595 



(laß in die Gattung Arten verschiedenen Ursprungs eingereiht worden 

 sind, und daß sie demnach eigentlich in zwei Gattungen zu zerlegen 

 wäre. Um dieses zu entscheiden, ist aber besseres Material von Nöthen, 

 als dasjenige, was mir bisher zur Verfügung gestanden. Fig. 22 be- 

 zweckt, meine Auffassung von der Phylogenie der hier besprochenen 

 Gattungen zu veranschaulichen. 



2. Notiz. 



Von Charles F. Rousselet, London. 



eingeg. 2. November 1898. 



Zur No. 571 des Zoologischen Anzeigers p. 556 möchte ich mir die 

 Bemerkung erlaviben, daß das neue Räderthier des Herrn A. Skori- 

 kow schon seit 1893 durch Herrn Dr. E. v. Dad a y unter dem Namen 

 Motiostyla lamellata hekdinni geworden ist, in seinem Aufsatze: Bei- 

 träge zur Kenntnis der Mikrofauna der Natronwässer des Alföldes, in 

 Math.-Naturw^ Ber. aus Ungarn Bd. XL 1893. 



London, W., 27. Great Castle Street, 3ü. Oct. 1898. 



II. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



August 31st, 1898. — 1) Contributions to a Knowledge of the Fauna 

 of British New Guinea. No. i. Communicated by T. Steel. F.C.S., F.L.S. 

 This communication consists of a number of papers by various authors 

 describing a collection sent to Mr. Steel from Fife Bay, New Guinea, by the 

 Rev. H. P. Schlencker. The only form new to science is a snake described 

 by Mr. J. Douglas Ogilby as Dendrelaphis SchUnckeri. Mr. T. Whitelegge 

 notes the occurrence of a shrimp, Palaemon affinis^ not previously recorded 

 for New Guinea, Amongst the lizards, Gehyra oceanica, Gymnodactylus pcla- 

 gicus and Lepidodactyliis higribris are recorded, apparently for the first time 

 from New Guinea, by Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc, while several other 

 species, including the interesting form Homolepida englishi^ described in 1890 

 by De Vis, are now recorded for the second time. — 2) New Genera and 

 Species of Fishes. By J. Douglas Ogilby. In this paper there are described 

 as new a xiphiodontid, Eucentronotus Zieizi, g. et sp. n.; two species of Silurids, 

 Arius proximus, and A. Stirlingi\ a genus of Plotosids, Endorrhis] two Pleuro- 

 nectids, Arnoglossus Fisoni and Paralichthys novae-carrihriae', and a small fish, 

 the position of which is uncertain, for which the name Creedia clathrisquamis 

 is proposed. The eels hitherto grouped under the name Congermuraena are 

 reviewed, and it is pointed out that these are referable to three genera — 

 Congermuraena, Kaup, (type hahenata), Congrellus gen. nov. (type balearicus), 

 and Bathycongrus , gen. nov. (type nasicus). One new species, Congrellus 

 ßjiensis, is described, and two new names, Congermuraena saneti-pauli and 

 Congrellus Gilberti, are proposed. — 3) On the Echinoderm Fauna of New 

 Zealand. By H. Farquhar. The Echinoderm fauna of New Zealand, as at 



