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R. Br,, new for S. ; Geelong, 1/96. Festuca hookeriana, F. v. M., 

 newforS.W. ; Hawkesdale, 12/01. Lepidosperma elatius, Labill., 

 new for S.W. ; Hawkesdale, ii/oi. Bellis perennis, L., Port- 

 land district; well established, 1894 and n/oi ; perhaps not 

 recorded as naturalized in Victoria. Calocephalus citreus, Lessing, 

 new for N.E. ; Murray River, near Rutherglen, 12/00. Calotis 

 anthemoides, F. v. M., new for S.W. ; Dunkeld, ii/oi. Poa 

 lepida, F. v. M., Coast Hills, Port Fairy, ii/oi. Chorizandra 

 cymbaria, R. Br., new for S.W. ; Hawkesdale, in Great Swamp, 

 12/01. Eucalyptus dives, Schauer, new for S.W. ; Grampians, 

 12/01. Cyperus tenellus, L., new for S.W. ; Hawkesdale, ii/oi. 

 After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW MALLOPHAGA 



FROM MARSUPIALS. 



By S. A. Le Souef. 



(Communicated by D. Le Souef) 



[Read before the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, lOth March, 1902.) 



1. BoopiA NOTA-FUSCA, found on Black Wallaby, Macropus 



ualahatus. 

 Dirty white, with light chestnut markings on upper parts of the 

 body and legs ; head equilateral ; clypeus convex and smooth, 

 with a broad chestnut band posteriorly extending to the base of 

 a wide, shallow lateral sinus, in the anterior part of which the 

 eyes are situated ; palpi with distal end a little enlarged ; 

 antennae capitate ; eyes large and convex ; temporal angles 

 truncate ; a chestnut patch on each side of occiput ; prothorax 

 elliptical, nearly as long as broad ; metathorax sub-conical and 

 truncate ; legs long, first joint chestnut, second pale with chestnut 

 ring distally, third chestnut on distal two-thirds; first tarsal joint 

 with a small nodule inferiorly ; second tarsal long and slightly 

 curved, chestnut with numerous very fine hairs inferiorly ; ungues 

 large, finely serrated on under surface ; abdomen ovate, the sides 

 being wavy. Length 1.76 mm., breadth .80 mm. 



2. BoopiA BETTONGIA, fouud On Jerboa Kangaroo, Bettongia 



Tufescens. 

 Pale yellowish-white and smooth ; clypeus convex ; palpi 

 slightly clavate and long ; antennae with last joint produced to a 

 blunt point ; eyes slightly convex, with a strong spine growing 

 out of the socket ; basal angles produced and rotundate ; base 

 slightly concave ; prothorax large, broader than long, with three 

 spines on the lateral margin, rotundate posteriorly ; metathorax 

 quadrate, concave anteriorly and truncate posteriorly ; legs pale, 

 second tarsal joint stout and curved, with a double serrated ridge 

 inferiorly ; abdomen ovate, bluntly serrated laterally. Length 

 1.60 mm., breadth .67 mm. 



