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apices, well-preserved examples collected by Mr. Le Souef seem 

 to be the first of this species ever recorded from Australia. 



Beyond this continent it is reported by von Martens ("Con- 

 chylien Cabinet" (2), Band II., Abth. 10, pp. 99, 100) from the 

 Nicobars, Java, Sumatra, the Moluccas, New Guinea, New Ire- 

 land, New Caledonia, Fiji, and Samoa; by Guppy ("Solomon 

 Islands," p. 346) from the Solomons ; and the Australian Museum 

 possesses a specimen collected by Brazier at Aneiteum, New 

 Hebrides. 



Associated with A T . variegata were Melanin Denisoniensis, Brot. ; 

 M. balonnensis, Conrad; Bulinus yectorosus, Conrad ; B. pectorosus, 

 var. pyramidata, Sowerby ; and Unio depressus, Lamarck. 



Saltwater Shells, from Cooktown. — Nerita lineata, Chemnitz, 

 Littorina scabra, Linn. ; L. undulata, Gray ; Vertagus obeliscus, 

 Brugiere; Nassa coronata, Brugiere; Ricinula viarginatra, Blainville, 

 and Tapes variegata, Sowerby. — C. Hedley. 



ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO VICTORIAN NATURx\L- 

 ISTS IN RECENT PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



In "Proceedings Royal Society of Victoria" vol. vi., new 

 series : — 



" Notes on the Eocene Strata of the Bellarine Peninsula, with 

 Brief References to Other Deposits," by T. S. Hall, M.A., 

 and G. B. Pritchard. Discusses the geological age of the 

 strata, and gives lists of fossils obtained, also locality map. 



"The Lizards Indigenous to Victoria," by A. H. S. Lucas, 

 M.A., and C. Frost, F.L.S. Describes 44 species belong- 

 ing to 22 genera and 5 families, with plate of two species 

 new to science — Emoa Sp>enceri and Siaphos Maccoyi — 

 named by the authors. 



" Further Notes on the Glacial Deposits of Bacchus Marsh," 

 by G. Officer, B.Sc, and L. Balfour, B.A. 



"Further Notes on Australian Hydroids, with Descriptions of 

 Some New Species," by W. M. Bale, F.R.M.S. Gives 

 notes and descriptions of 31 species, 7 being new to 

 science. 



" Notes on the Trawling Expedition off Lakes Entrance," by 

 T. S. Hart, M.A. Gives lists of the specimens obtained. 



" An Operculum from the Lilydale Limestone," by R. 

 Etheridge, jun. Gives description and plate of this fossil. 



" Additional Notes on the Lilydale Limestone," by Rev. A. W. 

 Cressvvell, M.A. 



" The Largest Australian Trilobite Hitherto Discovered," by R. 

 Etheridge, jun. Describes and* figures a supposed Trilo- 

 bite recently found at Delatite, Victoria. 



