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Vertebrates are here treated of: — Halmahirus, sp. resembling H. Wilcoxi, 

 McCoy ; Phjalangista vulpina (perhaps a variety — larger and of a more rufous 

 tint than ordinary Queensland specimens of this species); the »Brill« or 

 Flying Phalanger resembling Petaurista taguanoides in its superficial charac- 

 ters, but presenting some differences, as in the length of the ears and in 

 certain cranial characters; Dromicia frontalis, n. sp. ; Pseudochirus Mongan^ 

 n, sp. ; Ninox hoobook\&x. lurida; Ninox ri/fa, Gould; and Varanuss^., pos- 

 sibly a variety of V. prasinus. Mr. De Vis also points out that inhabiting 

 the mountain-top scrubs of the Herbert Gorge, there are two species of 

 Pseudoc/iirus to each of which indifferently the local blacks apply the name 

 «Mongan«; and that Mr. Collett (P. Z. S., 1884, p. 384) has described the 

 female of P. Mongan as that of P. Herbertensis. — 2) Notes on the Egg of 

 the Regent-bird Sericulus melinus. By Dr. Ramsay, F.R.S.E. The egg, 

 taken from the oviduct of a bird shot on the Richmond River, is described 

 and figured. — 3) Notes on the Nesting of Pycnoptilus floccosus in N. S. 

 Wales. By Dr. Ramsay, F.R.S.E. The nest and eggs are described and 

 figured, and remarks made on its occurrence in the Cambewarra district. — 

 4) Descriptions of the Eggs of certain Australian Birds. By Dr. Ramsay, 

 F.R.S.E. Some eggs of doubtful authenticity are redescribed from authentic 

 specimens, and several others are described for the first time. — 5) Descrip- 

 tion of a new species of Hapalotis, [H. Boiveri) from North West Australia. 

 By Dr. E. P. Ramsay, F.R.S.E. This species comes near H. apicalis and 

 H. hemileucura of Gould — and has been dedicated to its discoverer W. H. 

 Boyer-Bower, Esq. Figures of the fore and hind feet are given. — 

 6) Notes on the Bower birds [Scenopœidœ] of Australia. By A. J. North. 

 All the known species found in Australia are enumerated, with references 

 to, and descriptions of, the eggs of five species. — 7) List of references to 

 authentic descriptions of Australian Birds' Eggs. By A. J. North. References 

 are given to a large number of descriptions and figures. — 8) On a Labyrin- 

 thodont fossil, Platyceps Wilkinsonii , from Gosford. By Professor S te p h ens, 

 M. A., F. G. S. The specimen here described is evidently in a very early stage 

 of development, but shows its essential character distinctly enough. The 

 head, thoracic plates, and the spinal column as far as the pelvic girdle are 

 fairly preserved, and the branchial arches are unmistakably present. As it 

 does not seem referable to any described type, it has been provisionally 

 named as above. A description is also given of two other Labyrinthodont 

 remains from Bowral. All belong to the Hawkesbury-Wianamatta formation. 

 — Dr. Ramsay exhibited eggs oi Ptilonorhynckus holosericeus, Chlamydodera 

 maculata, C. cerviniventris, Sericnlus melinns, Ailurœdtis crassirostris in illu- 

 stration of Mr. North's Paper; also of Puf/lnus brevicaudis, the Mutton 

 Bird of South Australia. Dr. Ramsay also exhibited a very remarkable 

 Helix-shaped case, probably of a Trichopterous Insect, from Japan. — Mr. 

 De an e exhibited a Spider of the genus Gastracantha, and a specimen of 

 Melaleuca Deanei from Lane Cove, a species described by Baron von Mueller 

 in a paper read at last month's Meeting of the Society. — Mr. Masters 

 exhibited a specimen of Ornithoptera Victorice (female) from Guadalcanar, 

 Solomon Islands. He stated that one specimen was taken by Mr. McGiUi- 

 vray thirty years ago, and until very lately it was the only specimen known. 



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