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Australia (Mr. Wild) and the Northern Territory (Dr. and Mrs. Bovili). — 

 5) On Mollusca trawled off Merimbula, N.S.W. By John Brazier, F.L.S., 

 &c. The following seven'species are recorded. — Cassis pyrimi, Lam.; Myo- 

 chama anomioides, Stutch.; Vetius [C/n'one] roboraia, Hani.; l^emis [Timoclea] 

 galUnula, Lam.; Cytherea [Callista] rutila. Sow.; Crassatella Kingicola, Lam.: 

 and Pirtuncidus Grayanus, Dunk. The specimens were trawled in seventeen 

 fathoms by Mr. F. W. Smithers, Inspector of N.S.W. Fisheries. The only 

 species of special interest is the Crassatella, w^hich has not hitherto been re- 

 corded from the New South Wales coast. — 6) On the further structure of 

 Cnnularia inorvata, Dana, and Hyolithes lanceolatus, Morris, sp. [= Theca 

 lanceolata, Morris). By K,. Etheridgc, jun. Specimens of Comdaria iìwr- 

 nata, collected by Mr. J. Waterhouse, M.A., show that at the summit or 

 proximal end the sides of the cone were inwardly inflected, forming a con- 

 tracted aperture, similar to the condition so far noticed in a few other species 

 of the genus. The operculum of Hyolithes lanreolatus, formerly known as 

 Theca lanceolata, had not hitherto been known, but examples of this shell 

 obtained by the same collector exhibit this organ in situ, and have also en- 

 abled a fuller diagnosis of the species to be given. Locality : East Maitland 

 Coal Company's Shaft near Farley. — 7) Diptera of Australia. Part VIL 

 The Tipididae brevipalpi. By Frederick A, A. Skuse. In the present paper 

 more than one hundred species belonging to this division of the Tipulidae 

 are described, distributed as follows : — Limiiohhia (genera, Dic7-anomyia, 

 Thrypticnmyia [g. n.l, Geranomyia, Limnobia, Trochobola and LibnotesW Lim- 

 nobina anomala [Rhamphidia, Orimarga, Leiponeura [g. n.], and Teucholabis): 

 Erioptcrina [Rhypholophiis, Molop/dlus, Tasiocera [g. n.], Erioptera, Trimicra, 

 Gnophomyia, Goìwmyia, Rhahdomastix [g. n.], Lechria [g. n.], Trentepohlia , 

 and Conosia); Limnop/nlina [Limnophila, Gynoplistia, and Cerozodia): and 

 lastly Amalopina [Amaiopis). Of the twenty-three species with which Austra- 

 lia has hitherto been credited, four names (chiefly among the Gpioplistiae' 

 have to be sunk as synonyms, whilst a fifth, Gynoplistia constans, Saund., of 

 Walker's list, seems to be that of an undescribed insect. Six species have 

 been characterised under the generic title Limnobia , but not one of these 

 belongs even to the section which includes that genus. Gynoplistia annnlata, 

 Westw., first described as a native of N. America, is found to be an Australian 

 insect; and Libnotes strigiveiia, Walk., and Conosia irrorata, Wied.. originally 

 described from New Guinea and Java respectively, occur also in this country. 

 The genera Dicrannmyia, Molophilus, Limnophila, and Gynoplistia are largely 

 represented. — 8) Notes on Australian Earthworms. Part VI. By J. J. 

 Fletcher, M.A. , B.Sc. Seven species of Cryptodrilus and Perichaeta from 

 various parts of Eastern Australia are described , together with what is in 

 all probability a species of Acanthodrilus from N.W. Australia, of which 

 numerous but very small and stunted specimens were obtained by Mr. Frog- 

 gatt at the Napier Hange, the only earth-worms met with during about a 

 year's residence in the Kimberley district. An attempt is also made to deal 

 with a number of small perichaete worms from various localities , which are 

 grouped as varieties of species already described ; and some additions and 

 corrections are made to the descriptions of some species of which additional 

 supplies of material have come to hand. — 9) The Osteology and Myology 

 of the Death Adder [Acanthophis antarctica , Wagl.). By W. J. McKay, 

 B.Sc. The author gives a complete account of the bones and muscles of the 



