96 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



The specimens from which I have made the drawings were lent 

 to me by Mr. G. F. Hill, who caught them near Armadale. In 

 conclusion I would like to say that I am largely indebted to the 

 excellent works of De Bary and Dr. Cooke for most of the 

 information concerning these little known parasitic fungi. 



ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO VICTORIAN NATURAL- 

 ISTS IN RECENT PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



In " Proceedings of Royal Society of Victoria" vol. v., new 

 series : — 



" Nest and Egg of Queen Victoria's Rifle Bird," by D. Le 

 Souef. Is accompanied by a coloured plate of nest and 

 egg described by Mr. A. J. Campbell, F.L.S., in Victorian 

 Naturalist, vol. viii., p. 134. 



*' Notes on the Lilydale Limestone," by Rev. A. W. Creswell, 

 M.A. Enumerates and describes several new fossils, 

 principally MoUusca, with figures of eight species. 



" Preliminary Account of the Glacial Deposits of Bacchus 

 Marsh," by G. Officer, B.Sc, and L. Balfour. Describes 

 the position of the deposits, and advances theories for 

 their origin. 



" Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela, with a Pro- 

 posed Classification of the Group, and Descriptions of 

 New Genera and Species," by A. Dendy, D.Sc, F.L.S. 

 Enumerates 78 species (17 new, principally Victorian, 

 obtained at Port Phillip Heads by Mr. J. Bracebridge 

 Wilson, M.A., F.L.S.), under 20 genera (4 new) and 5 

 families. 



" On two New Tertiary Stylasterids," by T. S. Hall, M.A. 

 Describes and figures two new fossil Hydrozoa, from 

 Geelong. 



*' Notes on the Mode of Reproduction of Geonomertes aus- 

 traliensis," by A. Dendy, D.Sc, F.L.S. Continues the 

 observations on the Land Nemertine described in " Froc. 

 Roy. Soc. Vict.,'' iv., N. S., p. 85. 



"The Bluff at Barwon Heads," by G. S. Griffiths, F.G.S. 

 Gives a geological description, with sketches, of this well- 

 known bluff 



"The Lichens of Victoria," part i, by Rev. F. R. M. Wilson. 

 Gives an introduction, &c., to the Class Lichenes, Micheli, 

 and enumerates 76 species (33 described as new), be- 

 longing to 15 genera and 3 families (Collemacei, Myri- 

 angiacei, and Lichenacei), besides several forms and 

 varieties of individual species. 



^'On a New Species of Leucosolenia from Port Phillip Heads." 

 By A. Dendy, D.Sc, F.L.S. Describes a new sponge 

 collected by Mr. J. Bracebridge Wilson, M.A., F.L.S. 



