THE . \ PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF NEV\^ SOUTH \A^ALES. VOL. TIL [With Twenty-seven Plates]. I>mi>4"TE3ID So I>"CrBXiIS:SEID IFOia THEE SOOIIQT-Sr Ey Foster and J^airfax, 14 ^ arrack ^treet, AND SOLD BY THE SOCIETY. 18 7 9. A^^V^ ^ CONTENTS OF VOL. III. PART I, Description of a new species of Ptilotis from Torres Straits. By E P. Ramsay, F.L.S On an Australian variety of Meritina pulligera, Linn. By the Rev J. E. Tenison- Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c On a new genus of Milleporidfe. By the Rev. J. E. Texison Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. With Plate On a new species of Psammoseris. By the Rev. J. E. Tenisox Woods, F.C4.S., F.L.S., &c ' Description of a species of Myiolestes from Fiji. By E. P. Ramsay. F.L.S Note on a species of TTierafpon found in a dam at Warialda. By William Macleay, F.L.S., with Remarks by the Rev. J. E Texison-Woods. F.G.S., F.L.S., &c On a new species of Desmophyllum, and a young stage of Cycloseris Sinensis. By the Rev. J. E. Texison- Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S. &c On the Geology of Yass Plains. By Charles Jenkins, Esq., L.S Yass. With Plate Descriptions of some new fishes from Port Jackson and King George's Sound. By William Macleay, F.L.S. With Plates. Notes on List of Australian Birds. By E. P. Rajisay, F.L.S. Notes on the Fishes of the Norman River. By Count F. de Castelnaf On a new species of Soplocephalns from Sutton Forest. By Williajn: Macleay. F.L.S On the Power of Locomotion in the Tunicata. By William Macleay, F.L.S ' On some Australian Littorinidce. By the Rev. J. E. Texisox- Woods F.G.S., F.L.S., &c, Descriptions of five species of Birds from Torres Straits and New Guinea, &c. By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S Page 12 15 17 21 33 38 41 52 54 55 72 iy. CONTENTS. PART II. Page Descriptions of seven new species of Terrestrial and Marine Shells from Australia. By John Brazier, CM. Z.S., &c. Plate 8.... 77 On Bulimits Dufresnii. By the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. Plate 7 81 On three new genera and one new species of Madreporaria Corals. By the Rev. J. Tenison-Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. Plate 10. 92 Zoology of the "Chevert" Ornithology, Part II. By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S., &c 100 On two new species of Gerygone. By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S., &c. ... 116 On the Ferns of Queensland. By F. M. Bailey, F.L.S., &c. ... 118 On two new species of Land Shells. By the Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. Plate 12 123 On a new genus of Polyzoa. By the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. Plate 13 126 On some Corals from Darnley Island. By the Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. Plates 9 and 11 128 On some new Extratropical Corals. By the Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. Plates 12 and 13 131 On some Freshwater Shells from New Zealand. By the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. Plate 13 135 On some new Australian (chiefly Freshwater) Fishes. By Count F. de Castelnau. 