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in great numbers after an easterly gale in Port Jackson. This is the first 
Ctenophora which has been observed on the coast of New South Wales. — 
8. Revision of the marine Taenioglossate and Ptenoglossate Mollusca of New 
Zealand. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S., Hon. Memb. Linn. Soc. 
N.S.W. The correct synonyms and localities of each species are given in 
detail, along with a record of those which have been wrongly placed by 
authors in the list of New Zealand species. — Dr. Cox read notes which 
he had received from Mr. Benjamin Hinde, R.N., of H.M.S. , Diamond‘, on 
the poisonous effects of the bite inflicted by the Conus geographicus Linn. 
on the natives of New Britain. An instance had been recorded by Mr. Arthur 
Adams of the poisoned wound produced by the bite of Conus aulicus Linn. 
The Rev. W. Wyatt Gill had recorded the fatal effects of the bite of the 
Conus textihs Linn. and Mr. Brazier had informed Dr. Cox that he had known 
severe effects caused by the bite of the Conus tulipa Linn. This was the first 
instance Dr. Cox had heard of the poisonous effects of Conus geographicus. 
— Dr. Cox exhibited two distinctly banded specimens of Helix Angasiana 
collected by the President on the Barrier Ranges ; and a new species of Land 
Shell from New Britain, which he had obtained from Mr. Hinde of H.M.S. 
‚Diamond‘, and which he proposed to call Cochlostyla Hinde. The type spe- 
cimen is in the Australian Museum. — Mr. H. Gilliat exhibited a Stone 
Implement which had been found near the Darling above Wilcannia. It is 
17 inches long and 18/, inch in diameter, one end being pointed and the 
other nearly flat, slightly concave. The use of this implement is not under- 
stood by the natives at present living in the district; but it is believed to 
have been employed as a roller or pestle for crushing the nardoo seed. It is 
somewhat similar in shape to the one which was recently exhibited from the 
Walgett district. — Mr. Masters exhibited specimens of six extremely 
rare Australian Beetles, viz.: — Aulacopsis Reichei, Schizorhina Digglessi, 
Cacostomus squamosus, Stigmodera Chevrolati, Megamerus Kingii and a species 
of Mecomastix. — Mr. Gervase F. Mathew, F.L.S., of H.M.S. ‚Espiegle‘ 
exhibited a number of remarkably perfect and beautiful specimens of Papzlio 
Godeffroyi Semp. from Samoa, and of P. Schmelta Herr. Schäff., from Fiji, 
which he had reared at sea from larvae obtained at these Islands, and fed on 
the leaves of a species of Arata. He exhibited also the ova, pupa, and larva 
of each insect, and mentioned that these stages had not previously been ob- 
served. 
IV. Personal-Notizen. 
Necrolog. 
Am 22. Sept. starb in Hietzing bei Wien Dr. Leop. Jos. Fitzinger, 
Custos a.D. des k. k. zoologischen Hofcabinets in Wien. Er war am 
13. April 1802 in Wien geboren und hat sich durch vielerlei Arbeiten auf 
dem speciell descriptiven Gebiete bekannt gemacht. 
Berichtigung. 
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