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2. Notes on the Eyes of Deep Sea Fishes. ° By Dr. von Lendenfeld. 
In this Paper the author combats the views expressed by Mr. Archer of New 
Zealand, in opposition to his (Dr. Lendenfeld’s) theory as regards the eyes of 
Lepidotus caudatus. — 3. The Insects of the Maclay Coast. By William 
Macleay, F.L.S., etc. The »Maclay Coast« so named after the distin- 
guished traveller Baron N. de Miklouho-Maclay, who resided there for nearly 
three years, is a portion of Astrolabe Bay on the North Coast of New 
Guinea, and the insects collected there and now enumerated, are of interest 
as being the only ones ever received from that portion of the Island. The 
collection is very small, and the species have been for the most part previ- 
ously described from Dorey and New Ireland. — 4. Notes on the Zoology 
of the Maclay Coast, New Guinea. I. On a new Sub-genus of Peramelidae. 
By N. de Miklouho-Maclay. Baron Maclay gives to the Bandicoot 
here described the name of Brachymelis Garagassi. The Sub-genus is cha- 
racterized by having 4 upper incisors instead of 5 (in which character it 
resembles Perameles Doreyanus Quoy and Gaimard, and P. Cockerelli Ram- 
say), in having very short limbs and in having the hair on the back very 
bristly. A stuffed specimen was exhibited which Dr. Otto Finsch pronoun- 
ced to be distinct from his New Britain species. — 5. Descriptions of 
Australian Micro-lepidoptera. No. XI. By E. Meyrick, B.A. Mr. Mey- 
rick continues the Oecophoridae, describing in detail over 100 species, bring- 
ing the number of that Family up to nearly 400. — 6. Critical list of 
Mollusca from the north-west coast of Australia. By John Brazier, 
C.M.Z.S., etc. Fifty species are here enumerated, with the geographical 
range and synonomy of each correctly defined. — 7. Synonomy of some 
New Guinea Land Shells. By John Brazier, C.M.Z.S., etc. Mr. Brazier 
accompanied the reading of this Paper with the exhibition of the following 
species of Helicidae: — Helix Broadbenti Braz.; H. (Obba) Goldiei Braz.; 
H. (Geotrochus) Zeno Braz.; H. (Geotrochus) Tapperonii Smith; H. (Geotro- 
chus) Tayloriana Ad. and Reeve; H. (Sphaerospina) Gerardi E. A. Smith; 
H. (Planispina) corniculum Hombr. and Jacq.; Nanina (Xesta) citrina Linn. 
— 8. The time of the Glacial period in New Zealand. By R. v. Lenden- 
feld, Ph.D. — 9. List of Papers and Works relating to the Mammalian 
Orders Marsupialia and Monotremata. By J. J. Fletcher, M.A., BSc. 
The aim of this Catalogue, which contains the titles and references of 
several hundred Papers, etc., is to do for the student of these two interesting 
and peculiarly Australian Orders of the Mammalia, what Etheridge and Jack’s 
Catalogue has done for the student of Australian Geology. It includes all 
papers dealing with the anatomy of these groups, all descriptions of new 
species since the publication of Gould’s work, and a few Papers on Palaeon- 
tology, omitted from Etheridge and Jack’s Catalogue, together with a few 
published since that appeared. Mr. Fletcher exhibited a number of the rarer 
Papers enumerated in the List. — 10. On two new Birds, from the Austro- 
Malayan Region. By E. P. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., etc. The species here 
described are: — 1. Pitta Finschii sp. nov. Allied to Pitta Macklotii, but 
distinct in having no red nape patch, and the whole of the upper surface 
except the head blue, instead of green. 2. Halcyon albonotata sp. nov. 
This species comes under the sub-genus Cyanalcyon, it is allied to Halcyon 
Macleayi and H. diops but differs from all in having the whole of the back 
and upper tail coverts white. — Mr. Macleay exhibited a lizard sent for 
