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of Antechinus [A. Froggatti, (2) A new Bandicoot [Perameles cmratus), and (3) 

 a Mus [M. Burtoni). The Pera7neles is allied to P. obesula, but is even shorter 

 in the head, and of a rich golden-brown with black pencillings. The Mus 

 may be distinguished chiefly by its uniform colour and dense soft fur. — 

 ^5) Description of two species of Australian Birds' Eggs. By A. J. North. 

 The eggs here described are those of Eudyimmis Flindersi, and of Melanodryas 

 picata : the paper is supplementary to that of last month by the same author. 

 — Mr. Macleay exhibited two Snakes which Mr. Froggatt had lately 

 sent him from Port Darwin, (1) Brachysoma simile, Macleay, and (2) Ftirina 

 iextilis, Dum. & Bibr. This last species he stated had been described by 

 Dumeril and Bibron many years ago as Australian, but had been omitted 

 from Krefft's and subsequent lists, from a mistaken idea originating, he be- 

 lieved, with Mr. KrefFt, that it was identical with the young barred specimens 

 of the common brown Snake Diemenia superciliosa. This rediscovery of the 

 species by Mr. Froggatt terminates all doubt on this subject. — Mr. Macleay 

 also exhibited a small Hoplocephalus from Cooma, almost identical in di^T^Qdt.- 

 ra.nce with. Hophcep/taliis JIagellum, M'Coy, a Melbourne species, but differing 

 in the number of subcaudal plates, and the form of the head shields. It would 

 be necessary to examine a number of specimens before venturing to constitute 

 it a distinct species. — Mr. Masters exhibited a collection of Insects from 

 Derby, King's Sound, made by Mr. Froggatt in May last. Of Coleoptera 

 there were 240 species, more than half of them new, but, with very few 

 exceptions, of typical Australian genera. Small Carabidß were numerous, but 

 BuprestidcB, Cetoniidœ and other Anthophilous beetles were very few. He also 

 exhibited from the same collection some Orthoptera, Hemiptera and Homop- 

 tera of peculiar form and appearance. 



lY. Personal -Notizen. 



Paris. Professor Alfr. Giard, bis jetzt in Lille, ist als Professor der 

 Zoologie an die École Normale supérieure in Paris berufen worden. Sein 

 Nachfolger in Lille ist noch nicht ernannt. 



Necrolog. 



Am 1. März starb in Wolfelee bei Hawick, N. B,, Sir Walter Elliot, 

 ein ausgezeichneter Kenner der Naturgeschichte, Ethnologie und Archäologie 

 Ost- Indiens, welcher auch als Zoolog rühmlich bekannt ist. 



Am 16. April starb in Berlin der Hof-Portraitmaler Max Mutz e 11, 

 als Lepidopterolog bekannt und geschätzt. 



Am 29, Mai starb in Cannes der bekannte und verdiente Entomolog 

 Pierre Millière in seinem 74. Jahre. 



Am 28. Juli starb in Spylaw, Colinton, bei Edinburg Robert Francis 

 Logan, Entomolog, besonders Lepidopterolog. 



Am 7. October starb in Leipzig Professor von Cienkowsky, der 

 rühmlichst bekannte Forscher auf dem Gebiete niederer Organismen. Ge- 

 boren am 1./13. October 1822 in Warschau, bekleidete er nach einander 

 Professuren am Lyceum zu Jaroslaw, dann in St. Petersburg, Odessa und 

 bis zu seinem Tode in Charkow. 



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