Proceedings. 171 



A small Hat, reseniLling in its long, slender, tind acuminated 

 muzzle, and somewhat in its general appearance, and carnivorous 

 character and habits, the Mus nasutus (Waterh. Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond. Feb. 1837), as figured by Darwin, forwarded for examina- 

 tion by Captain Stanley: this animal, being a regular purloiner of 

 provisions from a party of workmen employed high up the side of 

 Mount Wellington, was caught there in a trap. 



12th September, 1849. — Monthly meeting; His Excellency Sir 

 W. T. Denison, President, in the chair. 



The following gentlemen elected Fellows of the Society : — 

 Abraham Hort, Esq., Holebrook-place 

 William Henty, Esq., Launceston 

 Chester Eardley-Wilmot, Esq., A.D.C 



Dr. Agnew, of Hobart Town, and James Grant, Esq., of Laun- 

 ceston, admitted on Kule xvii. 



Last number of the Tasmanian Journal presented by Ronald 

 C. Gunn, Esq. 



A packet of Seeds, &c. received from John Montagu, Esq., Secretary 

 to Government, Cape of Good Hope, for the Society's Botanical 

 Gardens. 



A case of Fruit Trees received from Mr. Fry, of Launceston, in 

 return for scions forwarded to him from the Eoyal Society's Gardens. 



A case of Bulbs and Cacti received from the Botanical Gardens at 

 Mauritius. 



A molar tooth of Diprotodon Australis, obtained near Mount 

 Macedon, Port Phillip, by the late Dr. Hobson, forwarded by 

 R. C. Gunn, Esq., lay upon the table. 



A stuffed specimen of the Phaps elegans (brush bronze-wihged 

 pigeon), and of a male Biziura lobata (musk duck of the colony), 

 presented from Robert Power, Esq., Surveyor-General. 



A female specimen ofi?izztf»-a/o&ate presented by J.E. Bicheno,Esq. 



Major Ainsworth presented a fine stuffed specimen oi Aquilafucosa, 

 standing upon a black opossum, in a large glazed case. 



William Watchorn, Esq., presented dried specimens of Phyllopterix 

 (Swainson), and of other Hippocampi, — of Callorynchus Australis, 

 Pristis, &c. &c. 



Specimens of small Crustaceans and ArachnidcB, preserved in 

 spirits, and of Oriental Bezoars, presented from Mr. A. M. Milligan, 

 of Launceston. 



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