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dustry of the races inhabiting these Islands. Also, a massive specimen of 

 Stibnite (Sulphide of Antimony), procured by Mr. Tenison- Woods on the 

 Island of Sado, North Borneo. Also, a fine collection of ColeojHera, Hemip- 

 tera and Orthoptera from Perak, Malay Peninsula, and some gigantic specimens 

 of Scorpions and Julus from the same locality. Mr. Macleay stated that these 

 exhibits were all from extensive collections made by the Rev. J. E. Tenison- 

 Woods during four years of travel and exploration in Java, the Malay Penin- 

 sula, China, Japan, the Philippines and Borneo. He regretted to say that the 

 reverend gentleman's health had suffered very much from his prolonged stay 

 in these unhealthy countries, and that he was utterly unable for the present 

 to attend the meetings of this Society. — Mr. A. Sidney Ollif f exhibited a 

 specimen of Epidesmia tricolor, Westw., a rare moth which he had recently 

 captured at Double Bay. On several occasions specimens of this moth have 

 been taken in Mr. Macleay's garden, but Mr. Olliff said that he believed it 

 had not been seen for some years past. — Mr. Whitelegge exhibited a beau- 

 tiful preparation of Tuhdaria gracilis, R. v. L., showing the polyps fully 

 expanded ; and specimens of the stalked larvas of an undetermined species 

 of Comattda, from Port Jackson. — Mr. Macleay also exhibited specimens 

 of a species of Ascaris from the stomach of a Kangaroo. He stated that with 

 the exception of the Ascaris tentaculata of Rudolphi, which inhabits the cœcum 

 of the American opossums [Didelphys] no Ascaris had ever been described as 

 parasitic in Marsupials, but Dr. Cobbold mentions having seen two unde- 

 scribed species, procured from the stomachs of an Halmaturtis and Macropus. 

 It would be interesting to know if this Ascaris ever became parasitic in sheep 

 and cattle. He would be glad to receive specimens of all Entozoa found in 

 any of the graminivorous animals. 



IV. Personal -Notizen. 



Universität Graz. 



Zoologisch-zootomisches Institut. 

 Vorstand: Prof. ord. Dr. Ludw. von Graff. 

 Assistent: Dr. L. Böhmig. 

 Praeparator: Privatdocent Dr. Jos. Hnr. List. 

 Demonstrator: Th. Pintner. 

 Privatdocenten : Prof. extraord. am Poly technicum Dr . Aug. M o j - 

 sisovics Edi. von Mojsvar. 

 Dr. A. Ritter von Heider. 

 Dr. K. Zelinka. 



Necrolog. 



Am 19. August starb in Wood's HoU, Mass., Prof. Spencer Fullerton 

 Baird, der verdienstvolle, liebenswürdige, unermüdlich thätige Secretair der 

 Smithsonian Institution in Washington, der erfolgreiche Leiter der ameri- 

 canischen Fischerei-Commission, der hauptsächliche Gründer und Förderer 

 des U. S. National Museum, der ausgezeichnete Zoolog, namentlich Orni- 

 tholog. 



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