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type of Calcisponge structure, which Dr. Dendy proposes to 

 describe under the name Synute pulcheUa. 



In the last report which he sent to Mr. Wilson, Professor 

 Agardh gives the following additions to our Algal flora : — 



Polysiphonia spinosissim a. 

 Callithamnion lavicinum. 

 Ectocarpus {species ?) 

 Callithamnion latissimum. 

 Polysiphonia {species forsan 

 nova). 



lurangelioides. 

 Epymenia angustata. 

 Callithamnion {species nova). 

 Dilophus fastigiatus. 

 Taonia atomaria. 

 Zonaria stuposa. 



Udotea (species forsan nova). \ Pollexfenia nana. 



Rytiphlcea elata. 

 Dasya {species forsan nova). 

 Caulerpa papillosa. 

 Caulerp)a vesiculifera. 

 Laurencia elata. 

 Lenormandia chauvinii. 

 Polysiphonia pectinata. 

 Epymenia halymenoides. 



Griffithsia corticata. 

 Ectocarpus {species Qiova). 

 Wrangelia setigera. 

 Callithamnion divergens. 

 Cladostephus spongiosus. 

 Delesseria marginifera. 

 Codium elongatum. 

 Martensia elegans. 



Amongst the more interesting forms of life met -with 

 during the year have been : — 



The rare shark, Parascyllium nuchale, McCoy, obtained 

 by Mr. Gabriel. 



Argonauta oryzata, great numbers of which were met 

 with, first at Portland, and reaching the inner shores of 

 Port Phillip at Brighton, St. Kilda, &c., about Christmas 

 time. 



A. H. S. Lucas, 



Ho7i. Secretary and Treasurer. 

 March 2, 1891. 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



The minutes of the last Ordinary Meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



Mr. Geagher signed the Roll book of the Society, and was 

 introduced to the Meeting. 



Mr. Ludovico Hart, and Mr. P. E. Woolf were nominated 

 as Associates. 



