S4 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
Linnean Society or N.S. Wates.—Mr. W. W. Froggat', 
F.L.S., ex-president of our Club, has been elected president 
of the Linnean Society of N.S. Wales in succession to Mr. C., 
Hedley, F.L.S., who occupied that position for two years. 
The last-named gentleman is also an ex-president of the Natu- 
ralists’ Club. 
Current Lirerature.—Part 4 of vol. xxxv. of ‘“‘The Pro- 
ceedings of the Linnean Society of N.S. Wales’’ was issued 
on March 1, and contained much matter of interest. Mr.. 
Arthur M. Lea, F.E.S., contributed a paper on “‘Australian 
and Tasmanian Pselaphidae,’”’ and illustrated it with a plate. 
This paper contained interesting notes on previously recorded 
species, besides descriptions of some new forms. “‘An Addi- 
tional Note on. the Birds of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands”’ 
appears under the name of Mr. Tom Iredale, whilst Mr. A. 
Basset Hull contributes another (also illustrated by four 
plates) entitled ‘Further Notes on the Birds of Lord Howe 
and Norfolk Islands.’? The last-quoted paper contains the 
description of a new species of Petrel, for which the scientific 
name of Oestrelata montana is proposed, and as a popular 
name, ‘“‘Lord Howe Petrel.’’? Messrs J. H. Maiden and K. 
Betche continue their ‘‘Notes from the Botanic Gardens, Syd- — 
ney’; whilst Dr. R. Greig-Smith contributes two important 
papers on bacteriological research. Mr. T. G. Sloane in his 
paper, ‘Carabidae from Dorrigo, N.S.W.,’’ gives a list of 
species collected by Mr. Carter and himself during a trip 
to that interesting locality, together with description of some 
new species; to this paper Mr. J. H. Carter, B.A., F.E.S., 
contributes an appendix: ‘‘Z'enebrionidae from Dorrigo,”’ 
and this part also contains a list of species collected and de- 
scriptions of new forms, illustrated by text- figures. By Mr. 
W. M. Carne there is a ‘‘Note on the Occurrence of Lime- 
stone-flora at Grose Vale’’; whilst Mr. R. J. Tillyard, M.A., 
F.E.8., has a paper ‘(On Some Remarkable Australian Li- 
bellulinae.’’ This paper forms part iii. of this series of con- 
tributions, and contains ‘‘Further Notes on Camacina 
Othello, Tillyard,’’ andis illustrated by fig. 3 on pl. xvii. 
“Notes on Fruit-Flies (7rypetidae) with Descriptions of New 
Species,”’ is the title of paper by Mr. W. W. Froggatt, F.L.S. 
The concluding paper in the interesting ‘‘budget’’ is by T. 
Thomson Flynn, B.Sc., and is entitled ‘‘Contributions to a 
Knowledge of the Anatomy and Development of the Mar- 
supalia,’’ No, 1. bien A 
NoIseS MADE By SnatL ON Wunpow-PANE.—Fred. Vlés 
(Bull. Soc. Zool. France, Vol. XXXIV., 1910) discusses this 
problem, in regard to which, there is considerable difference of 
opinion. His observations lead him to conclude that the 
grating noise is due to the shell, not to the radula, and that 
there is another rarer noise of unknown origin, like that made 
by the bursting of a large bubble on the surface of water. 
