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wrong authors, and sometimes under other names. The synonymy is given 

 in full. — 4. Notes on the Australian Amphipoda. By "William A. H as- 

 well, M.A., B.Sc, etc. The genera here dealt with are Talitnis, Allorchestes, 

 Nicea, Atylus^ Neohnle, Aspidophoreia, Eusinis, Ampelisca, Lysianassa, Stego- 

 cephahis, Moera, Harmonia, Haplocheira, Xenocheira, Cyrtophium, dina Proto; 

 several new forms are described, including a genus allied to Cyrtophium, but 

 distinguished by the presence of an appendage on the superior antennae and 

 the multiarticulate character of the flagellar. — 5. On the Toxoglossate 

 Mollusca of New Zealand. By Captain F. W. Hutto n, F.G.S. A list with 

 the synonyms and exact localities of the New Zealand species of Pleiirotorna, 

 Drillia, Àfangilia, ClathureUa, Daphnella and Terebrd are here given. — 

 6. Notes descriptive of some rare Port Jackson Fishes. By J.Douglas Ogil- 

 by, Assistant in Zoology, Australian Museum, Sydney. A careful descrip- 

 tion of Pleciropoma nigrorubrum, Cu v. et Val., is given. Also of Exocoetus 

 melanocercus sp. nov.; the name Ammotretis Macleayi, is proposed for the A, 

 zonatiis of Macleay, and some remarks are made on Callionymus calcaraitts, 

 Macleay. The notes and descriptions are from freshly caught specimens. — 

 Mr. Ratte exhibited a Jaw Bone of a Devonian Fish from New South Wales, 

 probably Asterolepis (Australian Museum as Avell as the following) : — A 

 Silicified Fossil Shell, apparently allied to Worthenia. A Detached Siphon 

 of an Orthoceras. There is some doubt about this specimen, as it resembles 

 very much the rare sub-genus Endoceras, Avhich however, is a lower silurian 

 fossil, whilst the fossil exhibited comes from the same limestone beds as 

 Asterolepis, and is therefore Devonian. He also exhibited drawings of the 

 above specimens, of the large Crioceras australe (Chas. Moore), from the 

 Neocomian of Northern Queensland, a sketch of its Septa, and Drawings of 

 two Species of Sanguinolites (?) from New Caledonia, probably Carboniferous. 

 (From the collection of Rev. F. Monrouzier, Noumea. Casts in the Austra- 

 lian Museum.) — Mr. E. P. Ramsey exhibited the following rare birds : — 

 iScenopeus deniirostris, Ramsey, and a new sp. of Colly riocitic la, obtained by 

 Mr. Boyer Bower at Cairns, Queensland ; also a fine specimen of Lop/iorina 

 superba from the Astrolabe Ranges, in New Guinea. Also the anterior por- 

 tion of the skull containing the premaxillaries and two front incisors com- 

 plete of a new extinct marsupial, allied to the wombat, but quite distinct 

 from the genus Phascolomys . The portion exhibited indicated an animal at 

 least twice the size of any known fossil or recent species. The two upper 

 incisors are worn away in a similar oblique manner to that exhibited in the 

 new genus Sceparnodon. — Mr. Ramsay read an interesting letter from Sir 

 Richard Owen, relating to the discovery of the mode of reproduction of the 

 Monotremes and to Sir Richard's recent notes on the subject, which will be 

 published in full in the Proceedings. 



IV. Personal-NotizeD. 



Necrolog. 



Am 8. Mai starb in Bonn Dr. Carl Justus Andrae, Palaeontolog, lang- 

 jähriger Herausgeber der Verhandlungen des naturhistorischen Vereins der 

 preuß. Rheinlande, 60 Jahre alt. 



Druclc von lireitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig. 



