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rainfall of the present year on the Lower Lachlan has induced several species 

 of birds to breed in the district contrary to the author s experience of pre- 

 vious years, and among them the Glossy Ibis, two nests of which with eggs 

 of a beautiful greenish-blue colour somewhat resembling those of Ardea 

 Novae- Hollandiae but much brighter, were found in October and November. — 

 2) Botanical. — 3) On Queensland Macro-Lepidoptera, with Localities and 

 Descriptions of new Species. By Thomas P. Lucas, M.R.C.S.E., L.ll.C.P. 

 Ed. Forty-one species belonging to various families are proposed as new, 

 and new localities are given for about ninety-five other species. — Mr. Skuse 

 exhibited specimens of Diptera as follows: — 1) Cecidomyidae bred from 

 small brown scale-like discolorations occurring very numerously on the leaves 

 of Eucalyptus corymbosa common about Sydney; 2) another species bred from 

 globular, valvate, gaUs found on the hill-pine [Frencla Endlicheri) near Wagga 

 Wagga, N.S.W.; 3) specimens of a species oï Phora bred from the larvae of 

 Oiketicus elongatus, Saund. — Mr. Froggatt showed the following exhibits: 

 — 1) a specimen of a case-moth Oikeiiaus elongatus, Saund., together with a 

 number of specimens of parasitic Hymenoptera [Hockeria sp., Fam. Chal- 

 cididae) bred from a batch of dipterous larvae [2 achina sp.), similar to those 

 exhibited by Mr. Skuse at the September Meeting, parasitic upon the case- 

 moth; 2) specimens of parasitic Hymenoptera (Fam. Braconidae) which 

 destroy the caterpillars of Teara tristis ; 3) a family of the young caterpillars 

 of a case-moth [Oiketicus Hilhneri, Saund.), which when hatched a fortnight 

 ago were little active black caterpillars, and immediately commenced to make 

 their cases out of any suitable material that came to hand. — The President 

 exhibited a number of parasitic Nematode worms [Ascaris sp.), from the ali- 

 mentary canal of the brown snake [Diemenia siiperciliosa) , obtained and for- 

 warded by Mr. McCooey. 



IV. Personal -Notizen. 



Necrolog. 



Am 7, October 1S89 starb in Sydney Julian Tenison Woods, be- 

 kannter Geolog und Zoolog. 



Am 22. November 1889 starb in Wien Dr. Franz Low, der verdienst- 

 volle Entomolog, besonders bekannt durch seine Psylliden- und Cocciden- 

 Arbeiten. 



Am 2. December 1889 starb in Remiremont J. B. Gè hin, 7 9 Jahre 

 alt; er war besonders als Caraben-Kenner bekannt und geschätzt. 



Am 3. December 1889 starb in Dublin Prof. William Ramsay McNab, 

 45 Jahre alt, ein Botaniker, welcher sich auch um die Kenntnis der britischen 

 Coleopteren Verdienste erworben hat. 



Am 21. December 1889 starb in Tübingen Professor Friedr. Aug. 

 Quenstedt, geb. am 9. Juli 1809 in Eisleben, der vortreffliche Geolog 

 und Palaeontolog. 



Druck von Broitkupf k ll.irtol iu Li>ip/,i|;. 



