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September 25th, 1901. — 1) Araclinida from the South Seas. By W. 

 J. Rainbow, F.L.S. , Entomologist to the Australian Museum. The 

 species of Arachnida collected by Mr. J. J. Walker, R.N., F.L.S., F.E.S., 

 during a cruise of H.M.S. "Ringarooma'' to the South Sea Islands during 

 the months of June, July, August and September, 1900, are herein recorded. 

 Thirty-four species are enumerated, of which four are described as new, 

 namely: — Leptodrassus insulanus, Argyrodes Walkeri^ Diaea hipimctafa ^ and 

 Z). regale. The most interesting of them is L. insulanus, as it records a new 

 mis, locality for the genus. 2) On the Systematic Position oï Purpura tritonifor- 

 Blainv. By H. L. Kesteven. Reasons are given for removing P. tritoni- 

 formis from Urosalpinx and Cominella and transferring it to Purpura. In 

 selecting the subgenus of the latter for its reception, the resemblance of the 

 larval shell and in anatomical characters to P. succincta cause the writer to 

 place it in Trochia. The names Adamsia and Agnewia consequently lapse 

 into the synonymy of Trochia. — Mr. Froggatt exhibited specimens of the 

 two sexes of the large spiny Phasmid, Extatosoma tiaratum, Macl. The female 

 is not uncommon in the coastal scrubs, but the male is comparatively rare. — 

 Mr. Rainbow exhibited specimens and gave an account of the habits of a 

 common but interesting spider, Desis marina, Camb., which on the shores of 

 Port Jackson, as also in New Zealand and New Caledonia, lives in holes be- 

 tween tide-marks. During the periods of its immersion it comes to the sur- 

 face when necessary and carries down bubbles of air. — Mr. Fletcher ex- 

 hibited copies of the two published books , and some interesting relics , of 

 John William Lew in, "naturalist and painter," who settled in New South 

 Wales in 1798; and whose remains until recently reposed in what was the 

 Devonshire Street Cemetery. The exhibit included a few of Lewin's un- 

 doubtedly very numerous unpublished drawings ; also early impressions of 

 some of his published illustrations of birds and insects which were engraved, 

 printed and coloured in the Colony; accompanying them are his MS. observa- 

 tions on the animals which served as the basis of the text which was printed 

 in England: these are now in the possession of the Society. A sketch of 

 Lewin's career as colonist, artist, zoological collector and field naturalist 

 was given. 



III. Personal -Notizen. 



Necrolog. 



Am 15. September starb in Folge des Kenterns eines Bootes an der 

 Küste von Irland Martin F. Woodward, ein viel versprechender junger 

 Zoologe, Sohn des Dr. Henry Woodward, Brit. Mus., und Assistent von 

 Prof. G. B. Howes am Royal College of Science, London. 



Am 28. Juni starb in Willis, New Mexico, Francis J. Birtwell, in 

 Folge eines Sturzes. Er war September 1880 in London, Engl., geboren, 

 kam früh nach Nord-Amerika und zeichnete sich als vorzüglicher ornitho- 

 logischer Beobachter aus. 



Am 9./22. November starb in St.-Petersburg der Akademiker, Professor 

 Alexander Kowalevsky, der durch vortreffliche Arbeiten bekannte For- 

 scher. Er war am 7./19. November 1840 geboren. Nach einer Erkrankung 

 von nur drei Tagen , während derer er das Bewußtsein nicht wieder erlangt 

 hat, erlag er den Folgen einer Apoplexie. 



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