THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 15 



Stilts. By Mr. C. French. — Illustrations of life history of Victorian 

 Locust, with parasites. By Mr. C. French, jun. — Orchid in 

 flower (Pterostylis pedaloglossus), from near Oakleigh. By Mr. 

 C. Frost. — Frog showing parasitic larvae under the skin of back. 

 By Mr. H. Grayson. — Marine Hydrozoa (Obelia geniculate/,), with 

 medusiform gonozooids. By Mr. H. Hill. — Seventeen Victorian 

 moths, with parasites — Muscidre, Ichneumonidas, Chalcidida?. 

 By Mr. R. Hall. — A colony of sixteen Lamprima rutilans em- 

 bedded in the stem of a eucalypt ; also specimens of bloom of 

 Thea chinensis (Tea Plant), showing also the seed. By Mr. G. 

 A. Keartland. — White-lined Earless Lizard (Tympanocryptis 

 lineatus) and Bearded Lizard (Grammatophora barbata). By 

 Mr. D. Le Souef. — Egg of Royal Albatross and Wandering Alba- 

 tross. By Baron Von Mueller. — The following plants (new to 

 science), viz. : — Beilschmiedia lachnostemonea, Russell River, 

 Queensland, W. Sayer; Endiandra exostemonea, Daintree River, 

 Queensland, Th. Pentzcke ; E. dichrophylla, Russell River, 

 Queensland, Stephen Johnson ; Eugenia luelmianni, Daintree 

 River, Queensland, Stephen Johnson; Randia spimdigera, Mount 

 Bartle Frere, Queensland, Stephen Johnson ; Prasophyllum 

 dixonii, near Oakleigh, C. French, jun. ; also Sesbania acideata 

 (new for Victoria), near Junction of Darling River, Mrs. Holding; 

 and Prasophyllum archeri, near Oakleigh, J. E. Dixon. By Mr. 

 J. E. Prince. — Two stings from Stingaree weighing 9^ cwt., 

 caught off Sandridge. By Mr. G. Sweet. — Tasmanian carbon- 

 iferous plants — Tceniopteris, Gangamopteris spatulata (M'Coy), 

 Gangamopteris angustifolia, Glossopteris ampla (Dana), Glossop- 

 teris browniana, A' ceggerathiopsis media. — from the " tobacco 

 leaf" bed, lying above the Mersey River coal bed, near 

 Latrobe. 



Note on a New Rotifer. — In a paper on Rotiferse by Mr. 

 H. H. Anderson, B.A., and myself, communicated to the Royal 

 Society in December last, I described a form of the genus Cathypna, 

 which at the time was dubiously regarded as new. I now feel 

 justified in claiming it as a distinct species and, with the kind 

 permission of Professor Spencer, name it Cathypna spenceri. The 

 description is as follows : — The points of difference from C. 

 luna are — in the lorica being broader anteriorly and the dorsal 

 occipital edge more deeply excavated ; the posterior possessing 

 more of a lobed character, having a decided inward curve on 

 either side and a rounded termination overhanging the toes ; the 

 most marked departure being in the setting of the claws, which, 

 instead of tapering from the shoulder to the end, are recessed so 

 as to form a reversed barb ; the surface of the lorica was also 

 stippled. Length, about ihi inch. — John Shephard. 



