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Tegetmeier exhibited and made remarks on a pair of antlers of a Deer, 

 said to have been recently obtained in the Galtee Mountains in Ireland. They 

 appeared to be those of the Elk [Aloes machlis). — Mr. Frank E. Beddard 

 read a paper on the development and structure of the ovum in the Dipnoan 

 fishes. The present communication was a continuation of a research into the 

 structure of the ovary in Protopterus . The author, besides being able to give 

 a more complete account of the ovarian ova of Protopterus, was also able to 

 supplement this account with some further notes respecting the structures 

 observed in the ovary of Ceratodus. — Mr. A. Smith-Woodward read a 

 paper on the anatomy and systematic position of the Liassic Selachian, Squa- 

 loraja polyspondyla. After a brief notice of previous researches, the author 

 attempted an almost complete description of the skeletal parts of Squaloroja, 

 as revealed by a fine series of fossils in the British Museum. He confirmed 

 Davies's determination of the absence of the cephalic spine in certain indivi- 

 duals (presumably females), and added further evidence of its prehensile 

 character, suggesting also that the various detached examples afi"orded indi- 

 cations of one or more new species. The author concluded with some general 

 remarks on the affinities of the genus, and proposed to institute a new 

 family, »Squalorajidse«, which might be placed near the Pristiophoridae and 

 Rhinobatidae. — Mr. S dater, F.R..S., pointed out the characters of an 

 apparently new Parrot of the genus Conurus, from a specimen living in the 

 Society's Gardens. The species was proposed to be called Conurus rubritor- 

 quis. — Mr. F. Day , F.Z.S., communicated (on the part of Mr. J. Douglas 

 O g il by, of the Australian Museum, Sydney) a paper on an undescribed fish of 

 the genus Pimelopterus from Port Jackson, N.S.W., proposed to be named 

 P. meridionalis . — Mr. G. A. Boulenger read a paper on the South- 

 African Tortoises allied to Testudo geometrica, and pointed out the characters 

 of three new species of this group, which he proposed to call Testudo Tri- 

 meni, T. Smithii, and T. Fiski. — A second paper by Mr. Boulenger con- 

 tained some criticisms on Prof. W. K. Parker's paper »On the Skull of the 

 Chameleons«, read at a previous meeting of the Society. — Mr. Oldfield 

 Thomas read a paper on the Wallaby commonly known as Lagorchestes 

 fasciatus, and showed that the dentition of this animal was entirely different 

 in character, not only to that of the typical species of Lagorchestes, but even 

 to that of all the other members of the subfamily Macropodinae. He there- 

 fore proposed to form a new genus for its reception, to which he gave the 

 name oi Lagostrophus. — A communication was read from Prof. R. Collett, 

 C.M.Z.S., containing the description of a new Pouched Mouse from Northern 

 Queensland, which he proposed to na.m.e AntecAinus Thomasi. — P. L. S dater, 

 Secretary. 



2. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



27*'^ October, 1886. — 1) Catalogue of the described Coleopiera of 

 Australia. By George Masters. Part VI. The present part contains all the 

 known Scolytidce, Brenthidœ, Anthribidœ, Brnchidœ and Cerambycidœ of 

 Australia, making the total number of species catalogued up to the present 

 time, 6231. The next part, which will be published early in next year, will 



