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F.R.S.E., and J. D ouglas Ogilby, F.L.S. The new species, for which 

 the name T. strialiceps in proposed , is based on the examination of two 

 specimens found under stones between tide- marks at Tailor Bay, by Mr. 

 Mcintosh. — Mr. Macie ay exhibited the two snakes Dipsas ornata and 

 Diementa angusticeps, described in his paper. Also, a collection of Fossils, 

 chiefly from a supposed Tertiary formation named Pindan, occupying the 

 greater portion of the coast country lying inland from King's Sound. — Mr. 

 Ogilby exhibited the fish described in the paper by Dr. Ramsay and him- 

 self. — Mr. D e a n e exhibited a number of marine shells found in mud at 

 a depth of over a hundred feet below the bed of the Hawkesbury River, at 

 the site of the railway bridge. A discussion followed in which the President, 

 Mr. Etheridge, and Mr. David took part. — Mr. Ether id ge exhibited the 

 Fossils described in the two papers read by him. — Mr. S. C. Burnell ex- 

 hibited a specimen of a rare moth [Byleora sp.), with its pupa case. — Dr. 

 Hurst exhibited the egg of a Cuckoo, taken from the remains of an old nest 

 of Malurus cyaneus. He read a lengthy note descriptive of the egg and sug- 

 gestive of the species of cuckoo to which it belonged, which will be published 

 in full in the Proceedings. — Mr. A. Sidney Olliff exhibited (1) Palaeoloma 

 styphelana, Meyr., a lepidopterous insect (fam. Tortricidae) which he had bred 

 from the gall of a new species of Coccus belonging to the family Brachysce- 

 lidae. The species appeared to be an inquiline and not the maker of the gall, 

 as was supposed by the original describer of the species. The identity of the 

 moth with P. styphelana was, he said, beyond doubt, as it had been deter- 

 mined by Lord Walsingham ; (2) A remarkable Coccus gall, probably repre- 

 senting a new genus of Brachyscelidae , found on Eucalyptus rostratus at 

 Parramatta, enclosing a female Coccus more than an inch in length. — Mr. 

 Olliff added that he would be greatly obliged to any Members of the Society 

 who would forward to him any galls which they might observe on Eucalypts, 

 as he was at present working at their economy, with the view of preparing a 

 memoir on the subject for publication in our Proceedings. — Mr. Skuse 

 exhibited specimens of the pupa and imago forms of Orthoprosopa nigra, Macq., 

 a Dipterous insect belonging to the family Syrphidae. The larvae were ob- 

 tained by Mr. Masters from the wet and decaying trunk of a dead grass-tree 

 [Xanthorrhoea arborea] in the month of October, at Randwick, near Sydney. 

 The perfect insects emerged within a fortnight, and the pupa form did not 

 alter much from that of the larva. The body shortens, hardens, and becomes 

 the puparium. As far as he could judge from dried specimens, the pupa 

 seemed to possess seven pairs of pseudopodia, which appeared to be provided 

 with minute recurved prehensile hooks. The body is 6^/2 lines in length, 

 ochraceous-brown, somewhat broader anteriorly; two small anterior horns; 

 a short, slender, reddish-brown cylindrical tail projecting from the terminal 

 segment ; and a very small, somewhat reddish point appears on each side at 

 the base of the tail. 



IV. Personal -Notizen. 



Frankfurt a/M. Dr. "Wilhelm Haacke , früher Director des süd- 

 australischen Museums in Adelaide, ist seit Mitte Mai d. J. wissenschaft- 

 licher Director des zoologischen Gartens zu Frankfurt a/M. 



Druck von Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig. 



