CONTENTS OF VOL. III. 



PART I. 



(Issued June 5th, 1S8S.) 



PAGK 



On an extinct Genus of the Marsupials allied to Hypsipi-ymnodon. 



By C. W. De Vis, M.A. (Plate i.) 5 



On the Genus Tetrarjonwutf of Risso. By E. P. Ramsay, LL.D., 



F.R.S.E., &c., and J. Douglas Ogilby, F.L.S 9 



Diptera of Australia. Part I. By Frederick A. A. Skuse. (Plates 



II. and in.) 17 



Notes on the Nests and Eggs of certain Australian Birds. By A. J. 



North, F.L.S 146 



Description of Fish-Remains from the "Rolling Downs Formation" of 



Northern Queensland. By R. Etheridge, Junr. (Plate iv.) ... 156 

 Descriptions of two hitherto unrecorded West Australian Plants. By 



Baron von Mueller, K.C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S 162 



Fisheries of the Oriental Region. By the Rev. J. E. Texison- Woods, 



F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. (Plates V. and VI.) 16.") 



Notes on the Bacterioscopical Examination of Ice supplied in Sydney. 



By Dr. Oscar Kat/. 206 



Flowering Seasons of Australian Plants. No. viii. By E. Haviland, 



F.L.S 267 



Notes on the Nesting of Alcyone pulchra, Gould. By A. J. North, 



F.L.S 260 



Catalogue of the known Coleoptera of New Guinea, including the 



Islands of New Ireland. New Britain, Duke of York, Aru, Mysol, 



Waigiou, Sahvatty, Key, and Jobie. By George Masters ... 271 

 Notes on JiDini'ia repens and some rare plants from the Lachlan. By 



the Rev. W. W00LL.S, Ph.D., &c 3^7 



Notes on tlie Htmiptera of the Hawaiian Islands. By the Rev. T. 



Blackburn, B.A. (Comniunica/ed by the Hon. \V. Madeay, 



F.L.S.) ;u:i 



Some reputed Medicinal Plants of New South Wales. (Indigenous 



Spcciex only. ) By J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., &c. Sof) 



On Pvhopalocera from the Vicinity of Mt. Bellenduu-Ker, Queensland. 



By A. SiD.NKv OLLrKF, KE.S .3!l4 



On a new Triiobitc from Bowning. By John Mitghell. [Plate xvi. 



of Vol. II. (2), figs. 7-12] -.Vr, 



Note on tlic Nature of the Venom of Australian Snakes. By Dr. O.sgar 

 Kat/. ... 



Kleotiona and Announcements 



Donations 



Notes and FIxhibits ... ... 





... 400 



1, 



i.'j2, ;{:{•♦ 



... I, 



ir)2, 340 



ir>o, 



:«.■), 400 



