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Africa and Southern Europe could not be sustained. The discovery of S. 

 Jcaratheodoris in Samos showed rather that the specialization took place in 

 Africa and that the existence of such forms in India and Southern Europe 

 was due to a secondary immigration form Africa. Most probably, however, 

 there was the same relationship between the whole fauna of Samos and that 

 of the Siwalik Hills — i. e., the latter was a transformed and later generation 

 of the former. — Mr. F. E. Beddard, F.R..S., read a paper upon some 

 species of Oligochaeta from Africa. Two of them, viz., Stuhlmannia Michael- 

 seni , n. sp., and Bettonia lagariensis , n. g. & n. sp., were founded upon 

 material collected by Mr. Hinde and Mr. Betton, and presented by those 

 gentlemen to the British Museum. A third species belonged to the genus 

 Pareudrilus Beddard, and was collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland. It was 

 stated to be possibly, but not certainly, a new species, and the spermatophore, 

 hitherto unknown in the genus, was described. Some specimens of Alma 

 Stuhlmanni Michaelsen, collected by Mr. Crossland were shown to possess a 

 clitellum rather different in position and extent from that of the only other 

 species of the genus, believed to be a new species and named A. Budgetti, n. 

 sp., in which the clitellum had been described. — W. L. Sclater, Secretary. 



2. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



March 25th, 1903. — 1) A Monograph of the Australian Membracidae. 

 By F. W. Goding, M. D. , Ph. D. — In studying this group twelve genera, 

 represented by thirtyfive species, have been recognised, namely, Hypsoprora 

 (?j Stai, Philya Walker, Terentìus Stai, Machoerota Burmeister, Tryonia 

 Goding, Eufrogattia Goding, Luhra Goding, Acanthucus Stai, Sextius Stai, 

 Daunus Stai, Nessorhinoides Goding, and Sertorius Stai. The identification of 

 several of the forms described by Walker and Fairmaire proved to be difficult. 

 With the aid of the synoptical tables now given, it is hoped that the recog- 

 nition of the species treated of will be facilitated. — 2) Revision of Austra- 

 lian Lepidoptera. By A. Jefferis Turner, M. D., F. E. S. — Under the 

 above heading the author hopes to publish a series of papers dealing with 

 the different families as time and opportunity permit. This first instalment 

 treats of the Notodonlidae, represented in Australia by only some thirty spe- 

 cies, referable to nineteen genera; and the Hyponomeutidae represented by 

 about twenty known species referable to six genera. 



III. Personal-Notizen. 



Herr Dr. L. Reh trat am l. Juli d. J. als Assistent am Natur- 

 historischen Museum in Hamburg ein. 



Berichtigung. 



In dem Artikel von Dr. Loìsel, No. 701 p. 484, Zeile 28 ist zu lesen: 

 Monsieur G. N. Calkins anstatt Miss G. N. Calkins. 



Druck von Breifrkopf & Härtel in Leipzig. 