140 Proposed Zoological Station for Sydney. By Baron N. de Miklucho-Macleay 144 Lepidoptera having the Antlia terminal in a teretron or borer. By R. B. Read, M.R.C.S. Plate 14 150 On the Tracheae of some Australian Ducks. By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S., &c 154 Mollusca of the " Chevert " Expedition. By John Brazier, C.M.Z.S., &c 155 Drawings by Australian Aborigines. By J. C. Cox, M.D., F.L.S,, &c., Plates 15 and 16 155 PART III. Page Report of Committee on Zoological Station ... ... ... ... 161 On a new Ganoid Fish from Queensland. By Count F. de Cas- telnau. Plate 19, A. 164 On a species of Amphisile, from the Palau Islands. By William Maclbay, F.L.S. Plate 19, B 165 CONTENTS. r. Page On Maci*odontism. By N. de Mikluho-Maclay, Hon. Mem. Linn Soc. N. S. W. Plate 18 On the Goshawk from Port Moresby. By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S., &c Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. By E. Meyeick, B.A On the Geology of Yass Plains. Second Paper. By Charles Jenkins, L.S., Yass Plate 17 Description of a new species of Vivipara. By John Brazier C.M.Z.S., &c On some Tertiary Fossils from Muddy Creek. By the Rev. J. E Tenison-Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. Plates 20 and 21 Contributions to the Zoology of New Guinea. Mammals and Birds By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S., &c 169 173 175 216 221 222 241 PART IV. Plagiostomata of the Pacific. By N. de Miklouho-Maclay, and William Macleay, F.L.S. Parti. With 5 Plates 306 On an apparently new species of Penguin from Campbell Island. By F. W. HuTTON, Professor of Zoology, Otago Universit}'... ... 334 Notes on a small collection of Birds from the New Hebrides, with a description of a new species of Merula. By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S., &c 336 Description of a new species of Rhlpidura from Lord Howe's Island. By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S., &c 340 On six new species of Annelids of the family Amphinomidoe in the Macleay Museum. By William A. Haswell, M.A., B. Sc, Edinburgh 341 Essay on the Ichthyology of Port Jackson, By Count F. de Castelnau 347 Contributions to the Zoology of New Guinea, Part III. Description of a new Marsupial allied to the genus Perameles. By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S., &c 402 'i^oie^ on Puffinus carneipes oi Gould. By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S.,&c. 406 On two new species of Stenorhynchus. By W. A. Haswell, M.A., B. Sc 408 Notes on the Anatomy of the Brachial Plexus of Birds. By W. A. Haswell, M.A., B. Sc 409 President's Annual Address ... ... ... ... 414 INDEX TO VOL. III. Acaiitlioperca Gulliveri .. Accipiter cirrhoceplialiis . . Achrcea grisella ... Acrostichum Pteroides .. Actitis hypoleucos Adeorbis acuticarinata . . aster Adiantum affine . . capillus-veneris diaphanum JEgialitis Geoffroyi hiaticula mongolus ^gotheles Beniiettii Agenor modestus . . . 350, Ailurcedus Stonei . . . Alcyone affinis pusilla . . . Aleuterius variabilis Animotretus rostratus Amphinome nitida prselonga Amphisile Komis . . . Anas castanea gibberifrons . . . punctata superciliosa ... Ancillaria semilaevis Anerastia mirabilella Anguilla Australis 355, Antennarius commersonii pimiiceps . . . Aphareus roseus . . . 