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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29th, 1906. 



The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Society was held in 

 the Linnean Hall, Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay, on Wednesday 

 evening, August 29th, 1906. 



Mr. T. Steel, F.C.S., F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



A letter from Mrs. James Norton, thanking the Members for 

 their appreciation of Dr. Norton's long and helpful association 

 with the Society, and for their expression of sympathy, was read 

 by the Secretary. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting, amounting to 4 Vols., 67 Parts or Nos., 31 

 Bulletins, 5 Reports, 18 Pamphlets, 5 Maps, and 2 Miscellanea, 

 received from 60 Societies, &c, and 3 individuals, were laid 

 upon the table. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



The President exhibited living specimens, sent by Mr. H. W. 

 Davey from Portland, Victoria, of Ooperipatus oviparus, and the 

 following land planarians i- — Geoplana McMahoni, G. sanguined, 

 and G. Sugdeni. 



Mr. D. G. Stead exhibited specimens of the following species 

 of Syngnathid Pipe-Fishes : — Syngnathus tigris Castlenau, from 

 Hawkesbury River; Urocampus carinirostris Castlenau, from 

 Smith's Lakeand Lake Illawarra; Stigmatophora arv^sRichardson, 

 from Port Jackson and Hawkesbury River ; Stigmatophora nigra 

 Kaup, from Tuggerah Lake; and Gasterotokeus biaculeatus 

 Bloch, from Tuggerah Lake and Bateman's Bay. Mr. Stead 

 also offered some remarks upon the breeding habits of the Sea- 

 Horses and Pipe-Fishes in general. 



