that plenty of observations had ah'eady 

 been taken in Australia by several nations, but they had been 

 confined to the coasts. The extension of railways into the 

 interior would enable the apparatus to be taken there, and 

 observations there would be of as much value as those made at 

 the coast. The Society would be doing a good work in cai-rying 

 out this survey. 



Professor Baldwin Spencer read a paper " On the Anatomy 

 of Ceratella fusca (Gray)." 



Dr. Dendy read ''Additional Observations on tlie Victorian 

 Land Planarians." 



In reply to a question, Dr. Dendy said that each locality 

 appeared to have its own particular group of species. It would 

 be impossible to state the number of specimens in each locality. 

 At Macedon, a large number were seen on one occasion, but at a 

 later period not a single one could be found. 



Mr. Ho(;g corroborated the last speaker. 



Dr. Dendy said that the planarians referred to in the ]>aper 

 occurred in large numbers. 



The Chairman said that worms were nioi-e plentiful now than 

 in the days when the colony was iirst occupied by white people. 

 Not one was to be found at Castlemaine or Sandhurst in the early 

 days. 



Dr. Dendy said that planarians were found in t!io virgin 

 foi'ests where there was plenty of timber. 



Professor Spencer, in the absence of the writer, Mr. A. H. S. 

 Lucas, read a paper "On a New Species of Fiesh-water Fish fi-om 

 Lake Nigothoruk, Mount Wellington, Victoria." 



Professor Spencer read a paper "On Land Planarians fi-om 

 Lord Howe Island." 



The reading of a paper by Di-. Dendy, entitled "Description of 

 an Australian Species of Land Nemertean," was postponed. 



Thar.'id'i//, Jnl// 9//t. 



The President (Professor Keknot) in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were received and confirmed. 



