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2. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



May 29th, 1901. — 1) Botanical. — 2) Revision of the Genus Paropsis. 

 Part VI. By Rev. T. Blackburn, B.A. , Corr. Memb. This part concludes 

 the present revisionai study of the genus, and treats of the species forming 

 Groups I., IL, and V., as characterised in the first Part (Proc. Linn, Sec. 

 N.S.W. 1896, p. 638). Nineteen species are described as new. — 3) and 

 4) Botanical. — Mr. D. G. Stead exhibited a beautiful preparation of coral 

 polyps collected from Shark Island, Port Jackson. Also some aboriginal 

 relics which he had discovered in December last, buried in a cave at the top 

 of a midden on the shores of Port Hacking. — Mr. Froggatt exhibited 

 specimens oï Idolothrips spcc/rtmi^ ISewm..^ the largest known ïhrips. The 

 insects are plentiful at the present time among dead leaves, and can be 

 obtained by shaking dead bushes over a net. — Prof. Tate contributed a 

 Note on the nomenclature of a Port Jackson mollusc, Cingulina Brazteri^ 

 Angas, a species which has long resisted recognition. Specimens recently 

 collected by Mr. Hedley seem to show that the species should be referred to 

 the genus Ter ehr a. — Mr. S. J. Johnston exhibited specimens and contri- 

 buted a Note on a collection of lizards procured by Mr. A. F, Finckh of the 

 Sydney University, on Lizard Island, during his visit to the Barrier Reef in 

 the early part of this year. Four species, re])resented by about thirty-five 

 specimens are recorded, namely, Lygosoma pardalis, Macl., L. Peronii, D. & 

 B., L. pectorale, De Vis, and Gehyra variegata, D. & B. Captain Cook and 

 Sir Joseph Banks landed on the island in August, 1770. They found that 

 on the north-west side it "abounded with lizards of a very large size, some 

 of which we took ... As we saw no animals upon this place but lizards, 

 I called it Lizard Island" (Hawkesworth, Vol. III. p. 194 — 195). Whether 

 the specimens then collected were ever described or recorded does not appear 

 to be ascertainable. The four species now recorded are all represented by 

 animals of small size. 



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Am 10. Juni starb Prof. Dr. W.H. Barris, Correspondierender Secretar 

 der Davenport Academy of Sciences, in Davenport, Iowa. 



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