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of from 30 to 80 feet in height, amongst which a peculiar flora 
occurs. A list of those collected by the author was given at the 
end of the paper. 
4. ‘Contribution to a knowledge of the Fishes of New Guinea,” 
No. 3, by William Macleay, F.L.S., &c. In this paper Mr Mac- 
leay completes the list of the fishes sent by Mr. Goldie from Port 
Moresby, bringing the number of species up to 274. The new 
species described in the paper are: Platyglossus guttulatus, Corts 
cyanea, Pseudoscarus Goldiei, Pseudoscarus frontalis, Pseudoscarus papuen- 
sis, Pseudoscarus zonatus, Pseudoscarus labiosus, Pseudoscarus Moresbyensis, 
Monacanthus nigricans, Monacanthus fuliginosus, Trygon granulata, and 
Temura atra. 
5. ‘** Notes on the Geology of the Western Coal Fields,” No. 2. 
By Professor Stephens, M.A. In this paper Professor Stephens 
proceeds to an examination of the Wallerawang, Marangeroo and 
Capertee conglomerates, which leads him directly to the conclusion 
that the continent off whose shores the upper marine carboniferous 
beds were deposited, was a system of high mountain ranges, snow- 
capped, and under erosion by glaciers which descended to near 
the level of the sea. It was shown further that all the subsequent 
formations were of shore or river formation, in plains skirting the 
mountains, or in valleys penetrating their recesses, and that these 
were all fresh-water deposits, excepting the coal seams themselves 
which were subaerial; and that the most recent sedimentary for- 
mation in that district was the Hawkesbury Sandstone, also 
lacustrine in origin, and due like the underlying strata to the con- 
tinued rise of the lake waters upon the land. 
6. ‘“* Note on an Australian species of Phoronis,” by William 
A. Haswell, M.A., B.Sc. The species described, which was named 
Phoroms austvalis, was obtained with the dredge off Ball’s Head in 
Port Jackson, and inhabits the walls of a semi-gelatinous sac of 
large size. 
7. “ Note on a curious instance of Symbiosis,” by William A. 
Haswell, M.A., B.Sc. A Cellefova having minute antinids scattered 
over its branches, and occupying the terminal portions of narrow 
canals in the substance of the bryozoarium, was dredged in Torres 
Straits. It was suggested that this may throw some light on cer- 
tain problematical pores occurring in various fossil and recent 
species of Bryozoa. 
8. “* Note on the segmental organs of Aphvodita,” by William 
A. Haswell, M.A., B.Sc. 
Mr W. A. Haswell exhibited a coral which he had recently 
found in Port Jackson. With reference to this exhibit the Rev. 
J. E. Tenison-Woods stated that it was a Plestastvea, which he 
was inclined to regard as a new species. It differed in some re- 
spects from P. Pevonit of the south coast, and P. Urvillei of King 
George’s Sound. Ifit were the former it was the first record of its 
being discovered living in Port Jackson. He promised care- 
fully to examine the specimens and communicate the results to the 
Society. He added that conclusions had been drawn erroneously 
as to the former existence ot reet-building corals and a semi- 
tropical temperature from the occurrence of a similar fossil in the 
Miocene beds of Tasmania, but neither the existing nor the fossil 
species were reef-builders, nor were they confined to warm sea. 
