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the colour, size, shape and constructive material of the common nest, as 
well as the silky Cocoons themselves markedly differ. Of Anaphe four 
species have hitherto been described viz. — A. venata from Old Calabar, 
A. ambigua frgm Angola, A. reticulata and A. panda from Natal. To these 
Lord Walsingham adds A. Carzeri from the Gold Coast and A. infracta from 
the Cameroons. — A second zoological paper was read, »Closure of the 
Cyclostomatous Bryozoa«, by Arthur W. Waters. While admitting that 
the group possesses few characters available for purposes of scientific de- 
termination he nevertheless points out: — that the ovicells have greater 
importance than that hitherto accorded them; also that the connecting pores 
are comparable with the rosette plates of the Chilostomata and that stress 
must be laid on the size of the zooecial tube, and more particularly to the 
position and variation of its closure. The author states that in the Cyclo- 
stomata which are the simplest of the Bryozoa he has now found a calca- 
reous partition which closes the tubular zooecium and thus protects the 
colony. Whereas in the Chilostomata (which are more highly differentiated 
and not being tubular could more easily he closed up) there fis the horny 
operculum which is not a sign of death, but is moveable and protects the 
living polypide, and through it the colony. — J. Murie. 
3. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 
30th January, 1884. — The following papers were read: — 1. SE 
ment to the Descriptive Catalogue of the Fishes of Australia, by William 
Macleay, F.L.S., etc. This paper contains references to, or descriptions of, 
157 species of Fishes not mentioned as Australian in the previously printed 
catalogue. The species here described for the first time are from the pens 
of Dr. Klunzinger, Dr. Günther, Messrs. De Vis, Ramsay, Macleay, and 
R. M. Johnston. The total number of Australian Fishes now amounts to 
1291 species. — 2. »On some new Batrachians from Queensland,« by 
Charles W. de Vis, M.A. This paper contains descriptions of three 
new species of Frogs, collected at Mackay, by Mr. H. Ling Roth, and 
named by the author as follows: — Zimnodynastes lineatus, approaching L. 
Peroni, but distinguished by shorter hind limbs, and continuity of dorsal 
stripes; L. olivaceus; and Hyla Rothii. — 3. (Botanical.) — 4. »Studies on 
the Elasmobranch Skeleton.« By William A. Haswell, M.A., B.Sc. The 
species chiefly described are — Carcharodon Rondeletü, Crossorhinus barba- 
tus, Heptanchus indicus, Pristiophorus cirratus, Trygonorhina fasciata, Trygon 
pastinaca, and Hypnos subniger. The separation of Crossorkinus from the 
Scyllidae is regarded as fully justified. The existence of a mesial ventral 
cartilage in relation to the pectoral arch of Heptanchus is pointed out, and 
some hitherto unnoticed modifications in the arrangement of the branchial 
arches in Trygonorhina, Trygon and Hypnos are described. — Mr. Macleay 
exhibited for Mr. James Macdonald, who was unable to be present, a spe- 
cimen of a very curious little fish, which his nephew, Master John D. Wil- 
son, had captured at the North Shore in an empty shell. Mr. Macleay said 
that it was a species of Salarias, and as far as he had been able to examine 
it, thought it was new. — Mr. Pedley exhibited three specimens of C'en- 
triscus gracilis, an extremely rare fish in Port Jackson. 
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