XXXVI. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



2. Dr. O. Anderson, (a) Dreikanter from Wanganui, N.Z.; 

 (b) etched beryl from Torrington; (c) photographs of earth 

 pillar, Wolgan Valley, Dry Gully at Tenterfleld, and restor- 

 ation of Parramatta River. 



3. Mr. G. W. Card, (a) wood opal from Tingha ; (b) Molyb- 

 denite and bismuth from Bow Greek, Deepwater. 



4. Professor Cotton, photographs of land forms prepared 

 by the U.S. Geological Survey. 



5. Mr. W. R. Browne, specimens of Glendonites from 

 Wollongong and Singleton covered with crystals of sulphate 

 of lime. 



6. Mr. J. E.Oarne, gold-bearing specimens from Hill End. 



Monthly Meeting, 8th November, 1916. 

 Mr. R. H. Oambage in the Ohair. 

 Ten members and one visitor were present. 



exhibits: 



1. Mr. E. 0. Andrews exhibited (a) slates from Chats- 

 bury; (b) molybdenite from Deepwater and Yetholme; (c) 

 zincblende from Deepwater. 



2. Dr. C. Anderson, (a) azurite from Iodide and Melrose; 

 (b) quartz crystals from Kingsgate and Torrington. 



3. Mr. O. F. Laseron exhibited a series of new and rare 

 Permo-Oarboniferous fossils from the Maitland District. 

 These included the following species from the Lower Marine 

 Series, just west of Farley Railway Station : — 

 Ptycomphalina sp. nov., a form distinct from P. Morrisiana 



McCoy, the common Upper Marine species. 

 Straparollus sp. nov., a small new form associated with the above. 

 Hyolithes lanceolatus Morris, several specimens of the opercula. 

 Mytilus sp., a small shell resembling a species found in the Upper 



Marine Series of the Shoalhaven River. 

 Astartila or Pachydomus sp., possibly a new species. 



