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assigned, and that they form a very closely allied series, and a new genus, 

 named Bipora, is made to receive them. The following are the chief cha- 

 racters : Zoarium growing by intercalation ; Zooecia directed towards the 

 primary portion of the Zoarium ; Peristomial orifice formed by the gradual 

 extension of a semi-lunar slit to a circular form, and the excision of a circu- 

 lar portion of the calcareous lamina ; Oral aperture immersed with a well- 

 formed sinus in the lower lip; Oœcia external globose. — 9) Notes on 

 Australian Earthworms, Part III. By J, J. Fletcher, M.A., B.Sc. De- 

 scriptions are here given of a new species of Eudrilus (?) possibly introduced, 

 of a new genus characterised by the possession of three gizzards but different 

 from the genus Trigaster of Benham, of a new species of Cryptodrilns, and 

 of a number of species of Perichœta, two of which are of interest, one as 

 being normally intraclitellian, the other as occasionally presenting this 

 character as a sport. Remarks and corrections are also made in reference to 

 certain introduced earthworms. — 10) Description of a new species of Ho- 

 plocepiialus. By William Macleay, F.L.S., &c. The Snake here described, 

 and named Hoplocephalus Carpentariœ is from Norman Town in the Gulf of 

 Carpentaria, and was presented by Dr. Cox, Vice-President of the Society. 



— 11) Notes on Nests and Eggs of some Australian Birds. By A. J. North. 

 Detailed descriptions are given of the eggs of twelve species of birds. Mr. 

 North exhibited the eggs of the following species of Birds, Artamus melanops, 

 Gld., Streperà intermedia, GId., S. melanoptera , Gld., R?dpidura ditmeììensis , 

 Sharpe, Malurus cyanocJdmnys , Sh., Acanthiza inornata, Gld., Poëphila acuti- 

 cauda, Gld., AcanthorJiynchtis dubius, Gld., Sitella pileata, Gld., Zosterojis 

 ßavogidaris. Masters, and Megaloprepia assimilis, Gld. — Mr. A. Sidney 

 Olliff exhibited the insects obtained by Messrs. W. A. Harper and J. A. 

 Millington, during a short residence in Norfolk Island. He called attention 

 to Papilio Ilioneus, Don., Danais plexippus, Linn., Pyrameis Itea-, Fab., a 

 Pierid new to the Australian fauna, several introduced species of Heterocera, 

 and amog the Coleoptera, to some Longicorns belonging to the genus Xylo- 

 teles ; but he refrained from entering into particulars as he intended on some 

 future occasion to submit to the Society a detailed report on the collection. 



— The Hon. James Norton exhibited two pieces of wood carved in a remar- 

 kable manner, in the one case by a Black Cockatoo in extracting a grub, in 

 the other by white-ants. — Mr. Mitchell exhibited and made remarks upon 

 a number of well preserved and recently obtained fossils from Bowning, in- 

 cluding Pleur odictyum, Calymene Blumenbachii, Cromus sp., Turrilepas sp., 

 Psilophyton sp., Phacops caudatus, Acidaspis sp., and Entomus^ some of which 

 have not hitherto been recorded from Australia. — Mr. Macleay exhibited 

 two fine and unusually large-sized specimens of the very remarkable fish 

 Leptocephalus taenia, obtained by the llev. Tenison- Woods in the China Sea. 



— Mr. Masters exhibited for Mr. Prince a specimen of a very beautiful 

 Wood Moth of an undescribed species of Pielus taken at Lawson (Blue 

 Mountains) a short time ago. The Insect is five inches across the wings, the 

 upper wings reddish brown with bright silver markings, the underwings 

 deeply purple. Dr. Lucas remarked that he had seen a specimen of this 

 Insect from Gippsland, Victoria. 



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