350, Aphritis Urvillei ... Aplodactylus lophodon ... obscurus 350, Apogon fasciatiis . . . 350, Novae Hollandi^ Aprosmictus cliloropterus Aracana lenticularis 356, Arachnopora argentea Ardea sacra Page 1 42, 45 1 247 216 118 297 238 238 , , 119 119 119 297 297 115 264 357, 371 268 258 258 399 355 , 359 341 341 166 115 , 301 38 115 301 229 213 360, 400 353, 362 353, 362 361, 373 351, 358 350, 357 357, 374 357, 370 350 357 251 360, 400 8 115 Page Arripis truttaceus 350, 357, 363 Aristeus Fitzroyensis ... ... 141 flu\'iatilis ... ... 141 Arius Australis 42, 50 Arses Enado 269 telescophthalmus ... 114, 269 Artamus leucopygialis ... 189, 276 Aspidimn teneriim ... ... 120 truncatum ... ... 120 Asj)lenmm maximum . . ... 121 sylvaticum ... ... 121 Astur cruentus 173, 248 leucosomus... ... ... 248 Sharpei 173, 248 Atherina pinguis ... ... 353, 362 Atlierinichthys Duboulayi ... 143 Jacksoniana 353, 359 Atypichthys strigatus 350, 361, 374 Atypus strigatus ... ... ... 375 Aulopus purpurissatus 355, 360, 364 Auxis Eamsayi ... 352,858,382 Balanopliyllia dentata ... ... 98 Balistes Jacksonianus . . . 356, 360 Batrachus dubius ... ... 353, 358 Baza Keinwardtii... ... ... 246 stenozoa ... ... ... 246 Belideus ariel ... ... ... 243 Bellerophon acutus ... ... 23 Beloneferox ... 355,359,394 Kreffti 42, 50 Beryx affinis ... 349,360,365 Blechnum cartilagineum... ... 121 nitidum ... ... 121 Blennius unicornis 353, 358, 384 Blepliaris ciliaris ... 352,362,383 indicus ... ... ... 383 BramaRaii 352,361 Bronteus ... ... 217 Buceros ruficollis ... ... ... 263 Bulimus Dufresnii ... 81, 91 Butoroides flavicollis ... ... 299 Javanica ... 116, 299 2 3 765 11. INDEX. Page Bythinella coralla... ... ... 136 Cacatua galerita ... ... ... 105 Triton 104, 250 Cacomantis assimilis ... ... 256 dumetorum ... ... 257 Caloenas Nicobarica ... ... 295 ferruginea ... ... 339 Calornis cantor ... ... ... 279 cantoroides ... ... 279 metallica 107, 279 viridescens ... 107, 279 Campephaga Boyeri ... ... 284 Marescotii 283 Mulleri 115 Sloetii 285 strenua ... ... 115 Cancellaria varicifera ... ..231 Canis familiaris var. Papuensis . . . 242 Caprimulgus macrourus ... ... 264 Caranx georgianus . . . 352, 358, 364 macrosoma ... 352, 362 Carpophaga Mulleri ... 102,294 pacifica ... 292, 339 pinon 102, 292 rufigaster ... ... 292 rufiventris ... ... 292 spilorrhoa ... ... 103 VanWyckii 292 Zoeas 291 Centronotus Gardenii ... ... 381 Centropogon Australis ... 351, 358 robustus ... 351, 358 Centropus melanurus .. ... 110 Menbekii 258 spilopterus ... 110, 258 Cerithium apheles 232 cribarioides ... ... 231 Ceroprepes almella 210 Cestracion Francisi ... ... 315 pantherinus .. ... 316 Phillipi 309 Quoyi 316 zebra 309 Ceyx solitaria 259 Chalcites plagosus ... ... 1 10 Chalcophaps chrysochlora 104, 294, 339 Jobiensis ... ... 294 Margaritas ... ... 294 Stephani 294 Chalcopsitta chloropterus . . . 254 Chalcopsittacus scintillans ... 106 Chanos salmoneus ... 355, 362 Chatcessus Erebi 42, 51 Chsetodon ocellipinnis 33 Page Chsetodon sexf asciatus . . . 350, 357 tetracanthus ... ... 376 Cheilanthes caudata ... ... 119 Cheilodactylus annularis 351, 358, 377 fuscus 350, 357, 376 gibbosus 351, 358, 363 rubrofasciatus ... 