MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES. 530 
New Members—Dr. Foucart, F.R.C.S., A. K. Varley, Dr. H, 
Rose, F.R.C.S. 
Papers.—(1) “‘ On a New and Remarkable instance of Symbio- 
sis,’ by William A. Haswell, M.A., B.Sc. 
Phovonis australis found by the author in Port Jackson, and 
briefly described in a preliminary note in the Proceedings of this 
Society (Vol. 7, p. 606) forms colonies, the individuals of which 
inhabit chambers or tubes in a common soft matrix formed of fine 
felted filaments. The whole colony grows round a large Sea-Ane- 
mone in such a way as to form a complete tube for it, the Phovonis 
doubtless profiting by the action of the thread-cells in the tentacles 
of the Auemone, in killing or stunning any minute organisms that 
come in contact with them. 
(2) “On the Pycnogonide of the Australian Coast, with des- 
criptions of New Species,” by William A. Haswell, M.A., B.Sc. In 
this Paper which is a review of all the Australian species seven 
new species are described—Mymphon validum, and agqudigitatum : 
Nymphopsis armatus, 2 new genus and species ; Ammothea longicollis 
and assimilis ; Colossendeis tenuissima and Phoxichilidium tubiferum, 
(3) ‘“‘ Notes on some Australian Amphipoda,” by Charles Chil- 
ton, MA. This paper, which was illustrated by a plate, contained 
critical notes on a few species of Amphipoda, collected at Sydney, 
inJanuary last. The chief points ot interest to New Zealand 
students of the Crustacea were, that Moera petriet, G. M, Thomson, 
was identified with Megamoera subcavinata, Haswell (see Vol. IL., p. 
230, of this Journal); it was suggested that Mucvodeutopus tenuipes, 
was in all probability the female of M. mortoniz, and since M. tenuzpes 
is almost if not quite identical with the female of M. maculatus, G. 
M. Thomson, which has tor male either Aora typica, or Microdeutopus 
maculatus, Chilton, 1t was pointed out that we have here either three 
species with different forms of the male, but similar females, or 
one species with one torm of the female, and three of the male. 
(4) “Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera,” by E. 
Meyrick, B.A No. XII. Occophoride, (continued.) This paper 
continues the Oecophoride, as far as the genus Ocystola; fifty addi- 
tional species are described, of which forty-six are new to science. 
) “A Monograph of the Australian Sponges,” part III., by 
R. v. Lendenfeld, Ph. D. The author gives a complete descrip- 
tion of the known Australian species of Calcareous Sponges, 
52 in number. To the species described by Carter, Haeckel, 
Poléjaeff, and Ridley, numerous new ones are added. A new 
classificatory system is established in this paper. The Calcis- 
pongiz as an Order, are divided into Poléjaeff’s two Suborders 
the meaning of which has however, been slightly changed. To 
Haeckel’s three families and Carter’s Teichonide, three new 
families are added. Theclassification appears as follows :— 
Ovdo.—Calcispongia.—Spongie with calcareous skeleton. I, 
Subordo Homoccela. Calcispongie without differentiated ento- 
derm. 1. Familia Asconide.—Homocela with simple gastral 
cavity, 8 species. 2. Familia Homodermide—Homocela with 
radial tubes, I species (connected with Asconide by Ascaltis 
canariensis and Lamarckil.) Transition form between Asconids 
and Syconide, 3. Familia Leucopside.—Homoceela with a high- 
ly developed mesoderm, in which the sac-shaped stomachs of the 
