ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XXIX. 



Geer, the " warble," which lives under the skin of the ox; 

 this parasite has not yet established itself in Australia, 

 and is only occasionally met with in imported animals 

 (Sydney); (5) Demodex folliculorum var. suis, from the 

 hair follicles of the pig (Sydney); (6) Hydatids, Echino- 

 coccus polymorphus, IMes., from the lung of a wallaby 

 Macropus iialabatus, (Gosford, N.S. Wales), this being the 

 first record of the parasite in this host ; (7) Echinorhynchus 

 sp. from the intestine of a lizard Lygosoma (Hinulia) quoyi, 

 (Hawkesbury River, N.S. Wales, collected by Mr. G. P. 

 Darnell-Smith) not previously reported ; (8) Echino- 

 rhynchus sp. from the intestine of a Ludrick fish Girella 

 simplex (Bondi, N.S. Wales) not previously recorded ; (9) 

 Myxobolus sp., a sporozoan parasite infesting and destroy- 

 ing the genital organs of the frog Hyla aurea (Sydney, 

 N.S. Wales); (10) Davainea australis, Kr., a cestode from 

 the intestine of the Emu, Dromaeus novce-hollandice (N.S. 

 Wales) a parasite not previously recorded from this State. 



The following donations were laid upon the table and 

 acknowledged : — 



TRANSACTIONS, JOURNALS, REPORTS, &c. 



(The Names of Donors are in Italics.) 



Aachen — Meteorologische Observatoriums. Ergebnisse der 

 Beobachtungen am Observatorium und dessen Neben- 

 stationen im Jahre 1907, Jahrgang xiii. The Director. 



Aberdeen — University. Aberdeen University Studies, Nos. 31, 

 The Miscellany of the New Spalding Club, Vol. u, 1908 ; 

 No. 35, The Records of Elgin 1234-1800, Vol. n, 1908. 



The University. 



Acireale — R. Accademia di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti degli Zelanti. 

 Rendiconti, Memorie della Classe di Scienze, Serie 3a, 

 Vol iv, 1904-5; Vol. v, 1906-7. The Academy. 



Adelaide — Department of Intelligence. Bulletin, No. 8, May 



1909. The Department 



Department of Mines. A Review of Mining Operations in 

 the State of South Australia during the Half -Year ended 

 June 30, 1909, No. 10. 



Government Geologist. Reports on Recent Mineral Dis- 

 coveries, and further record of Northern Territory Bor- 

 ing Operations 1908. 



3— Dec, 1,1909. 



