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the place of the genus among the Palœocrinoidea. Since the author described 

 a fossil crinoid from the N.S.W. Carboniferous rocks, under the above name, 

 two American writers, Messrs. Wachsmuth and Springer, have com- 

 pleted their important work on the 'Revision of the Pal^eocrinoidea', in 

 accordance with which Mr. Ratte has here modified the terminology previ- 

 ously used by him. (II.) On two fossil Plants from the Wianamatta Shales. 

 As far as can be made out from a provisional examination, the author refers 

 the two plants to the genera Jeanpmd'm and Cycadopteris, the former being 

 hitherto regarded as Rhaetic and the other Jurassic ; this does not imply that 

 the Wianamatta Shales are Jurassic, Cleilhrolepis granulatus having been 

 found with them. The specimens were kindly presented to the Australian 

 Museum by Mr. A. Harber. (HI-) Note on some Trilobites new to 

 Australia. A species of Lichas from limestone near the "Wellington Caves, 

 and Proetus Ascanms, and two species of Ascidaspis from Bowning, obtained 

 by Mr. J. Mitchell, are here described. — 2) List of, and Notes on two 

 collections of Birds from Western Australia. By E. P. Ramsay, L.L.D., 

 F.R.S.E, In this paper about 100 species of birds are enumerated. They 

 were obtained chiefly from the vicinity of Derby to about 100 miles inland, 

 by Messrs. Cairn and Boyer-Bower. Among them are three new species 

 belonging to the genera Cisticola, Niìiox, and Philemon. Unfortunately a large 

 portion of the collections was lost in transit. — 3) Description of a new 

 Australian Fish. By Dr. E. P. Ramsay and J. D ouglas- Ogilby. This 

 is a description of the fish Apogon roseigaster, exhibited by Mr. Ogilby at the 

 last meeting, and obtained from the Parramatta River. — 4) and 5) Botanical. 



— 6) Description of a new species oi Hoplocephalus. By William Mac le ay, 

 F.L.S. &c. A new species of this very venomous genus of snakes is here 

 described at some length, from a specimen captured some few weeks ago 

 near Bega, by Mr. Charles Anderson. Mr. Macleay stated that 24 distinct 

 species of the genus Hoplocephalus have now been recorded from Australia. 



— 7) Second Note on the Biloela Labyrinthodont. By Professor Stephens, 

 M.A., F.G.S. — Dr. Ramsay exhibited (1) the supposed new species of 

 birds from Derby, recorded in his paper, also from the same district, a new 

 species of Hapalotis, with a broad golden yellow dorsal stripe: (2) (Botanical). 

 {3) On behalf of the Government Geologist, Mr. C. S.Wilkinson, F.G.S., 

 a series of fossil remains from some recently discovered deposits at a great 

 depth, the most notable being the skull, atlas vertebra, humerus, and scapula 

 of a gigantic Echidna belonging to quite a new form ; also portions of the 

 carapace and plastron of a fresh water tortoise ; and horned scutes, portions 

 of the outer covering, and some bones of a great horned lizard [Megalania] 

 making a third species of these gigantic reptiles now known. — Mr. 

 Whitelegge exhibited specimens of, and read the following note on Vol- 

 vox minor, Stein: — «A few days ago I found in a pool off" Bourke-street, 

 Waterloo, a fine gathering of Volvox minor a species which I believe has not 

 hitherto been recorded from Australia. I have seen what I thought to be this 

 species many times, but without the ripe spores it is not readily distinguished 

 from V. glohator. Those I exhibit to-night contain not only mature spores, 

 but the oosphères in various stages of development, and also the form known 

 as Sphaerosira volvox.^ Ehr. This has usually been stated to be a peculiar 

 stage of V. glohator. After many years of observation, both in this colony 

 and in England, my opinion is that it has nothing to do with that species, 



