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6) On new Genera and Species of Fishes. By J. Douglas Ogilb y. — Three 

 new genera and three species of fishes are described, viz.: Scoleccnchelys (for 

 Muraenichthys australis, Mel,), Myropterura for a new myroid Eel [M. laticau- 

 (lafa , from Fiji), and Goodella for a small fish from Maroubra, which is 

 referred to the Synodontidae^ and named G. hypozona\ the third species is an 

 ophicthyoid Eel, and is named BascanicJithys hunhona. A pair of cestracion 

 jaws taken from a specimen caught off Manly are also described; and atten- 

 tion is drawn to its distinctness from Heterndontus Phillipi and Gyroplettrodus 

 yaleafus, and its resemblance in the increased number and narrowness of the 

 whorls of molariform teeth, and their strong carination, to Gyropleiirodus 

 Qifoyi. — Mr. W, W. Froggatt exhibited portions of vine stakes covered 

 with scars cut by Cicadas in which their eggs were deposited; each scar con- 

 tained about 16 eggs forming a double row, and almost every stake in dozens 

 of vineyards round Minto and Liverpool was covered with several cuts; the 

 eggs had not developed, probably because they were deposited in dry wood. 

 Also, on behalf of Mr. Gilbert Turner, a named collection of Ants from 

 Mackay, Queensland, in illustration of a paper read at the last meeting. — 

 Mr. Waterhouse exhibited a collection of Lepidoptera in illustration of 

 his paper. Also examples of Pamphila augiades^ Feld., showing varieties 

 among the females. — Mr. E, R. Waite exhibited a living example of a 

 dark variety of the Sydney Bush Rat [Mus arboricola, W, S. Mac!.). In this 

 specimen the parts usually of a brown colour are a dark grey, the longer 

 hairs being black. It greatly resembles typical examples of Mus rattus^ but 

 may be externally distinguished by the longer ears and white under parts 

 Also shells of the introduced Helix aspersa^ from the Society's garden, lent 

 by Mr. Fletcher as a sample of large numbers so treated, in which the soft 

 parts had been extracted by the rats J in all cases the apex of the shell had 

 been attacked, the lip being untouched. — Mr. Ogilby exhibited the jaws 

 and the small fish, Goodella hypozona, mentioned in his paper; and also a 

 specimen of a young Conger [heptocephalus labiatus) in the Helmictis stage. 

 — Mr. Rainbow, through the kindness of Mr. Henry Deane, exhibited a 

 second specimen of the beautiful spider, Ac tenopus formo stis^ Rainbow [P.L. 

 S.N.S.W. 1896, p. 328], forwarded by Mr. A. G. Little, of Menindie. — 

 Mr. Brazier exhibited for Edwin H. R. Brazier a specimen of Hawksbill 

 Turtle [Chelonia imlricata) obtained alive by him at Nelson Bay, Waverley, 

 during the easterly gale of June 14, 1897. This is the first record of the 

 species so far south, its usual habitat being Torres Straits, Solomon Islands, 

 and the Line Islands. Also a specimen of Planaxis mollis^ Sowb., with the 

 whorls tabled below the suture which has the appearance of being canalicu- 

 lated, more like an Eburna; obtained at Coogee, 30 years ago. 



III. Personal -Notizen. 



Necrolog. 



Am 27. August starb in Graz Dr. Felix Geo. Herm. August Mojsi- 

 sovics Edi. von Mojsvar, Professor der Zoologie an der technischen Hoch- 

 schule, Privadocent an der Grazer Universität und Custos der zoolog. 

 Abtheilung des »Johanneum« in Graz. 



Druck von Breitkopf Ä Hfirtel in Leipzig. 