140 vestitus 378 Cheirurus iusignis ... ... 217 Chibia carbonaria ... ... 109, 275 Chilo Parramattellus ... ... 178 Chironemus marmoratus 350, 357, 363 Chlamydodera cerviniventris 102, 268 Chloeia flava ... ... ... 345 Macleayi 345 pulchella 345 Chrysaena Correi ... ... ... 339 Chrysophrys australis 350, 357, 363, 373 sarba 350, 361, 373 Cicinnurus regius ... ... ... 267 Cinnyris aspasise .. ... ... 288 frenata 102, 287 Circus Wolffi 336 Cisticola lineocapilla ... ... 275 ruficeps ... 108, 275 Olupea hypselosoma ... ... 355 moluccensis 355, 362, 395 sagax ... ... 855, 362 Cnidoglanis lepturus 355, 359, 393 megastoma 355, 359, 392 CoUocalia spodiopygia ... ... 265 CoUuricincla brunnea ... ... 280 megarliyncha ... 280 Conger labiata . . . 355, 360, 396 Conopophila albogularis ... ... 285 Conradia ... ... ... ... 61 Couthoyia ... ... ... ... 61 Conus Kalphii 228 Coris lineolata ... 354,359,390 Corvina albida ... ... 42, 47 Corvus orru ... ... ... 278 Cossyphus Grouldii ... ... 354 unimaculata 354, 359, 389 vulpinus ... 354, 359 Cracticus cassicus ... 109, 281 mentalis ... ... 28X Spaldingi ... ... 39 Quoyi 281 Crambus aurantiacus ... ... 184 bifractella 197 Crambus bivittellus ... ... 186 concinellus ... ... 182 cuniferellus ... ... 189 dimidiellus 190 INDEX. HI. Page Page enneagrammus . . . . 194 Edoliosoma melas 115, 283 halterellus . 183 plumbea 283 hoplitellus . 188 Elacate nigra ... 351 361 381 invalidellus . 193 Pondiceriana 381 lativittalis . 183 Elapocranium 54 milvellus . 181 Eleotris adspersa ... 142 opuleutellus . 192 Australia... 353, 358J 384 pleniferellus . 187 mogurnda 353, 358 recurvellus . 186 planiceps 42, 49 relatalis . 191 simplex ... 42, 49 torrentellus . 184 sulcaticollis 142 trivittatus . 185 Elops saurus 355," 362 vivittellus . 185 Engraulis nasutus... 42, 51 Cristiceps antinectes 353, 358 Enoplosus armatus 349, 357, 363 aurantiacus 353 358, 386 Eopsaltria nana 39 Macleayi 353, 358„ 385 placens 272 Cuscus chrysorrhous . 243 Eos fuscata 253 Goldiei . 243 Epbeslia elutella 215 orientalis ... . 243 interpnnctella ... 216 Cybium commersonii 352, 361 Eromene bifractella 197 Cycloseris Sinensis 17, 19, 20 dilatella ... 199 Cyclopsittacus suavissimus . 252 longipalpella . . . ... 196 Cylicia Huttoni . 132 prsematurella . . . 198 vacua . 134 Erythemra cyanovirens ... 339 Dacelo Gaudichaudi . 261 Etiella Behrii 205 intermedins . 261 chrysoporella 206 Leachii . 261 sincerella .. ,, . 204 Dactyloptems orientalis ... 35. I, 361 Etrumeus Jacksoniensis 36, 355, 360 Daphnella gracillima . 226 Eucarpbia ensif erella 208 Davallia solida . 121 vulgatella 207 tripinnata . 121 Eudynamys cyanocephala 257 Demiegretta sacra . 300 Eudjrptes chrysocome 335 Dendrocygiia guttata . 301 cbrysolopba 335 vagans . 301 Filholi ... 334 Bendrogalus . 244 Euktimenaria ducalis 126 Desmophyllum quinarium 'i 17, 18 Eulabes Dumontii 107^ 279 Diacopus Bengalensis 34< ), 361 orientalis ... • • • 279 Dicseum rubrocoronatum. . . IK ), 276 Eumeda elongata ... 144 Dichorcea Boletiformis . . . . 96 Eupetes Goldiei 303 Dicotylichthys punctulatus 35' J, 363 nigricrissus 277 Dicksonia lanata . . . 121 Eupbrosyne Mastersi 346 Youngia . 