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 II. MittheiluDgen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



July 28th, 1S98. — 1) Revision of the Australian Curculionidae belonging 

 to the subfamily Cryptorhynchides. Part ii. By Arthur M. Lea. Four new 

 genera are proposed, of which three are founded on species referred by Mr. 

 Pascoe to Poropterus] and four genera allied to Poropterus are re-described. 

 These comprehend a total of thirty-one species which receive attention, fifteen 

 of them being described as new. — 2) Descriptions of new Mollusca from 

 Victoria. By J. Brazier, F.L.S. Four species referable to the genera Conus, 

 Cohimhella {Mitrella .^ Lucina [Codahia,^ and Tellina [Striyella] are described 

 as new. Hah. — San Remo. — 3) Botanical. — 4) Revision of the Genus 

 Paropsis. Part iii. By Rev. T. Blackburn, B.A., Corresponding Member. In 

 this paper the author takes in hand the species forming Group vi. of the 

 classification propounded in an earlier paper (P. L.S.N. S.W. 1896. p. 638); 

 and three subgroups are dealt with. In addition to critical remarks and 

 tabulations, descriptions of thirteen new species are given. — Mr. D. G. 

 Stead exhibited a beautiful preparation of a gastropod (//yf/a^r«a/j//ys/s, Linn.) 

 and its spiral ribbons of eggs, found in a rock-pool at Manly in January last. 

 Molluscan ova are often to be met with, but unfortunately in very many cases 

 without any satisfactory clue to the species to which they belong. In the 

 present instance the animal was obtained in the act of oviposition. The ova 

 much resemble those of an Aplysia figured by Rang. — Mr. Fletcher 

 exhibited for Mr. J. H. Rose, of Warialda, a specimen of the handsome 

 longicorn, Rhytiphora Rosei, OllifF, from near Warialda, N.S.W., but few 

 specimens of which have as yet been met with. Also a specimen of a little 

 known frog, also from near Warialda, presenting slight colour difi^erences 

 from, but apparently correctly referable to, Chiroleptes brevipes, Peters, hitherto 

 only known from the type specimen from Queensland. It appears to be a 

 burrower, of exceedingly retiring habits, the very few specimens so far seen 

 having been found in long grass after rain. 



III. Personal -Notizen. 



Cambridge, Mass. Prof. Alexander Agassiz hat seine Stellung als 

 Director und Curator des Museum of Comparative Zoology am Harvard 

 College niedergelegt. Die Leitung liegt nun in den Händen eines, aus Dr. 

 H. P. Wallcott und Prof. Geo. L. Goodale bestehenden Comité's. 



London. Zum Nachfolger des aus Gesundheitsrücksichten sich zurück- 

 ziehenden Sir Will. Flower als Director der naturhistorischen Abtheilung 

 des British Museum ist Prof. E. Ray Lankester gewählt worden. 



Necrolog. 



Der Todestag And. Joh. Malmgren's (s. Z. A. 1897. p. 512) ist der 

 12. April 1897. 



Am 7. August starb auf seiner Besitzung, Chateau d'Argeville à Vernon 

 (Seine-et-Marne), der langjährige Herausgeber des Journal der Conchyliologie, 

 Mr. Jos. Charl. Hippolyte Crosse, im Alter von 71 Jahren. 



Druck von Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig. 



