"iq"-' ] Chai'MAn, Some Sepias New or Little Known. 25 



Sp:pia latimants, Ouo}^ and (laimard.* — At first sight the 

 sepiostaire of this species might be confused with 5. capensis. 

 The distinctive cliaracters in 5. latimanus are the laterally ex- 

 tended posterior margins of the proostracum, the sudden 

 thickening in the })ost-median area, the deep median ventral 

 groove, and the stouter, heavier and straight mucro. As a 

 rule, the median dorsal ridge is broader and more depressed 

 than in S. capensis. 



A typical specimen from Torquay measures :— Length. IJ5 

 mm. ; greatest breadth, 47 mm. : greatest thickness, 13.5 mm. 



Moderately common at Torquay. Already recorded from 

 New South Wales and Tasmania. 



Note. — The Sepia dusIus, (jray, which is recorded by Tate 

 and May t from the north coast of Tasmania, is a broad form 

 of 5. ciiltraia, Steenstrup. It might easily be confused with 

 the young stage of 5 apama, (iray, except that the latter has 

 a thicker shell above the median area, and the growth lines 

 are convex and not sinuous, whilst the mucro of 5 cultrato and 

 its varieties i? keeled on the ventral face.J 



Annual Exhibition of Wild Flowers.— A proposal to 

 introduce new features into the exhibition of wild flowers, 

 usually held early in October, is under consideration by the 

 committee. The suggestion is to offer small prizes under 

 certain conditions, both for collections of cut flowers and pot- 

 grown specimens. Members interested in the latter display 

 should lose no time in getting their exhibits into form. Details 

 will be given in a later issue. 



Australian Orchids. — A handy illustrated volume of 63 

 pages, entitled " An Introduction to the Study of Souih 

 Australian Orchids," by R. S. Rogers. M.A., M.D.. has been 

 issued by the Education Department of that State, at the 

 moderate price of one shilling. Of eighty-seven species listed, 

 thirty-seven are figured (two in colours), so that Victorian 

 students of this interesting group of plants will find the 

 publication extremely useful, as many genera, as also species, are 

 common to both States. In addition to a glossary of terms, 

 biographical sketches with portraits are given of Robert Brown. 

 Ralph Tate, and R. D. Fitzgerald, famous investigators of the 

 fiora of Australia. 



* Quoy and traini.ird, ZooL V'oy. flc L' Axtrulabe, vol. ii. (iSjj), p. ()8 ; 

 .\tlas\ pi. ii., ligs. z. 11. 



t Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vol. .\.kvi., part ^? (1901), p. 351. 

 J Sec ("hnll. \iv\i.. Zool., vol. xvi. (i,X)^6), p. 135. wondoil . iijj. 5. 



