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REPORT. 
Ir must be a subject for congratulation to the Fellows 
that the papers read during the session of 1885 were not 
only of great variety, but of special interest and impor- 
tance. ‘(he monthly meetings were all numerously 
attended, and on several occasions many ladies were 
present. 
‘The papers, 26 in number, were as follows :— 
Zoology of Australia: by the Hon. W. Macleay, 
F.L.S. 
“Fresh contributions to our knowledge of the character 
and relationship of the Upper Paleozoic and Mesozoic 
Formations of Tasmania with the associated Diabasic 
Rocks.” —“ Notes regarding the Silurian Fossils of the 
Gordon Limestones, with generic descriptions and a specific 
list of the organisms already named and classified.”— 
“Notes on the discovery of new species of leaf impressions 
from the Tertiary sandstones at Mount Bischoff, belonging 
to the Genera Eucalyptus, Laurus, Quercus, Zamia, 
ete.” —“ General observations regarding the classification 
of the Upper Paleozoic and Mesozoic Rocks of Tasmania, 
together with a full description of all the known Tas- 
manian coal plants, including a considerable number of 
new species.” —‘“ Description of two new species of Tertiary 
fossil plants belonging to the genera Eucalyptus and 
Taxites.”—“ Tasmanian fossil plants of the upper and 
lower coal measures of Tasmania.”—“ Local distribution 
of the fossil plants of the upper and lower coal measures 
of Tasmania.” —“ Geological table showing the proposed 
provisional classification of stratified rocks for Tasmania, 
also showimg corresponding divisions elsewhere: by 
R. M. Johnston, F.L.S. 
“The Lunar Eclipse of 30-31st March, 1885.”—* The 
Tasmanian earth tremors, 1883-4-5:” by Mr. A. B. Biggs, 
“ Jungemannia reticulata.’—“ On the identification of 
Tasmanian mosses, ete.” —‘‘ Mosses of Tasmania’’ (con- 
tinued): by R. A. Bastow, F.L.S. 
