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qui voudraient lui donner, lui communiquer ou lui vendre des Hirudinées de 

 provenance authentique, appartenant de préférence à des espèces exo- 

 tiques. Aux Musées qui consentiraient à lui donner des doubles, il offre des 

 exemplaires de plusieurs espèces nouvelles ou peu connues soit d'Hirudinées, 

 soit d'Entozoaires. 



2. Linnean Society oî New South Wales. 



June 24th, 1891. — 1) Botanical. — 2) On the Incisors of Sceparno- 

 don. By C. W. De Vis, M.A., Corr. Mem. The author describes a large 

 perfect adult upper incisor with portion of the premaxilla still encasing it; 

 also a smaller not fully grown tooth with a greater extent of working sur- 

 face, which is regarded as a lower incisor. From the characters of these the 

 author accordingly concludes that Sccparnodon is not a synonym of Phascolo- 

 nus. The specimens described are in the collection of the Queensland Mu- 

 seum. — 3) Contributions to a more exact knowledge of the Geographical 

 Distribution of Australian Batrachia, No. II. ; with description of a new 

 Cystignathoid Frog. By J. J. Fletcher, M. A. , B.Sc. Some additions are 

 made to the lists previously given, several collections are recorded from new 

 inland localities , with observations on the habits and colours of the living 

 animals of several species ; and a new species of Crinia from Victoria , for 

 which the name C. Froggatti is proposed, is described as new. — 4) De- 

 scription of a new Cone from the Mauritius. By J. Brazier, F.L.S. The new 

 species described as Conus Worcesteri , has a smooth shell, white beneath a 

 dirty yellowish epidermis, variegated with four purple or pinkish-brown 

 bands flowing down here and there in flexuous streaks. — Mr. C. Dar ley 

 exhibited some very large examples of the shells of the mud oyster [Ostraea 

 (dnlis var. Angasi) obtained during dredging operations in Rozelle Bay, Syd- 

 ney Harbour. They occur in great numbers at a depth of 10 — 12 feet below 

 low watermark beneath a layer of black mud 3 — 4 feet thick ; and are much 

 larger than specimens now to be found living in the harbour; the two valves 

 of one pair weigh 3 lb. 12 ozs., and measure about 8X6 inches. Mr. Dar- 

 ley also exhibited portions of the shell of Voluta magnifica, recently picked 

 up by him on one of the northern beaches, and presenting numerous super- 

 ficial borings and channellings made by some undetermined organism. — 

 Mr. Froggatt exhibited a collection of insects, including about 200 species 

 of Coleoptera, from the Ballarat district, Victoria, collected during the 

 months of March, April, and May. — Also specimens of a rare saw-fly, 

 Perga affinis , Kirby, likewise from Ballarat, and, for comparison with it, 

 specimens of P. dor salis , Leach, the common Sydney species to which it is 

 closely allied. 



III. Personal -Notizen. 



Necrolog. 



Am 26. August starb in Sydney, N. S. Wales, Charles Smith Wil- 

 kinson, Government - Geologist von New South Wales, im Alter von 

 4 7 Jahren. 



Am 2. September starb in Ober-Döbling bei Wien August von Pel- 

 zeln, Gustos der ornithologischen Abtheilung am naturhistorischen Hof- 

 Museum in Wien. 



Druck von Breitkopf & Härte! in Leipzig. 



