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shallow structure of grass and cobwebs; the specimen exhibited, 
on the other hand, was a large structure about 1v inches in dia- 
meter, very deep, and composed ofa large quantity of wool, cob- 
webs, and gras,s closely and neatly interwoven. The eggs were 
three in number, of a rich asparagus-green, with indistinct dull 
brownish freckles and spots. 
Professor Stephens read the following note from Dr. Woolls 
relating to a grass (Panicum spcetabile) on which there had been 
some discussion at the preceding meeting of the Society .—‘ It is 
not generally known that the grass cultivated under that name 
is not a Panicum at all, but Andropogon Halepensis (Sibthorp), or 
Sorghum Halepense (Pers.). The grass was figured and described 
as P. spectabile some time back in the ‘‘ Sydney Illustrated News.” 
But its long roots, a yard in length, and as thick as a little finger, 
together with the white midrib mark it as Andvopogon Halepensis. 
Mr Bentham seems to doubt whether it is really indigenous. I 
have found it in an orchard at Parramatta, but believe it to have 
been introduced trom the north. Baron Mueller speaks highly of 
it as a forage plant, but recommends that it should be kept out of 
arable land.” 
Sydney, 27th Sept.—Dr. James C. Cox, F.L:S., ‘President, in 
the chair. 
It was announced that the List “of Donations received during 
the month, as well as the Donations themselves, had been lost in 
the fire at the Garden Palace. 
Papers—(1.) “On aresinous Plant from the Interior,” by K. 
H. Bennett. Specimens of the gum or resin of this plant, which 
Mr. Bennett described as Myoporum platycarpum, R. Br., were exhi- 
bited. 
(2.) ‘©On three new Fishes from Queensland,” by Charles W. 
De Vis, B.A. This paper was a description of a new genus of the 
Family Berycide, and a species of Homalogrystes and Scolopsis. The 
manuscript had been lost at the fire, but Mr. Macleay announced 
that he hoped to procure another copy of it in time for publication. 
(3.) ‘Contribution to a knowledge of the Fishes of New 
Guinea” No. 2, by William Macleay, F.L.S., &c. This is a con- 
tinuation of a list of fishes found at Port Moresby by Mr. Andrew 
Goldie. The first part was published in the June Proceedings. 
The present paper contains a record of seventy-six species, bring- 
ing the number in all up to 196. The new species described are 
Holocentvum Goldiet, Cavanx mandibularis, Cavanx ohtusiceps, Cavanx 
Moresbyensis, Salavias atratus, Pomacentrus analis, Glyphidodon bicolor, 
and Glyphidodon filamentosus. 
(4.) ‘Description of two Fishes lately taken in or near Port 
Jackson,” by William Macleay, F.L.S., &c. One of these fishes is 
a very ftne species ot Chilodactylus, which Mr. Macleay has named 
after Mr. Thomas Mulhall, Inspector of Fisheries, from whom he 
received it; the other is a new species of Ammotretis to which the 
name zonatus was given on account of a peculiarity in its marking. 
(5.) “On the Physical Structure and Geology of Australia,” by 
the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, F.L.S., &c. This paper dealt at 
length with all the physical features of the Continent, viz.:—its 
mountain systems; its inland plains, and the portions intervening 
