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lately described by Prof. Stirling as Notoryctes typhlops, which was stated to 

 be the Mole-type of the order Marsupialia. — The Secretary exhibited (on 

 behalf of Mr. F. E. Blaauw, C.M.Z.S.) specimens of the Long-tailed Tit 

 shot in Holland, and sent to this country for the purpose of ascertaining 

 whether they belonged to the British form [Acredula rosea) or the white- 

 headed continental form [A. caudata). — Mr. F. Finn exhibited a hybrid 

 Duck bred in the Society's Gardens, believed to be bred between a male 

 Chilian Pintail {Dafila spinicauda) and a female Summer-Duck [Aex sponsa). 



— A communication was read from Dr. O. F. von Möllendorff contain- 

 ing a revised list of the Land- and Freshwater Shells of Perak , with de- 

 scriptions of some new species. — A communication was read from Dr. G. 

 E. Dobson, F.R.S., containing a sketch of the derivation and distribution 

 of the Mammals of the order Insectivora found in the New World. — Mr. 

 G. A. Boulenger read a report on Reptiles, Batrachians , and Fishes of 

 which specimens had been collected for the West-Indian Exploration Com- 

 mittee in some of the Lesser Antilles, and deposited in the British Museum. 



— A communication was read from Mr. Hamilton H. Drue e containing 

 an account of the Butterflies of the family Lycaenidae obtained by Mr. C. M. 

 Woodford in the Solomon Islands. — P. L. Sci at er, Secretary. 



2. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



April29th, 1891.— 1) Mineralogical. — 2) and 3) Botanical. — 4)InCon- 

 firmation of the genus Owenia, so-called. By C. W. De Vis, M.A. The recent 

 acquisition of the greater part of a fairly sound mandible enables the author 

 both to characterise a second species of the genus for which the name Oivenia 

 was originally proposed as a slight but appropriate tribute of appreciation of 

 the labours of the illustrious exponent of our extinct marsupials — though 

 the author himself at the time was aware of its preoccupancy among the 

 invertebrates, — and to maintain the validity of the genus, a matter which 

 has been called in question. Accordingly to prevent further complications 

 the name Owenia is withdrawn in favour of Euowenia. The paper concludes 

 with a synopsis of the genera of the Nototheriidae , in the sense in which the 

 author would prefer to use that term (to include Nototherium, Diprotodon, 

 Euowenia, Zygomaturus, and probably Sthenomerus) in place of Mr. Lydekker's 

 two families Nototheriidae and Diprotodontidae. — 5) Onyx and Dipeltis: 

 new Nematode genera; with a Note on Dorylaimus. By N. A. Cobb. — 

 Mr. A. Sidney Olliff stated that he had recently had an opportunity of 

 examining a collection of Coccinellidae gathered by Mr. A. M. Lea , among 

 which he had found specimens of the lady-bird , Vedalia cardinalis, obtained 

 at Mossman's Bay, near Sydney. This capture is interesting from the fact 

 that the species has not previously been observed by our local collectors. 

 Mr. Olliff also showed, under the microscope, specimens of larvae and fema- 

 les of Phylloxera vastalrix , the vine pest ; and he remarked that, so far, he 

 had not yet been able to find either specimens of the leaf-form of the pest, 

 or reliable records of its having been observed in New South Wales. — Mr. 

 Fletcher exhibited three specimens of terrestrial Nemertines {Geonemertes 

 S p.) — one from the Richmond River, N.S.W. (collected by Mr. R. Helms), 

 the others from Tasmania (collected by Mr. C. Hedley). The Tasmanian 

 forms seem to differ in colour and pattern from the Victorian specimens re- 



