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The author believed the specimen exhibited to be the only one of the kind 

 in existence. — Mr. C. M. Woodford made some remarks on the fauna of 

 the Solomon Islands ; and exhibited a large number of photographs in illu- 

 stration of his remarks and of his recent explorations in these islands. — 

 A communication was read from Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, C.M.Z.S., entitled 

 ,, Contributions to the Study oi H eloderma suspec turn"' , containing a complete 

 account of the osteology and anatomy of this venomous Lizard. A list of the 

 literature on the subject was added. — Dr. A. Günther, F.R.S., read the 

 description of a new species of Deep-sea Fish from the Cape [Lophotes Fisici), 

 based on a specimen sent to the British Museum by the Rev. G. H. R. Fisk, 

 C.M.Z.S. — Mr. Edgar A. Smith, F.Z.S., read a report on the Marine Mol- 

 luscan Fauna of the Island of St. Helena, based principally on a large series 

 of specimens collected by Capt. Turton, R.E., and presented to the British 

 Museum. — A second paper by Mr. Edgar A. Smith contained a report on 

 the Marine Mollusca of Ascension Island. — P. L. S dater, Secretary. 



2. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



26th February, 1890. — 1) Descriptions of hitherto unrecorded Austra- 

 lian Plants, with additional Phytographic Notes. By Baron von Mueller, 

 K.C.M.G., M. and Ph.D., F.R.S. Four new species of plants from Western 

 Australia are herein described under the names Baronia Adamsiana, Portu- 

 laca cyclophylla, Acacia Merralli^ and Hydrocotyle corynophora\ and in addi- 

 tion notes on the geographical distribution of allied species of each of them 

 are given. The Baron also points out that the genus Hausemannia, established 

 1887 by Schumann in Engler's Bot. Jahrbücher, p. 201, must be reduced 

 to Albizzia. In first instance from imperfect material, simply pinnate leaves 

 were attributed to that genus by its author, who, however, has corrected 

 this in a publication of 1889 (Flora von Kaiser Wilhelm's Land, p. 103), 

 where the leaves are described as doubly pinnate. Not to destroy the dedi- 

 cation, the H. glabra should now be called Albizzia Hatisemanni, the other 

 species, viz., H. mollis and H. hrevipes simply changing the generic name. 

 In the same manner Affonsea juglandifolia, A. comosa, and A. bullaia, become 

 merely transferred to Inga. The various extent in plurality of pistils within 

 the genus Albizzia has been demonstrated in 1888 in the 13th decade of the 

 , , Iconography of Australian Acacias and Cognate Genera" . If, for the species, 

 of Albizzia bearing flowers with more than one pistil, a generic separation is 

 to be maintained, then the name Archidendron would take precedence. — 

 2) A Revision of the Genus Ogyris, with the Description of a New Species. 

 By W. H. Miskin, F.E.S. — 3) Descriptions of hitherto undescribed 

 Australian Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) principally Lycaenidae. By W. H. 

 Miskin, F.E.S. The author proposes sixteen species as new, referable to 

 the genera Mycalesis, Chvijsophanus, Danis, Lycaena, Lycaenesthes, Hylochila, 

 lalmenus and Amblypodia ; and he gives particulars respecting three species 

 [Lucia lucanus, Fabr., Chrysophanus aurifer, Blanch., and Lycaena lineata, 

 Mur.) previously only imperfectly known, or about which there has been 

 some confusion. — 4) Diptera of Australia. Part VIII. Tipulidae-longi- 

 palpi. By Frederick A, A. Skuse. About fifty species belonging to this di- 

 vision of the Tipulidae are described, nearly two-thirds of the number being 



