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whole of the recorded Australian Galatheaidae is also reviewed, and the 

 authenticated species are figured. 



Notes and Exhibits. 



Mr. Palmer exhibited four young specimens of Ceratodus forsteri, arti- 

 ficially hatched and reared by Mr. T. Illidge, lately of Gayndah and now 

 of Gladstone, Q. The ova were collected in the Burnett River and proved 

 perfectly fertile. The four examples of the young fish shown exemplified 

 diff'erent stages of growth, the largest being seven months old. In previous 

 attempts none of the young fish survived the fourth month , but on the last 

 occasion they were vigorous so long as Burnett Eiver water was obtainable. 

 On removal to Gladstone only tank rain Avater was procurable, and this quickly 

 affected the fishes to such an extent that to save them from utter destruction 

 they were preserved. None but mature fish have been obtained from the 

 Burnett and Mary flivers for many years, and it is supposed that in recent 

 times foes to the ova and young fish have greatly increased in these waters; 

 consequently the species cannot be said to be holding its own. — Mr. David 

 G. Stead exhibited, and off'ered remarks upon, examples of two species of 

 Mulled — Miigil icaigiensis Quoy and Gaim., and M. dussumieri Cuv. and 

 Val — from coastal waters of ^>ew South Wales; both of which are additions 

 to the fauna. The example (immature) of ili. waigknsis was obtained by 

 Mr. H. C. Dannevig during November, 1903, from a small lagoon inside 

 the breakwater at Ballina, Richmond River. The specimen (mature) of 

 il/, dussumieri was forwarded from Clarence River during February, 1905, 

 by Inspector Smithers, who mentioned that it was the smallest amongst a 

 number captured at the same time, some of which were about 21bs. in weight. 

 — Mr. Stead also drew the attention of biologists to the great utility of 

 Waterproof Indian Ink (Higgins'j in the writing of abels for immersion 

 with specimens in formalin. — Mr. T. Griffith Taylor showed some very 

 large fossil gastropods, probably a species of Ceritinwu , recently collected 

 by him from the Miocene beds at Aldinga, South Australia. 



III. Personal-Notizen. 



Herrn Prof. ^layuard 31. 3Ietcalfs Adresse ist nach dem 1. Aug. 1907 



Professor of Zoology, Oberliii College, Oberliu, Ohio. 



Bis dahin werden ihn Sendungen unter der ikdresse des Woinaii's 

 College iu Baltimore Md., erreichen. 



Zoologisches Institut der Universität Bern. 

 Privatdozent Dr. Walter Volz erhielt einen einjährigen Urlaub zu 

 einer Forschungsreise nach Westafrika (Adr.: co. Mess'". J. Stadel- 

 mann & Co., Sierra Leone). Als Assistent am Institut vertritt ihn 

 cand. phil. Leo Steck. 



Orack von Breitkopf k Ilärtel in Leipzig. 



