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[H. cremäata) having much resemblance to Lamprima, but with a broad 

 prosternum and distant forelegs. — 4. A List of the Cucnjidae of Australia, 

 with notes and descriptions of new species. By A. Sidney Olliff , Assistant- 

 Zoologist, Australian Museum. In this paper which is a preliminary con- 

 tribution towards a monograph of the family, 14 species are added to the 

 Australian fauna. Ten new species are described, including five belonging 

 to the genus Laemophloeus. A fine new Brontes from Port Darwin and the 

 Richmond River, measuring 14 mm in length, is characterized under the 

 name of B. Macleayi. It is distinguished from all the Australian species of 

 the genus by its rather convex elytra, and in having the prothorax wàth the 

 anterior angles very prominent, and the sides feebly serrate. A table show- 

 ing the geographical distribution of the species is added. — 5. Description 

 of some new Fishes from Port Jackson. By J. Do uglas-Ogilby , Assi- 

 stant Zoologist, Australian Museum. Four fishes are here described — a 

 new genus and species of Blenniidae — Petraites heptaolus, also Plaiycepha- 

 lus macrodoii, Per eis nova-cambria, and Latris Ramsat/i, the latter remarkable 

 in its want of villiform teeth. — 6. Note on Neoanthias Guntheri, Cast. By 

 J. Douglas-Ogilby, Assistant Zoologist, Australian Museum. Mr. Ogilby 

 regards Neoanthias Guntheri and Antkias longimamis as the same, and that 

 they really belong to Schlegels genus Cap7-odon, and should be named Capro- 

 don Schlegeln. — 7 . Notes on the Geology and Water Supply of the interior 

 of New South "Wales. By the Rev. J. Milne Curran, F.G.S. The author 

 points out the conditions under w'hich the plains of the western interior have 

 been formed, explains the river system, or drainage, of the level country, 

 and indicates the sources of the subterranean waters w^hich are met with in 

 the gravel formations generally known as »drifts«. — 8. Botanical. — 

 9. Notes on a Medusa from the tropical Pacific. By R. von Lendenfeld, 

 Ph.D. Two specimens of Liriope rosacea Gegenb., were lately procured and 

 examined by Dr. Lendenfeld. This Medusa had not been observed since it 

 was described many years ago by Eschscholtz. — 10. Contributions to the 

 Zoology of New Guinea. Notes on Birds from the Astrolabe Range, with 

 descriptions of some new species. By E. P. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., etc. In 

 this paper two new forms of Paradise birds, Parotia Laivesii and Lophorina 

 superba minor, are described. The former differing chiefly from its ally from 

 Mount Arfak in the form of the frontal crest, and olive coloured shield — 

 the latter chiefly in size, measurements of specimens from both districts are 

 given. The remaining portion of the paper gives a list of species hitherto 

 only recorded from Mount Arfak. — 11. Description of a new species of 

 Colb/riocincla , from Queensland. By E. P. R amsay , F.R.S.E., etc. The 

 species described is from Cairns District, Northern Queensland, and is 

 named C. Boweri. — Mr. C. S. Wilkinson, F.G.S. , exhibited a collec- 

 tion of recent shells, which had been obtained at depths of from 24 to 60 

 feet in sinking through the estuarine deposits of the Stockton, and Bullock 

 Island and Wickham Coal Pits, and the Harbour Works near Newcastle. 

 At a depth of 55 feet at Stockton a piece of wood 3 feet long and 1 foot 

 thick was also found. Some of the specimens were collected by Mr. John 

 Mackenzie, F.G.S., Mr. Cecil Darley, CE., and Mr. J. Rossiter. One of 

 the shells Mr. Brazier stated does not now live upon the Newcastle Coast, 

 but it exists in Tasmania. A collection of shells from a similar deposit at 

 the Maryville Colliery was exhibited before the Society a few months ago by 



