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communication was read from Dr. A. G. Butler, F.Z.S., consisting of a 

 list of thirty species of Butterflies of which specimens were contained in a 

 collection sent home by Major A. H. Cowie, R.E., from St. Lucia, West 

 Indies. One of the species was new to science, and was described under 

 the name of Cystineura cowiana. — P. L. S dater, Secretary. 



3. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



October 30th, 1901. — Mr. Hedley exhibited a specimen of the shell 

 usually known as Ranella leucosloma, Lamarck; and he explained the circum- 

 stances under which it becomes necessary to abandon this name in favour 

 of Gyrineum australasica ^ Perry (sp.). On behalf of Mr. R. L. Cherry he 

 exhibited also specimens of Conus capttaneus, L., collected on a beach imme- 

 diately north of the entrance to Lake Macquarie and Vexilla vexillum L., 

 found three milos south of Lake Macquarie Heads. Mr. Cherry is the first 

 to bring to notice either of these tropical forms in New South Wales. — 

 Mr. Froggatt exhibited very fine samples of lac recently collected by him 

 near Bundaberg, Q. The lac is formed abundantly on Melaleuca leucadendron 

 by an undetermined species of Tochardia, specimens of which were also 

 shown. — Mr. North communicated a Note on the nomenclature of the 

 Tasmanian and a S.E. Australian species of Superb Warbler, the former of 

 which in future should be designated Malunis cyaneus Ellis, and the latter 

 M. superbus Shaw. He also offered some observations on the unusual abun- 

 dance of several species of Cuckoos in the neighbourhood of Sydney of late. 



III. Personal -Notizen. 



Halle a. S. Privatdocent Dr. Brandes übernimmt am 1. April die 

 technische Leitung des Zoologischen Gartens zu Halle. Von seiner Stellung 

 als Assistent am zoologischen Institute tritt er in Folge dessen zurück. 



Druck TOD Breitkopf k Härte! in Leipzig. 



