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ment. The wise policy of the Crowns retention of islands as sanctuaries 

 for wild life was being amply justified by the experiences of New Zealand 

 and the United States; and the Barrow Island fauna was worth effort to save. 

 After a copy of the Council's communication had been read, it was unani- 

 mously resolved, on the motion of Mr. Kesteven, seconded by Mr. Clunies 

 Ross: That this Meeting heartily endorses the action of the Council, and 

 hopes that the movement will be completely successful. 



The following papers were read : 1) Contribution to a further knowledge 

 of Australian Oligochaeta. Part I. By E. J. Goddard, B.A., B.Sc, Linnean 

 Macleay Fellow of the Society in Zoology. — A new genus of freshwater 

 Oligochaeta referable to the Family Phreodrilidae, represented by two species, 

 is described. Individuals of both species are found associated with the large 

 freshwater crayfish. Astacopsis scrratus Shaw, one set dwelling among the 

 eggs of the parasite, Temnocephala , the other set occurring in the grooves 

 of the carapace. The new genus differs from Phreodriliis Beddard, and Phreo- 

 driolides Benham, in having spermathecal structures, in the fourteenth seg- 

 ment, almost devoid of musculature, and without direct openings to the 

 exterior but communicating with ovisacal structures in the thirteenth segment. 

 The conditions of habitat, the small number of known species constituting 

 the family, in conjunction with their geographical distribution, would seem 

 to indicate that the Phreodrilidae are the remnants of an old Antarctic stock, 

 whose modern representatives are now to be found under conditions compar- 

 able with those of the stalked Crinoids of the deep sea. — 2) On some 

 remarkable Australian Corduliinae [N europtera: Odonata] with Descriptions 

 of new Species. By P. J. Tillyard, M.A., F.E.S. — Of the total number 

 of species of Odonata now known, one hundred and fifty-four, or about one- 

 sixteenth of the total, belong to the subfamily Corduliinae. But of the total 

 known to occur in Australia, twenty-eight, or about one-fifth, are Corduliinae. 

 This is mainly due to the development of the Australian genus Synthemis, 

 of which thirteen species occur in Australia. The present paper deals with 

 new or little known Corduliinae from Northern Queensland. Three new 

 genera are proposed — AustropJiya to contain a new and remarkable insect 

 of the „quadrilateral" group, allied to Cordulephya; Pseudocordulia, closely 

 allied to Gomphomacromia\ and Austrocordulia , allied to Syncordulia and 

 the European Oxygastra. Five new species and the hitherto unknown male 

 of the beautiful Maromia tillyardi Martin, are described. The colouration 

 of the species of this family is not striking, but the appendages of the males 

 show many remarkable adaptations. — Mr. North remarked that in the first 

 edition of „Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds" (p. 44, 1889) he had re- 

 corded that the late Mr. George Barnard of Coomooboolaroo, Duaringa, 

 Queensland, had on one occasion found the adult male of Artamus superci- 

 liosus paired with the adult female of A. personatus. Mr. North then exhi- 

 bited a specimen of unusual interest, an hybrid adult male , Artamus super- 

 eiliosus X A. personatus , obtained by Mr. H. Greensil Barnard, of Bimbi, 

 Duaringa, Queensland, on the 9th September, 1908. Also, for comparison, 

 adult males of A. superciliosus and A. personatus. Mr. B am ard came across 

 a flock of A. superciliosus nesting about five miles away from home , and 

 among them was the hybrid which was mated with a female of A. supercili- 

 osus engaged in building a nest. It resembles A. superciliosus on the upper 

 parts, has the forehead, lores, cheeks, ear-coverts and throat black, passing 



