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LINNEAN SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
Sydney, 26th August, 1885.—Professor W. J. Stephens, M.A,, 
F.G.S., President, in the chair. 
New Member.—Rev. J. Dixon. 
Papers.—(1) “List of Plants in use by the natives of the Maclay- 
Coast, New Guinea,” by N. de Miklouho-Maclay, with Botanical 
remarks by Baron Ferd. von Mueller, K.C.M.G., & Baron Maclay 
in this paper gives (1) a list of the plants used as food, dividing them 
into those cultivated and those growing wild, (2) those cultivated as 
stimulants or for medicine, (3) those useful in various ways for house- 
hold purposes and (4) those introduced since 1871. An Appendix by 
Baron von Mueller gives an account of some of the plants mentioned by 
Baron Maclay and gives a description of a new species named Rassiw 
Maclayana. 
(2) “Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Australia,” by George Masters. 
This is the first of a series of Papers intended by Mr. Masters to make 
a complete and perfect list of all the known species of Coleoptera in 
Australia. The present part comprises the Cicindelide and Carabidae, 
aud numbers 950 species. 
(3) “Descriptions of three new Port Jackson Fishes,” by J. 
Douglas-Ogilby, Assistant Zoologist, Australian Museum. ‘The three 
species here described are Scyllium anale, Heliastes immaculatus, and 
Pempheris lineatus. | 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANTA. 
Hobart, Sept. 7th, 1885.—Mr James Barnard, Vice-President, in 
the chair. 
New Fellows. —Messrs. W. Garrard, B.A., W. Eldridge, W. Duffy, 
and J. T. Facy. 
Papers.—(1) ‘Contributory information regarding the tin ore 
deposits at Mount Bischoff, Tasmania,” by Baron von Groddeck. The 
author states that the Royal Academy of Mines at Clausthal was some 
time ago placed in possesion of a very fine collection of Australian ores, 
the collection being presented to the Academy by Mr. M. Wajenknecht, 
a resident of Tasmania. Amongst the samples were found a number 
of specimens of tin ore, together with the rocks and minerals said to be 
associated with same from Mount Bischoff. The author says the series 
particularly interested him on account of a piece of supposed quartz- 
porphyry, which rock, it was represented, is associated (according to 
the description of Mr. 8S. H. Wintle and Mr. Geo. H. F. Ulrich) with 
those tin ores, and also because of some peculiar, dense, greyish-blue 
coloured masses of mineral which most frequently are found to enclose 
those tin ores. The author gives a very careful analysis that he made 
of the specimens he had received. 
Mr. C. P. Sprent said the paper was a most interesting contribution, 
ut it raised so many unexpected new points that it would require very 