121 Eurystomus crassirostris... 263 Dicrurus carbonarius 10( ), 275 Fistularia serrata . . . 353, 362," 388 Diodon hystrix 35' 1, 363 Flabellum rubrum ... 134 novemmaculatus 357 36[ J, 401 Fossarus 61 Donacola nigriceps . 289 Fusus f uniculatus 225 Drillia Trevori . 227 Galleria mellonella . .. 216 Drymophila alecto . 113 Gallinula ruficrissa 298 carinata . 114 tenebrosa 298 Echeneis naucrates 352, 36] [, 382 Gambetta pulverulentus . . . 297 remora 355 I, 361 Gasterosteus ovatus 383 Echidna Lawesi ... . 244 Gelocbelidon macrotarsa . , . 301 Eclectus polychlorus loi ), 253 Geoffroyius aruensis losi 252 Edoliosoma Boyeri . 115 cyaniceps 253 IV. INDEX. 350, 293 293 391 359 274 39 117 273 117 357 337 ... 286 42, 48 104, 294 ... 107 114, 283 ... 338 114, 283 ... 283 ... 283 42,46 42,45 ... 278 Page Geology of Yass Plains ; On the 21, 32 Geopelia humeralis placida ... ... 104, Gerres ovatus ... 354, 359, subfasciatus . . . 354, Gerygone cinerascens flavida ... Igata ... inconspicua ... 116, insularius Glaucosoma Biirgeri Glyciphila flavo-tincta . subfasciata Gobius sauroides ... Goura Albertisi Gracula Dumontii... Graucalus angustifrons . Caledonicus melanops plumbea streniia GuUiveria fasciata fusca ... Gymnocorax senex Gyropleurodeus Francisci ... 315 Halcyon albicilla 261 Julise 337 Macleayi 261 sanctus ... ... ... 261 Haliaetus leucogaster ... ... 245 Haliastur girrenera ... ... 246 leucosternus ... .. 246 sphenurus ... ... 246 Harpya cephalotes 243 Heliastes hipsilepis 353, 359, 388 Helicarion fiimosa ... ... 124 Helix Bala 78 Bebias ... ... ... 78 Beddomai 80 Mazee 79 mucoides ... ... ... 125 Nicomede ... 79 Zebina ... ... ... 78 Helotes sexlineatus . . . 350, 357 Hemiramphus argenteus 355, 360, 394 breviceps 355 melanochir355, 362, 364 regularis 355, 360, 394 Henicopernis longicauda 247 Henicophaps albifrons ... ... 104 Herodias garzetta... ... ... 300 Heterocyathus hemisphericus ... 9 Heterodontus Francisci 315 Francisi ... ... 815 Page Heterodontus galeatus 313 PhiUipi 309 Quoyi 316 zebra 309 Heteroscarus Castelnaui 36, 354, 359 Himantopus lencocephalus ... 115 11 ippocampus Novae Hollandiae 356, 360 tristis ... 356, 364 Hirundo Javanica ... . . ... 275 nigricans ... ... 275 Histiophorus gladius . . . 352, 362 Holocentrus heptodactylus ... 42 Homocosoma distichella . . . ... 215 vagella 214 Hoplocephalus Bransbyi ... ... 52 Hydrochelidon nigricans , . ... 275 lanthsenas albogularis ... ... 293 Isosillago maculata ... ... 34 Kurtus GuUiveri 42,48 Labrichthys gymnogenis 354, 359, 389 laticlavius ... 354, 359 luculentus ... 354, 359 g1S?uT- ! 35. 354, 359 parila 354, 359, 389 Lalage pacifica ... ... ... 338 rufiventris ... ... 285 Lamprococcyx lucidus ... ... 256 Meyeri ... ... 256 minutillus ... 255 Lanius melas ... ... ... 283 Lasiocera canilinea ... ... 209 Lates calcarifer ... ... ... 42 colonorum 349, 357, 363, 365 nobilis ... ... ... 42 Latris ciliaris ... ... 351, 361 Leda Huttoni ... ... ... 239 inconspicua ... ... ... 239 Lepidotriglia papilio ... 351, 361 Leptoscopus macropygus 351, 358 Lethrinus chrysostomus ... 350, 357 giiphodon 350, 361, 372 Leuciscus Australis ... 42,51 Liotia lamellosa ... ... ... 236 Littorina ... ... ... 