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resembling in shape some fossil and recent serpiilae, some being conical, 

 others serpuliform, or hélicoïdal. The conical shells are fixed on the bran- 

 ches of some species of Eucalyptus, the mouth turned upwards, the larva 

 being placed in it with the head downwards. It introduces its suctorial 

 apparatus into the bark of the stem, sucks the sap of the tree, and emits 

 from time to time by its anus, drops of clear water. This property of emit- 

 ting water is possessed by all the family. — Dr. George Hurst exhibited 

 an egg of Scythì-ops Novae Ilollandiae , taken from the ovarium of a bird 

 shot this month at Kempsey. He mentioned that the only other specimen of 

 this egg ever recorded was obtained in a similar manner and described in 

 Gould's Handbook of the Birds of Australia. — The President exhibited 

 four specimens of the shell-like covering of a species of Phryganea. These 

 are built up entirely of small round nodules of brown iron ore, fastened to- 

 gether by a silky web. They were obtained on the north end of New Cale- 

 donia, by Dr. Storer, in a creek flowing over rocks composed of iron ore. 



3. Società Entomologica italiana in Firenze. 



Adunanza ordinaria del di 11 Gennajo 1SS5. — Presidenza Tar- 

 gioni Tozzetti Ad. — Osten Sacken, Elenco completo dei lavori di Ron- 

 dani. — Targio ni Tozzetti , Note sui Coccidi. — Berlese, Sistematica 

 degli Acari. — Camerano, Sulla Neotenia negli insetti. — Macchiati, 

 Flora degli Afidi di Cuneo, con descrizione di nuove specie. — Bargagli, 

 Biologia di Rincofori europei. — Costa, Artropodi di Sardegna. — Ste- 

 fanelli, Sul Cossus a Montevarchi, e sulla Zenzero aesctdi dannosa all' ulivo. 

 — Marchi, Ze?«era dannosa agli Aranci. — Targioni Tozzetti, Notizie 

 preliminari sopra una Cecidomyia dannosa all' ulivo. — Bargagli, Volo 

 notturno dell' Harpalns griseus. — Targioni Tozzetti, Su alcune abitu- 

 dini delle larve di Libellulidi. — G. Cavanna, Secret. 



IV. Personal-Notizen. 



's Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden. 



Director: Dr. Y. A. Jentink (Säugethiere ; . 

 Conservatoren : C. Rit sema Czn. (Insecten). 



Dr. R. Ho rst (niedere Thiere). 



Dr. Th. W. van Lidth de Jeu de (Fische u. Rep- 

 tilien) . 



J. Biìttikofer (Vögel). 

 Administrator: F. A. Verster van Wulverhorst. 



Necrolog. 



Am (). Januar starb zu Christiania Herr Peter Christen Asbj örnsen, 

 der ausgezeichnete Beobachter, liebenswürdige Schriftsteller und lAtterar- 

 historiker seines Vaterlands und anhängliche Freund. Er war am 15. Januar 

 1812 geboren. 



Am 10. Januar starb zu Prag Prof. Dr. Friedrich Ritter von Stein, 

 der bekannte ausgezeichnete Infusorienforscher. 



Druck von IJreitkopf k Härtel in Leipzig. 



