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Ilowchin passed under review the history of the discovery of 

 foraminifera in the rocks of the Pernio -Carboniferous age in 

 Australia, and then described the results recorded in the 

 monograph submitted to the meeting. In this work 35 

 species were described and figured, 9 of which were new to 

 science. Several species that occurred in rocks of a similar 

 age in Europe and America were found in the New South 

 Wales material. The localities which yielded the foraminiferal 

 forms were Wollong and Pokolbin, the former in the Upper 

 Marine series, and the latter in the Lower Marine series, sepa- 

 rated by 4,000 ft. of strata. The material was supplied by 

 Professor David and Mr. Dun of the Mines Department. 



Mr. A. H. C. ZiETZ, F.L.S., Assistant Director of the 

 Museum, informed the meeting that he had successfully finish- 

 ed the restoration of the skeleton of the Diprotodon. Mr. 

 Zietz also exhibited portions of two algae, one Macracystis 

 jiyrifera, remarkable for its size, which, according to Harvey, 

 grows to 500 and 1,500 ft. in deep water. This alga is com- 

 mon in the South-East, at Beachport, and elsewhere. 



The other alga, D^urviUaca potaforuw , when fully grown, 

 is from 12 to 24 ft. long, and nearly J in. thick. The seg- 

 ments, strap-shaped, of great length, and 6 to 12 inches 

 broad. This alga is also found at BeachiDort. 



Another exhibit by Mr. Zietz was a piece of tertiary rock 

 containing fossil shells, obtained at a depth of 60 ft. below 

 the surface, from a well at Klemzig, on the River Torrens ; 

 and glauconite, from the same locality ; also specimens of 

 black flint, obtained from a large deposit of this mineral on 

 the sea beach. Port MacDonnell, in the South-East. 



Mr. Edwin Ashby, bird-skins from the bush, Queens- 

 land, which, with those previously shown, completed the 

 series. Among these were the rifle bird (Craspedophora mag- 

 niflca), male and female, from New Guinea; C. alberfi, male, 

 from Cape York ; Ptilorhis victorice, male and female, from 

 Cardwell ; Frionodura neivtoniana, male and female, from 

 Herberton ; Sericvlvs melinns, Regent bird, male, from Black- 

 all ; Scenopceus dentirostris, male, from Cardwell. 



Mr. J. G. O. Tepper, F.LS., a Chione from Kangaroo Is- 

 land, and a specimen of chiastolite, from Bimbowrie. Mr. 

 Tepper also showed some flower-like galls on the leaf of a 

 stringybark-tree. 



The British Science Guild. — It was proposed and car- 

 ried that the Society should become a life member of this 

 Guild. 



Papers. — "On the lonisation of Various Gases by the 



