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versity of Sydney. The subject of this paper is a curious parasitic worm which 

 lives under the skin and between the muscles of the golden frog. It appears 

 to be the scolex stage of some unknown tape-worm, probably allied to Ligula, 

 distinguished from ordinary scolices by the elongated, solid, segmented form. 

 — 2) Description of a Luminous Dipterous Insect (Fam. Mycetophilidae) from 

 New Zealand. By Frederick A. A. Skuse, Entomologist to the Australian 

 Museum. In this paper the imago form of the luminous larva originally dis- 

 covered by Mr, Meyrick (Entom. Mon. Mag., 1886) in Wellington, New 

 Zealand^ and since investigated and reared by Mr. G. V. Hudson, of Wel- 

 lington, N.Z., is described. The insect, as asserted by Baron Osten-Sacken 

 (Ent. Mon. Mag. XXIII, p. 133), belongs to the Mycetophilidae, and is now 

 described as Bolitophila luminosa. According to Mr. Hudson's observations 

 on the life-history of this insect, the imago is highly luminous, brighter than 

 the pupa, but not nearly so bright as the full-grown larva. — 3) Contri- 

 butions to a more exact knowledge of the Geographical Distribution of 

 Australian Batrachia. No. I. By J. J. Fletcher, M.A., B.Sc. While the 

 broad facts relating to the geographical distribution of Australian Batrachia 

 are fairly well know, much yet remains to be learnt respecting details, espe- 

 cially in regard to inland forms, since the species were originally described 

 chiefly as they came to hand and without reference to the general batrachian 

 fauna of the particular localities from which the types came, and with very 

 few exceptions from coastal habitats. As a first contribution towards a more 

 detailed knowledge, three fairly complete collections are herein recorded from 

 Dunoon, Richmond River (12 species) ; Guntawang, near Mudgee (13 species); 

 and Dandaloo, Bogan River (10 species); and comparisons are instituted bet- 

 ween the Batrachia of these localities and those of Port Jackson, the Blue 

 Mountains, and Illawarra. — Mr. Skuse exhibited a specimen oi Bolito- 

 phila luminosa, described in his paper. Also, specimens of the galls of Ceci- 

 domyia Frauenfeldi, Sch., described by Dr. Schiner (Novara-Exp., Bd. II., 

 p. 7) in 1868, from Narrabeen Lagoon, Port Jackson. The species, which 

 was originally discovered by Herr v. Frauenfeld, is, in a note attached to 

 the description of the species, stated to have been bred from a species of 

 Melaleuca. It has now been ascertained that the plant in question is Lepto- 

 spermum laevigatum, and not a Melaleuca. — Mr. Palmer exhibited and 

 pointed out some of the peculiar characters of a number of living insect lar- 

 vae (including Myrmeleo sp.); and also two species of Coccinella, one phyllo- 

 phagous (infesting Curcurbitaceae) , the other aphidivorous. 



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Necrolog. 



Am 3. Juli starb in Cardiff Professor William Kitchen Parker, der 

 bekannte ausgezeichnete Morpholog. Er war am 23. Juni 1823 in Dogs- 

 thorpe bei Peterborough geboren. 



Am 11. October starb in Newcastle- on -Ty ne John Hancock, 

 84 Jahre alt, bekannt als tüchtiger Ornitholog. 



Druck Yon Broitkopf & Ilartel in Leipzig. 



