686 Proceedings. 



Presentations to the Society. — Book of lithographs of ferns 

 from Queensland, presented by Mr. A. W. Bain ; piece of 

 coral from Mauritius, presented by Mr, A. H. Patterson ; skin 

 of carpet-snake, and hornet, from New South Wales, by Mr. 

 J. P. Miller; specimens of coprolites, &c., from Cambridge- 

 shire, England, by the Curator ; a facsimile of a rare his- 

 torical tract in Italian and Latin, date 1572, by Mr. R. I. 

 Kingsley. 



Pajyers. — 1. "Description of a New Species of Pimelea," 

 by T. Kirk, F.L.S. {Transactions, p. 259.) 



2. " The Massacre of St. Bartholomew," by E. I. Kingsley. 



