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venf as ern beim weißen Moderlieschen 1 .) — Meist sah ich dagegen scharfe 

 Ränder als Grenze zwischen Nerv und Fettconglomerat. 



(Schluß folgt.) 



II. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



September 30th, 1891. — 1) and 2) Botanical. — 3) Jottings from the 

 Biological Laboratory, Sydney University. By Professor Has well, M.A., 

 D.Sc. No. XV. — On a simple method of substituting strong alcohol for 

 water or a watery solution in preparing delicate organisms for sections or for 

 Museum specimens. — 4) Residue of the Extinct Birds of Queensland as yet 

 detected. By C. W, de Vis, M.A., Corr. Mem. The following species are 

 described as new: — Necrastur alacer (g. et. sp. nov.), Tribonyx, effluxus, 

 Porphyrio (?) Macintoshi, Gallinula perniata, Palaeopelargus nobilis (g. et sp. 

 nov .) , Platalea s-ub tenuis, Pelecanus proavus, Dromaius gracilipes, and Metapteryx 

 bifrons (g. et sp. nov.), the last-named proposed provisionally for the relic 

 of a bird having a decided family relationship with the Apterygidae of New 

 Zealand, but not an Aptéryx. The paper concludes with a complete list of 

 the species (25) now recorded from the Post-pliocene drifts of Queensland, 

 and some general remarks in which the author points out that the extent of 

 the change which the Nototherian avifauna has undergone is very much the 

 same as that observed in the case of the Marsupials — with a few doubtful 

 exceptions all have undergone specific metamorphosis, and only a moiety 

 of the old genera have survived. — 5) Botanical. — 6) Notes on Australian 

 Coleoptera with Descriptions of New Species. Part X. By Rev.T. Blackburn, 

 B.A., Corr. Mem. About eighty-five species belonging chiefly to the Cara- 

 biclae , Lamellicornes, Buprestidae, Elateridae, Malacodermidae , Tenebrionidae, 

 and Phytophaga, are described as new. — 7) Descriptions of some new species 

 of Pulmonate Mollusca from Australia and the Solomon Islands. By J. C. 

 Cox, M.D., F.L.S. Helix (Hadra) Oscarensis, H. Derbyi, and Hedleya Mac- 

 leayi (g. et sp. nov.) — the first two from N. W. Australia, the last from 

 Queensland, all in the Macleay Collection ; and Bulimus [Placostylis) Hobsoni, 

 from Malauta Island, Solomon Group, are described in this paper. — 8) De- 

 scription of a new Diplomorpha from the New Hebrides. By W. D. Hart- 

 man, M.D. [Communicated by Dr. J. C. Cvx). — 9) Notes on some Land 

 and Freshwater Mollusca obtained in Queensland during 1887. By C. 

 Hedley, F.L.S. , and C. T. Musson, F.L.S. This paper gives an account 

 of the terrestrial and fluviatile shells found by Mr. Musson during a tour 

 through Southern Queensland. Three species are described as new, viz., Pu- 

 pina costata, Diplommatina egregia, and Pupa anodonta. In many instances 

 the known range of rare species is much extended. Critical remarks on 

 the habits and variations of various species are included. — 10) Botanical. 

 — Dr. Cox exhibited specimens of the British snail, Helix (Xerophila) 

 ericetorum , Müller , naturalised in Australia ; the shells were found in 

 grass tussocks at "Levens", about 12 miles west of Warooka, York's 



1 Ich habe mich durch zahlreiche Versuche davon überzeugt, daß dieses starre 

 gelbe Colorit unter Einwirkung unseres eisenhaltigen Wassers entsteht. 



