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Padua. 



Zoologisches und vergleichend-anatomisches Institut der 

 Kgl. Universität. 



Direktor: Professor Dr. Davide Carazzi. 

 I. Assistent: Dr. Mario Stenta. 

 IL Assistent: Dr. Marco Rizzi. 

 Präparator: Pietro Bertrand. 



Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



Abstract of Proceedings, September 26tli, 1906. — Mr. D. G. Stead 

 exhibited examples of the follo^ving species of fishes, which, he stated, were 

 new to the fauna of Xew South "Wales: — Dasyatis seplien (Forskal), from 

 Clarence River", Dasijaiis imrnak (Forskal), from Clarence River; Epinephelus 

 fauvina (Forskal,, from Macleay River; Genyoroge setae (Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes), from Broken Bay; Emmehjchthys nitidus Richardson, from Port 

 Jackson; Auxis tiiazard (Lacépède), from Port Jackson; Gasterochisma melam- 

 j;^^5 Richardson, from Shoalhaven; Bramiclithys woodwardi Waite, from Port 

 Jackson; and Sphaeroides j^ieurostictus [Günther], from Clarence River. In 

 addition, he recorded for the first time the occurrence of the well-known 

 Albacore, Germo germo (Lacépède) on the coast; an adult specimen 43^2 

 inches in length was taken during 1903 at Port Macquarie, and portions of 

 it had been handed to him for determination. Mr. Stead also pointed out 

 that Dasyasis sephen above recorded is probably the most dangerous of all our 

 stingrays, as it has a most powerful, muscular tail, and is able to to strike 

 further in any given direction with its long and sharp, barbed spine, than any 

 other species. — Mr. Frogatt exhibited the larvae, pupae, cocoons and 

 living specimens oiAxionicusinsignis Pasc, taken from the stem of a damaged 

 Kurragong tree at Junee, N.S.W. Though the beetle is very common upon 

 the bark of this tree, this is the first that the life-history had been recorded. 

 The eggs appear to be laid in a damaged spot on the bark; and the larvae 

 burrow and feed in the undersurface of the bark and the upper surface of the 

 wood beneath. This causes a great exudation of gum , and it is probably to 

 protect themselves from the gum that the larvae construct such solid cocoons 

 in which to pupate. — Mr. F'letcher stated that he had received a letter 

 from Miss L odder dissenting from the explanation of the occurrence of small 

 fishes [Galaxias sp.) in damp earth at Strahan, Tasmania, put forward at last 

 Meeting. In Miss Lodder's opinion the fishes were not simply aestivating 

 in ground which represented the bed of a water hole or swamp which had 

 dried up, as they were found in a grass tussocky) poddock, probably swampy 

 in the rainy season. Mr. S. Hall, M. A., Melbourne University, had also 

 kindly written, calling attention to his note on a similar fish from the same 

 locality. ["A Burrowing F'ish [Gcdaxias sp.)", Victorian IS'aturalist, XVIII. 

 65, Aug. 1901]. — 5) Supplement to the "Revision of the Gicindelidae of 

 Australia." By T. G. Sloane. — A small collection made by Mr. Hacker 

 at Coen, 150 miles north Cooktown, comprised Tricondyla aptera Oliv., Dis- 

 tipisidera sp. n., D. gruti Pasc, D. parva Mach, Cicindela iosceles Hope, C. 

 doddi SI. and var. nov. , C. leai SI. and var. nov. , and C. seniivittata Brulle. 



