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Collection of Birds in the British Museum. The present communication 

 treated of some of the Rose Finches, of Lalage melanothorax, and of some 

 Flycatchers of the genus Siphia. — Mr. Arthur G. Butler, F.Z.S., read a 

 paper on a series of Lepidoptera collected by Major Yerbury at Campbell- 

 pore, Western India. The collection contained examples of 177 species, 

 many of them represented by a fair series of specimens. Six of the Butter- 

 flies and nineteen of the Moths were described as new. — Mr. S dater 

 read a list of a collection of birds obtained by Mr. H. Berkeley James, 

 F.Z.S., from the province of Tarapaca, Northern Chili. The collection con- 

 tained 147 skins, referable to 52 species, amongst which was a new three- 

 toed Flamingo of special interest, which was proposed to be called Phœni- 

 copierus Jamesi. — Mr. A. Smith Woodward read a note on the presence 

 of a columella (epipterygoid) in the skull of Ichthyosaurus. — Mr. Herbert 

 Drue e , F.Z.S., read a paper containing the description of some new spe- 

 cies of Heterocera from Tropical Africa. — Mr. Boulenger, F.Z.S., read 

 a report on the additions made to the Batrachian Collection in the Natural 

 History Museum since the publication of his catalogue. To the report were 

 added descriptions of some new species, the most interesting of which was 

 a new Newt [Geomolge Fischeri) from the Ussuri River, Mantchuria. — 

 P. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



4. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



26*^^ May, 1886. — 1) Notes on some Australian Tertiary Fossils. By 

 Captain F. W. Hutton, Hon. Mem. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. In this paper, 

 which is based on the examination of a fine collection of Australian Ter- 

 tiary Fossils recently sent to the Canterbury Museum by Professor Tate of 

 Adelaide, Captain Hutton enumerates seventeen species of Molluscs and 

 Echinoderms which are common to the Tertiary strata both of Australia 

 and New Zealand, and deals with their synonymy. — 2) Geological. — 

 3) Jottings from the Biological Laboratory , Sydney University. By 

 W. A. Haswell, M.A., B.Sc. — 4) Geological.— 5) List of the Rhi- 

 zopoda of N. S. Wales. By Thomas Whitelegge. The list contains 

 24 species, with exact localities, and notes on collecting, preserving 

 and mounting Rhizopods. The species are mostly identical with those 

 found in Fjurope, America, and India. Amongst those of interest the 

 following may be mentioned: — Arcella dentata, Ehr.; Pelomyxa pahistris, 

 Greeff; Raphidiophrys elegans, Hert. and Less.* Clathrulina elegans, Cien- 

 kowski, and Biomyxa vagans, Leidy. — Mr. Haswell exhibited a living 

 individual of the species Asiacopsis serratus, the red variety from Mr. Wil- 

 son, which when alarmed or angry emits a distinct )^fuffing« sound produced 

 by friction of the joints of the abdomen on one another. Also, a Cicada, 

 showing the muscular apparatus and other arrangements by which the »song« 

 commonly but erroneously referred to the vibrating »tympana« is produced. 

 Mr. Wilkinson exhibited a series of bones, scutes, etc., oî Megalania, a 

 gigantic Lizard from Lord Howe Island, fossilized in a coral rock of loose 

 structure. Dr. Ramsay showed that the species must be regarded as quite 

 distinct from M. jyrisca, Owen, found on the Upper Condamine. — Mr. 

 Wilkinson also exhibited the right ramus of the lower jaw of Thylacoleo 

 carnifex, in absolutely perfect condition, and probably, in other respects 

 also, the finest specimen ever discovered. — Mr. Made ay exhibited a 



