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REPORT. 



" The session of 1876 was opened on the 14th of 

 March, but, owing to his absence from town, the 

 inaugural address by His Excellency, as Presi- 

 dent, was not delivered until the subsequent meet- 

 ing in April. The attendance of Fellows through- 

 out the session has been larger probably than in 

 any previous year, and papers of both local and 

 general interest have been brought forward. 

 Amongst these may be mentioned : — ' An opening 

 Address,' by His Excellency Frederick A. Weld, 

 Esq., C.M.G. ' Notes on a new species of Nudi- 

 branchiata,' by the Eev. J. E. Tenison-Woods. 

 F.G.S., F.R.Gr.S., etc. 'Contributions to the 

 Phytograpy of Tasmania,' part 4, by Baron F. von 

 Mueller, C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S., etc. ' On the 

 Codlin Moth,' f'Carpocapsa povnonella) by His 

 Honor Mr. Justice Dobson. ' On some Tasmanian 

 Patellidae,' by the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, 

 ' History of Australian Geology,' by the same. 

 ' Notes on the Tertiary Marine Deposits of Tas- 

 mania,' b}^ Mr. R. M. Johnston. ' Notes on the 

 Fossils referred to in the foregoing paper,' by the 

 Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods. ' On a new species 

 of Amimllaria^ by the same. * Reminiscences of a 

 Visit to the Volcanoes of Hawaii,' by His Excel- 

 lency F. A. Weld, Esq. ' On a new reversed 

 Helix, (Helix Weldii) from the North West Coast 

 of Tasmania,' by the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods. 

 ' On the effects of wounds inflicted on the human 

 subject by the spur of the Platypus,' by the Rev. 

 W. W. Spicer, M. A., F.R.M.S. ' Synonomy of, 

 and remarks upon, Tasmanian and other shells, 

 with their Geographical distribution,' by John 

 Brazier, C.M.Z.S. 



