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March 31. Price lis. 



THE JOUENAL 



OF 



THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



Vol. XXX. ZOOLOGY. No. 197. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 

 I. Unrecorded Acari from New Zealand. By A. D. Michael, 



F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.li.M.S., &c. (Plates 17-21.) 134 



II. ^nigmatistes africanus, a new Genus and Species of Diptera. By 



R. Shelfokd* M.A., F.L.S. (Plate 22.) 150 



III. The Preservation of Specimens in Australian Museums. By J. G. 



Otto Teppee, F.L.S. 155 



IV. Life-Histories and Larval Habits of the Tiger Beetles (Cimidelidct). 



By Victor Ernest Shelfoed, S.B., Ph.D. (Chicago). (Com- 

 municated by the Rev. Canon Fowler, M.A., F.L.S.) (Plates 

 23-26.) " 157 



V. Some New Alcyonaria from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. — 

 Preliminary Notice. By Ruth M. Harrison, Lady Margaret 

 Hall, Oxford. (Communicated by Prof. G. C. Bourne, D.Sc, 

 F.L.S.) 185 



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