GENERAL NOTES. 173 
On June roth a slight shock was experienced at Christchurch 
at 11.30 p.m., and early on Wednesday, the 11th, another was 
felt, but no exact observations appear to have been made of 
either. On 12th June two sharp shocks were reported from Ox- 
ford. 
On 27th June a slight shock was felt in Dunedin at an early 
hour in the morning, but unfortunately no recording apparatus 
appears to be kept in the city, and, therefore, no exact informa- 
tion on the subject is attainable. 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA.—The Papers and Proceed- 
ings of this Society for 1883 form a pamphlet of about 80 pages. 
The original papers are few in number and short. Messrs. E. T. 
Higgins and W. F. Petterd contribute the following :—(1) Des- 
cription of new Tasmanian Animals,” (Polorous rufus, Antecht- 
nus moorel, Mus pachyurus, and M. castaneus) ; (2) “New Species 
of Tasmanian Antechini and Mus” (A. concinnus, A. moorei var. 
assimilis, M. tamarensis, and M. leucopus, ; (3) “ Description of 
a new Cave-inhabiting Spider (Z7erzdion troglodytes), together 
with notes on mammalian remains from a recently discovered 
cave in the Chudleigh District”; and (4) “ Description of a 
new species of Mus, (7. ¢etragonurus), with a list of the terres- 
trial animals of Tasmania.” Mr. R.M. Johnston contributes 
“Notice of recent additions to the lst of Tasmanian Fishes,” 
(includes two species, Olzstherops brownz, n.sp., and Hoplegna- 
thus conwayit (?) Rich). 
DESCRIPTIONS OF Two NEW SHELLS FROM NEW ZEa- 
LAND, BY PROF. F. W. HUTTON.—Acclis (Rissopsis) hyalina, 
nov. sp. Shell elongated, thin, hyaline, white or brownish, darker 
at the apex, smooth, polished ; the apex blunt. Whorls 5 or 6, 
rather flattened, the suture well marked. Aperture ovate, acu- 
minate posteriorly; columella smooth, slightly recurved an- 
teriorly. Length oz inch. Habitat: Stewart Island. 
Rissoina annilata, nov. sp.—Shell ovate, smooth, brown or 
purplish, often with a paler band just below the suture. Whorls, 
5, slightly rounded, the suture well marked. Aperture rounded, 
continuous in the adult. Length o'08 inch. Habitat: Auck- 
land. The operculum has an internal calcareous process. 
LOMARIA PUMILA, RAOUL.—This much desired species escaped 
observation by collectors for many years. There existed an idea 
that it might be discovered somewhere in the neighbourhood of 
Akaroa ; and I asked a lady friend living there to search for it. 
In 1879 I was delighted with the receipt of a piece of the long 
lost fern, which was procured on the side of a rather steep spur 
on the south side of Church Valley, Akaroa. In the spring of 
1882 I went over the habitat, but owing to fires it had entirely 
disappeared ; the only vestige of ferns being some depauperised 
