ABSTRACT OP PROCEEDINGS. XXXV11. 



In addition to these the following were collected from the rail- 

 way cutting near Allandale : — 

 Mceonia sp. nov., a highly carinated form, quite distinct from M. 



carinata Morris, the only species it at all resembles. 

 Straparollus ammonitiformis Eth. fil., a very fine specimen of this 



very rare shell. 

 Aviculopecten or Deltopecten, a small species which may be new. 

 Keeneia platyschismoides Eth. fil., a fine specimen. 

 Keeneia sp., a fine specimen of a distinct species from the above. 



4. Dr W. N. Benson, Foraminifera from the Nemingha 

 Limestone (Devonian), Ammodiscus and Endothyra. 1 



5. Mr. W. S. Dun, Lepldodendron australe from Stewart's 

 Brook, and Austrospongia (gen. et sp. nov.) from the Tam- 

 worth Limestone. 



6. Mr. G. W. Card, (a) silica-coated leaves from Papua; 

 (b) phosphate rock from Wellington; (c) chrysolite from 

 Beaconsfield. 



Mr. E. O. Andrews gave further notes on the Beach 

 Formations of Botany Bay in amplication of his paper. [Vide 

 this Journal, pp. 165 - 176]: — 



Further notes on the Shoreline Topography of Botany Bay. 

 E. C. Andrews, b.a., f.g.s. 

 The discussion on "Shoreline Studies at Botany Bay," published 

 in this year's journal of the Society, was continued from the 

 general meeting in October. It was stated by Mr. Andrews that 

 there had been no consensus of opinion upon the idea expressed by 

 various observers, namely, that the shoreline of New South Wales 

 had emerged recently to the extent of a few feet. 



Mr. Andrews considered that Lady Robinson's Beach was an 

 emergent feature, and moreover that it was merely a type which 

 was to be found along the whole of the eastern Australian shore- 

 line. The evidence consisted of : — 



1 Descriptions will probably be published in P.L.S., N.S.W., for 1917. 



