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of Mr. Theodore Sauzier, had been by him entrusted to them for determi- 

 nation. The collection contained examples of the atlas, metacarpals, pre- 

 pelvic vertebra , and complete pubic bones of the Dodo , which had before 

 been wanting, as well as additional remains of Lophopsittacus , Aphanapieryx, 

 and other forms already known to have inhabited Mauritius. Besides these 

 there were bones of other birds, the existence of which had not been suspec- 

 ted, and among them of the following, now described as new : Strix (?) sau- 

 zieri, Astur alphonsi, Butorides mauritianus, Plotiis nanus ^ Sarcidiornis mauri- 

 tianus , and Anas theodori^ the whole adding materially to the knowledge of 

 the original fauna of Mauritius. — Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.Z.S., gave an 

 account of a collection of Mammals from Nyassa-land, transmitted by Mr. 

 H. H, Johnston, C.B., F.Z.S., under whose directions they had been ob- 

 tained by Mr. Alexander Whyte, F.Z.S. — Dr. Günther, F.R.S., read a 

 paper descriptive of a Collection of Reptiles and Batrachians from Nyassa- 

 land , likewise transmitted by Mr. Johnston , and containing examples of 

 several remarkable new species, amongst which were three new Chameleons, 

 proposed to be called Chamaeleon isabelUnus , Rhamphole.on platyceps. and R. 

 brachyurus. — Mr. E,. Lydekker, F.Z.S., read a memoir on some Zeuglo- 

 dont and other Cetacean Remains from the Tertiaries of the Caucasus. — 

 Mr. Martin Jacob y read the descriptions of some new genera and new spe- 

 cies of Phytophagous Coleoptera from Madagascar. — P. L. Sclater, 

 Secretary. 



3. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



September 28th, 1892. — 1) Botanical. — 2) Notes on the Family 

 Braehyscelidae, with some Account of their Parasites, and with Descriptions 

 of New Species, Part I. By Walter W. Froggatt, Technological Museum. 

 In this paper the author gives a general account of the gall-making Coccids, 

 belonging to Schrader's genus Brachyscelis. He redescribes all that writer's 

 species, and adds descriptions of eight new species obtained from various 

 parts of Australia. He also describes several Hymenopterous insects (fam. 

 Chalcididae) , parasitic upon the galls and their inmates , and gives some 

 account of a number of coleoptera belonging to the families Curctilonidae 

 and Cleridae , whose larvae either feed on the thick woody galls or on the 

 inmates thereof. — Mr. H e die y wished it to be noted that he now regards 

 the shell, jointly figured and described (P.L.S.N.S.W. [2J , VI. p. 558) by 

 Mr. Musson and himself under the name of Pupa anodonta , as a second 

 species of the genus Heterocyclus, instituted by Crosse (Journ. de Conch. 

 Vol. XX. 1872. p. 156) for the reception of H. perroquini , Crosse, from 

 New Caledonia. This genus is considered by Fischer (Manuel de Conchy- 

 liologie, p. 735) equivalent to Lyogyrus, a member of the Valvatidae. — Mr. 

 Froggatt exhibited a large series of mounted specimens of the Brachyscelid 

 Coccids and galls mentioned in his paper, together with a number of the 

 parasites. — Mr. Ollif f also showed a fine collection of Brachyscelid galls, 

 with which he proposed to deal at a future meeting. 



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