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Boulenger exhibited and made remarks on a series of living specimens of 

 Tortoises of the genus Homopus from tlie Cape Colony, lately received by the 

 Society from the Rev. G. H. R. Fisk, C.M.Z.S. — P. L. S dater, Secretary. 



2. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



26*^ December, 1888. — 1) Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepi- 

 doptera. Part XV. Oecophoridae (continued). By E. Meyrick, B.A., 

 F.E.S. This contribution concludes the series of papers dealing with the 

 Oecophoridae, and comprises the descriptions of about 170 new species, 

 bringing up the known Australian species of the family to about 750, whilst 

 less than 100 are known from the rest of the world. — 2) On Simple 

 Striated Muscular Fibres. By W. A. Haswell, M.A., D.Sc, Lecturer in 

 Biology, Sydney University. A comprehensive study of striated muscular 

 tissue, as it is exhibited throughout the various classes of the animal king- 

 dom, leads the author to the conclusion that two main types are distinguish- 

 able among the muscular fibres which are generally classed together as 

 striated — namely simple and compound. This paper accordingly contains 

 observations on the structure and distribution of the first of these, or the 

 simple type of muscular fibres. — 3) Jottings from the Biological Laboratory 

 of Sydney University. By W. A. Haswell, M.A., D.Sc. No. X. On 

 Sacculina infesting Australian Crabs. No. XL On a method of preparing 

 Blastoderms of the Fowl. No. XII. Note on Urolnplms tcstaceus. — 4) Dip- 

 tera of Australia. Part V. — The Culicidae. By Frederick A. A. Skuse. 

 Twenty-eight species are treated of in this paper, whereof eighteen are new; 

 while one species which is wide-spread in the country is regarded as intro- 

 duced. The whole are distributed amongst the following genera: — Megar- 

 rhina (1), Cxdex (22), Anopheles (4), dina Aedes [\) . Culex camp/or /ii/ncàus, 

 Thorn., is considered synonymous with C. alhoannulatus, Macq. Of the total 

 seven species of Culex, and one each of Anojyheles, Aedes, and Mtgarrhma^ 

 are prevalent in Sydney. — 5) Notes on the Synonymy and Distribution of 

 Australian Palaeichthyes. Part I. By J. Douglas Ogilby, F.L.S. Mr. 

 Ogilby here enumerates twenty- two species of Australian Palaeichthyes, three 

 of which are new to our waters, and two others are doubtful. He remarks 

 on the constitution of family groups, which he considers should be greatly 

 modified, makes several changes in synonymy, and strongly insists on the 

 strict observance of the »law of priority«. He complains of the difficulty of 

 obtaining accurate information as to the distribution of species. — 0) A List 

 of the Birds found in the County of Cumberland, N.S.W. By A. J. North , 

 F.L.S. About 220 species are here recorded, together with ten others which 

 can only be regarded as stragglers. — Mr. Sidney OUiff sent for exhibition 

 a beautiful Noctuid of the genus Phyllodes, nearly allied to the Amboynese 

 P. conspicillator, Cram., which he proposed to call P. Mri/ricki. One speci- 

 men from Mount Bellenden-Ker, Queensland, has been in the collection of 

 the Australian Museum for some time, and more recently a specimen was 

 received from Mr. C. French for identification, but without information as to 

 its exact habitat. — Mr. Whitelegge exhibited a specimen of an earth- 

 worm [Allolobophora turgida. Eisen) with two tails, found at Summer Hill. 



Drnck Ton Breitkopf t lUrtel in Leipzig. 



