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Artikel speciell behandeln >vill. Außerdem erwähne ich noch, daß die 

 eine Art durch häufige Exemplare von eiförmiger Gestalt ausge- 

 zeichnet ist, Avobei jedoch das stumpfe Ende eben so häufig den Abo- 

 ral- Avie den Oralpol bildet. 



Meine Seeigel stammen, wie ich hier noch bemerken will, sämnit- 

 lich von der Ostküste von Yorke's Peninsula, aus der Nähe des kleinen 

 Hafenortes Port Vincent. — Möge mir die Hoffnung gestattet sein, 

 daß sich aus der Bearbeitung derselben neue Aufklärungen über den 

 wunderbaren Thierstamm der Echinodermen ergeben Averden, und daß 

 schon durch diese vorläufige Mittheilung andere Forscher sich ange- 

 regt fühlen werden , die von mir aufgeworfenen Fragen an anderen 

 Seeigelarten zu lösen. 



Adelaide, den 2. Juni 1885. 



III. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



29tli April 1885. — 1. Revision of the Genus Lamprima, with descrip- 

 tions of new species. By William Made ay, F.L.S., etc. All of the genus 

 hitherto described are here referred to seven species, and their chief points 

 of difference briefly noticed. Five new species of Lamprima and one of 

 Neolamprima are described, all very well marked species, one Lamprima 

 Muelleri a very large and beautiful insect presented to Mr. Macleay by Mr. 



C. French, of Melbourne, will probably prove to be a new genus. At pre- 

 sent the male is unknown. — 2. Notes on the Zoology of the Maclay-Coast, 

 New Guinea. By N. de Miklouh o-Maclay. This Paper consists of a 

 carefully detailed account and description of a rare species of Macropus, to 

 which the Baron gives the specific name of Tibol, the native name for the 

 animal. A plate accompanies the Paper. — 3. On two new Species of Dor- 

 copsis from the South Coast of New Guinea. By N. de Miklouh o -Mac- 

 lay. This contains descriptions and illustrations of Borcopsis Macleayi and 



D. Beccaria two new species in the Macleay Museum. This brings the 

 number of known species of the genus up to five. — 4. The Australian Spon- 

 ges recently described by Carter. ByR. von Lendenfeld, Ph.D. — Mr. 

 Carter has recently described a great number of Australian Sponges accord- 

 ing to their external appearance and without regard to anatomical structure. 

 As these descriptions are short and not illustrated, and are moreover unac- 

 companied by any reference to the work of others in the same field. 

 Dr. Lendenfeld has in the present Paper endeavoured to identify Carter's 

 species with others previously described by Marshall, Selenka, and himself. 

 — 5. Botanical. — 6. Notes on the habits of Falco mhniqer and Glareola 

 grallaria. By K. H. Bennett, Esq. These notes contain much original in- 

 formation on the nidification and general habits of these two birds. The 



