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F.R.S.E., &c. Accurate and detailed descriptions are here given of the eggs 

 0Î Anous cinereiis, Sulaßber, and Onychoprionf uliginosa. — Mr. Whitelegge 

 exhibited specinaens of Porina inversa , a species of Polyzoa from Port Jack- 

 son , described by Mr. Waters, and in reference thereto read a Note 'which 

 will appear m exteìiso in the Proceedings) pointing out that the peculiarity of 

 this species is that the position of the oral aperture, not its shape as Mr. 

 Waters supposed , is the reverse of that usually met with in the genus Po- 

 rina. — Mr. Prince shewed a collection of Wood-moths, including fine ex- 

 amples oi Zelolypia Stacrji , Scott, of two species oi Pielus ^ and of two of 

 Charagia. — Mr. Skuse exhibited a collection of Diptera taken at Berowra 

 on the 10th of September, by Mr. Masters and himself. It contained 250 spe- 

 cimens, chiefly distributed amongst the families Cecidomyidae, Chirononiidae, 

 Ctdicidae, Tipulidae, Mycetophilidae, Sciartdae, Sinmlidae, Rhyphidae , Epkydri- 

 iiidae, and Muscidae, and included at least fifty species of which the majority 

 were new. — Mr. Masters exhibited a fine and well-preserved collection in 

 spirits of all the species of snakes of the genus Hoplocephalus in the Macleay 

 Museum. The nineteen species exhibited were : — H. assimilis, Macleay, 

 Herbert River, Queensland; H. Branslyi, Macl., Sutton Forest; H. Carpen- 

 tariae, Macl., Gulf of Carpentaria; H. collaris, Macl., Bega and Mount Wil- 

 son; H. coronaüis, Schleg., K. G. Sound; H. coronoides, Günth., S. E. Au- 

 stralia; H. curtus, Schleg., all Australia; H.ßagellum, McCoy, Melbourne; 

 H. Gotddii, Gray, W. Australia; H. mifior, Günth., W. Australia; H. nigres- 

 cens, Günth., Port Jackson; H. nigriceps , Günth., Liverpool Plains; H. ni- 

 grostriatus, KrefFt, Port Denison ; H. pallidiceps, Günth. , Port Stephens ; H. 

 signalas, Jan, Coast of N. S. Wales; //. Stephensii, KrefFt, Richmond River; 

 H. superbus, Günth., Tasmania and N. S. Wales; H. temporalis, Günth., K. 

 G. Sound; and H. variegatus^ Dum. & Bibr. , Sydney. The species not exhi- 

 bited are: — H. ater, KrefFt, South Australia; H. Damelii, Günth., Rockhamp- 

 ton; H. macidatus, Steind., Rockhampton; H. Mastersii, KrefFt, S. Australia; 

 H. Ram say i , Krefft, Braidwood; and H. spectabilis, KrefFt, S. Australia. — 

 Dr. Cox exhibited a splendid cast of a fine specimen of the Hobart Town 

 Trumpeter [Latris hecateia) coloured from life. He had received it from Mr. 

 Saville Kent, by whom it had been modelled. — Mr. Woodford exhibited 

 a fine collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera collected by himself at Guadalcanar, 

 Solomon Group. Among the most remarkable were Ornithoptera Victoriae 

 Q and ç^, O. UUrvilleana çf' and Ç, Papilio Polydorus, P. Agamemnon, P. 

 Ulysses, P. Erskinei, P. Codrus, Charaxes Jupiter, Rhinopalpa algina. — Mr. 

 Woodford likewise exhibited some birds also from Guadalcanar, among 

 which were Alcedo bengalensis , Cyanalcyon leucopygialis , Ceyx solitarins , Col- 

 localia sp., Hirundo titulica , Erythrura sp. (a beautiful species with deep 

 blue forehead and ear-coverts, probably new), Pionias heteroclitus , Nasiterna 

 Finschii. 



IV. Personal-Notizen. 



Necrolog. 



Im August starb in Southport Mr. Thomas Glover , 92 Jahre alt. ein 

 tüchtiger Kenner und Sammler von Conchylien. 



Druck von Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig. 



