112 Geological Society. 



Young male closely resembles the female, but has the 

 underparts rather paler. 



Hab. Kona, Hawai, Sandwich group. 



Fam. Meliphagidse. 

 ViRlDONiA, gen. nov. 



Bill slightly curved, stout at the base, attenuating towards 

 the tip, wiiich is sharply pointed ; wing rather broad, the 

 first quill slightly shorter than the sixth ; no bastard primary ; 

 tail rather short, nearly even at the tip ; legs and feet stout ; 

 culmen about equal in length to the tarsus. 



Viridonia sagittirostris^ sp. n. 



Adult male. Upper parts bright olive-green, rather paler 

 and brighter on the sides of the head and upper tail-coverts. 

 Underparts bright yellowish green ; wings blackish brown, 

 the primaries narrowly and the secondaries more broadly 

 margined with yellowish green ; tail blackish brown, with 

 yellowish-green margins ; under surface of the wings dark 

 ashy, the quills margined with dull white on the basal half; 

 margin of the wing tinged with yellow. Bill black ; legs 

 black ; iris brownish grey. 



Total length about 6*5 inches, culmen 0'9, wing o*3, 

 tail 2-1, tarsus 0-91. 



Adult female. Resembles the male, but is rather duller in 

 tinge of colour both on the upper and underparts. 



Hah. Mauna Kea, Hawai, Sandwich group. 



PEOCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



January 27, 1892.— Dr. W. T. Elanford, E.R.S., 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The following communication was read : — 



"North Italian Bryozoa. — Part II. Cyclostomata." By Arthur 

 Wm. Waters, Esq., F.G.S. 



The Chilostomata from the same localities were dealt with in 

 volume slvii. of the ' Quarterly Journal.' In the present paper a 

 number of Cyclostomata are described, amongst the most interesting 



