NOTICE. 
‘Tue Roya Society of New South Wales originated in 1821 as 
the “ Philosophical Society of Australasia,” after an interval of 
inactivity, it was resuscitated in 1850, under the name of the 
** Australian Philosophical Society,” by which title it was known 
until 1856, when the name was changed to the “ Philosophical 
Society of New South Wales”; in 1866, by the sanction of Her 
Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, it assumed its present title, 
and was incorporated by Act of the Parliament of New South 
Wales in 1881. 
The Director of the Colonial Museum, Harlem, Netherlands, 
requests that Authors of papers on tropical botany, zoology, &c., 
will be kind enough to send a printed copy of such paper to that 
Museum. 
NOTICE TO AUTHORS. 
The Honorary Secretaries request that authors of papers (to be 
read before the Royal Society of New South Wales) requiring 
illustrations by photo-lithography, will before preparing such 
drawings make application to the Assistant Secretary for patterns 
of the standard sizes of diagrams Wc. to suit the Society’s Journal. 
ERRATA. 
Page 178, first line from the top, for object read subject. 
» 180, seventh “A for 23,512,176 read 24,512,176. 
» 199, second line from the bottom, for dimimish read diminish. 
», 200, eighth 3 top, for stock-yard read stack-yard. 
» 209, second ig bottom, for Mendicago read Medicago. 
» 212, ninth 5 top, for on read an. 
eect 7, third Be », for found read once found. 
mks, sixth ms bottom, for larve read larval. 
» 226, eighteenth ,, top, for in read of. 
ee, + 33 », for circutarium read cicutarium. 
», 204, nineteenth ,, bottom, for Meliotus read Melilotus. 
» 280, eleventh 9 ae for porriflolius read porrifolius. 
» 236, second 93 top, for currassavica read curassavica. 
5 o2f, fourth " bottom, for molybdenum read molybdate. 
» 9327, second - » fora blue read no blue colour. 
9, 000, fifth % top, for lead read bead. 
» 9381, eighth i » for latter read former. 
» ol, ninth re », for former read latter. 
