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the first pair only , or of the last pair only, or of all or only some of the 

 pairs with the exception of the first. I. P. Leuckarti ^ Sang., var. typica [P. 

 Leuckarti, Sang., non auct. ; P. insignis, Dendy). With 14 pairs of walking 

 legs. No accessory tooth. New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. 2. P.Leu- 

 ckarti, Sang., var. occiclentalis. With 15 pairs of walking legs. No accessory 

 tooth. West Australia (Mr. A. M. Lea). 3. P. Leuckarti, Sang., var. orien- 

 talis [P. Leuckarti y Sang., auct., non Sänger). With 15 pairs of walking 

 legs. With one or more accessory teeth. Viviparous. Queensland, New South 

 Wales. [4. The Victorian Peripatus described by Dr. Dendy as P. oviparus. 

 Victoria and Tasmania (probably — for a specimen in the Macleay Museum).] 

 — 3) Description oî Peripatus ovipams. By A. Dendy, D.Sc. , F.L.S. In 

 the light of the knowledge gained from the translation of Sanger's descrip- 

 tion of P. Leuckarti, already referred to, and the consequent necessary re- 

 vision of the nomenclature at present in use, the author deals at length with 

 the larger Victorian Peripatus which he proposes to call P. ovipartis. No 

 viviparous females with fifteen pairs of legs have yet been found in Vic- 

 toria. Eggs showing no appearance of embryos have been met with in both 

 the middle and last portions of the oviducts , in number varying from 3 — 8 

 in one oviduct, and 3 — 9 in the other. The egg-envelope is regarded as 

 consisting of three membranes: 1. a thin vitelline membrane; 2. next a very 

 thick membrane apparently formed as a secretion in the thick-walled part of 

 the oviduct ; and 3. externally a thin transparent membrane outside the 

 thick one , and probably secreted by the walls of the triangular sac at the 

 base of the ovipositor. Even at the time of laying eggs showed no sign of 

 contained embryos. The period of development is believed to be lengthy, 

 as much as a year and five months in one case under observation. — 4) No- 

 tes on the Sub -Family Brachyscelinae , with Descriptions of New Species. 

 By W. W. Froggatt. This paper comprises notes upon the classification 

 and systematic position of the gall-making Coccids, some corrections in the 

 earlier descriptions of Brachyscelis Thorntoni^ together with descriptions of 

 three new species proposed to be called B. dipsaciformis , B. sessilis, and B. 

 rosiformis. — 5) On a Fiddler Ray [Try gonorhina fasciata) with abnormal 

 Pectoral Fins. By J. P. Hill, F.L.S. The specimen observed, a young male 

 26-9 cm long, presents a striking appearance by reason of the anterior por- 

 tion of each pectoral fin being separated from the head by a wide and deep 

 notch. The significance of the abnormality is discussed at some length. — 

 Mr. Brazier exhibited a varied collection of zoological and botanical spe- 

 cimens found by F. C. Brazier at Nelson Bay Beach (Bronte) , Waverly, 

 during the southerly gales of April 11 — 13th last, comprising Sepia apama. 

 Gray, common; S. elongata^ Orb., rare, one imperfect specimen; S. capetisis, 

 Orb., thirty specimens; S. australis, Orb., eight specimens in very fair con- 

 dition; laiithina caerulata, Reeve, two hundred living specimens ; I. fragilis. 

 Lam., eight living specimens; Spirula Peroni , Lam., five imperfect speci- 

 mens, with portion of the animal attached to the shells; Lepas Hilli, Leach, 

 on Sepia apama, Gray, on slag from furnace fires, and a large nut from Pa- 

 cific Islands; L. pectinata, Spengler, on Spirula Peroni, Sepia capensis, laii- 

 thina caerulata, on corks, pieces of packing cases, and slag from furnace 

 fires; three species of fishes; two species of crabs; numerous specimens of 

 candle nuts Aleurites trilobata] and the fruit probably of Barring tonia speciosa. 

 Drnch von Breitkopt' & Härtel in Leipzig. 



