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 3. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



31st March, 1886. — 1) On certain Geckos in the Queensland Mu- 

 seum. By Charles W. de Vis, M.A. A new species of the very curious 

 genus Nephrnrus is described under the specific name of lœvis, from its 

 smooth lepidosis, as compared with the only other species, N. asper. A 

 species of Diplodactylus [D. venicauda) is also described. Both Lizards are 

 from Northern Queensland. — 2) Description of a new Aphanipterous In- 

 sect from N. S.Wales. By A Sidney Oil iff , F. E. S., Assistant Zoologist, 

 Australian Museum. The remarkable parasite here characterized under the 

 name Echidnophaga amhulans was found in large numbers on the head and 

 breast of a Porcupine Ant-Eater [EcJiidna hystrix). It differs from the Pidex 

 echidnœ described by Denny from the same host in habit as well as in several 

 important points of structure, and is, therefore regarded as forming the 

 type of a new genus. Unlike the majority of its allies this species dœs not 

 appear to possess the power of jumping. — 3) Botanical. — 4) Jottings 

 from the Biological Laboratory of Sydney University. By William A. Has- 

 well, M.A., B.Sc, Lecturer on Zoology and Comparative Anatomy. On 

 the Myology of the Flying Squirrel [Petaurista taguanoides). In its muscular 

 anatomy the Flying Phalanger nearly resembles the Vulpine Phalanger and 

 the Cuscus, with a few special modifications, of which the chief is the pre- 

 sence of a peculiar »long femoro-caudal muscle.« — 5) Insects of the Fly 

 River, New Guinea, »Coleoptera«. By William Macie ay, F.L.S., etc. 

 This is the second paper communicated by Mr. Macleay on the insects col- 

 lected during the recent expedition organised by the Geographical Society of 

 Australia for the exploration of the interior of British New Guinea. The 

 previous paper dealt with the Coleoptera up to the end of the Heteromera. 

 The present one deals with the Families Curculiomdce, Brenthidce, Anlhrihidte, 

 and Longicornia, comprising in all 96 species, of which 31 are now de- 

 scribed for the first time. — 6) The Mollusca of the Pareora and Oamaru 

 systems of New Zealand. By Captain F. W. Hutton, Hon. Member, 

 Linnean Society, New South Wales. Captain Hutton s paper is a contribu- 

 tion towards the correlation of the Tertiary Rocks of Australia, with those 

 of New Zealand, and it enumerates 268 species of Mollusca from the Pa- 

 reora and Oamaru systems, which are probably of Miocene and Oligocene 

 age, of which 184 species are confined to the Pareora beds, 33 species to the 

 Oamaru, while 51 species, of which a few are doubtful, are common to both. 

 — Mr. Fletcher exhibited specimens of Mixophyes fasciolatus, Günther, 

 from the gullies about Mr. Wilson (3000ft.). This is a new habitat for this 

 frog, which previously has been recorded only from Clarence River, lUa- 

 warra, and Tweed River, N.S.W., and Pine Mountain, Queensland. Mr. 

 Masters also exhibited a very large specimen of what is probably a new 

 species of the same genus from Richmond River. This specimen diflfers 

 from those from Mr. Wilson, chiefly in having the toes completely, instead 

 of only two-thirds, webbed. 



Berichtigung. 

 Z. A. No. 217 p. 12S. In dem Titel: Hoffmann, Aug., Lepidopteren von 

 den Shetland-Inseln etc. muß es Z. 2 heißen »in andern nordischen Ländern« anstatt 

 "deutschen Ländern«. 



Drnck von Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig. 