60 Lobivanellus miles ... ... 296 Lomaria Capensis ... ... ... 122 discolor 122 procera ... ... ... 122 vulcania ... .. ... 122 Lorius Gulielmi ... 73,106,254 hyposnochrous 72, 106, 254 Lotella callarias . . . 354, 359, 391 rubiginosa ... 354, 359 INDEX. V. Page Pap;e Machseramphus alciniis , . . . 247 Monacanthu3 maculosus 356, 360 Macropygia Amboinensis . 293 megalurus 356, 360, 398 Doreya . 103 obscurus . . . 356, 360 Mackiulayi ... . 339 penicilligerus 356, 362 Macropteryx mystica . 265 Peronii 356,360,364, 398 Macropus crassipes . 244 platifrons ... 356,360 Madreporaria tabulata . . . 7 prasmus356,360,364,400 Majaques Parkinsonii . 39 rudis 356, 360, 399 Malanichthys simplex 350, 35': ^ 363 spilomelanurus 356, 360 tricuspidata356, 35'i ^ 363 tomentosus 356, 262 zonata 350, 35i r, 363 Monarcha Aruensis 269 Maliirus alboscapulatus . . . lOJ ;, 274 carinata ... 114, 268 Mangeiia bidens ... . 227 guttulatus 269 Manucodia atra ... 10] , 265 melanoptera ... ... 269 Keraudreni . . . 105 \, 265 melanotus ... ... 269 Megaloprepia Poliura . 291 tricolor 113 puella lOS ►, 291 Monocentris laponicus 349, 360, 365 Megapodius Cu\aeri . 296 Mugil compressus 42, 50 Duperreyi . . . IK ;, 295 dobula 42, 50, 353, 362, 387 Melania oncoides ... . 5 grandis 353, 359, 364, 386 Melanocharis bicolor . 277 Peronii ... 353, 359, 387 unicolor . . . . 276 Mur^naafra 355, 362 Melidora coUaris ... . 262 siderea .. 355, 360, 396 Goldiei . 262 Mursenesox bagio . . . 355, 362, 395 macrorhyncha ... . 262 MuUus fuseatus 370 Melithreptiis albogularis... . 287 Munia caniceps ... ... ... 289 Merops ornatus ... . 263 Muscicapa chalybeoeephalus 113, 268 Merula albif rons . 336 melaleuca 271 poliocephalus . 337 Musicapa megarliyncha ... ... 280 Pritzbuesi.., . 337 Mussa laciniata 130 ruficeps , , . 337 soUda 129 sanguiuolenta , . . 337 Mycteria Australia 300 Tempesti ... . 337 Myelois cosmiella . . . ... ... 212 Vanicorensis .. . 337 subarcuella 211 vinitincta... . 337 Myiagra melamera ... ... 339 Vitiensis ... . 337 nitida 112 xanthopiis . 337 rubecula.. ... ... 112 Micrteca albofrontata . 304 Myiolestes maximus ... ... 13 iia\agaster 112 , 271 nigrogularis 12 flavovirescens . . . . 272 Myristicivora spilorrhoa ... ... 292 Microglossus aterrimus ... . 105 Myrophis Australia 355, 360, 396 Milvus aff inis . 246 Myxus elongatus 353, 359 striatus . 247 Myzomela cardinalis ... ... 337 Mino Robertsoni ... , . 279 erytlirocephala ... Ill Minolia strigata ... . 235 obscura ... 110, 285 Modulus . 61 Nasiterna pusilla ... .. ... 251 Monacanthus Ayraudi 356, 360, 397 NassaTatei 230 brunneus . . . . 356 Natica Hamiltonensis 229 Chinensls ... . 398 Wintlei 229 convexirostris 356 , 360 Naucrates ductor 352, 361 Damellii . . . . 356 Neoanthias Guntheri 349, 361, 367 granulatus 356 360, 398 Neoch^etodon vittatus 350, 357, 375 giittulatus . . . . 37 Neosphyrpena multiradiata 352, 358, 363 hippocrepis 356, 360, 398 Nephopteryx opimella ... ... 201 VI. INDEX. Page Page stenopterella 200 Physa Guyonensis ... 138 Neritina puUigera... 3 lirata ... 138 sulcata ... 3 Piezorhynchus Alecto 113, 268 Ninox albomaculata 249 nitidus . . . 113, 268 dimorpha . . . 248 Pisania tenuicostata ... 224 undulata . . . 249 Pitta Macklotii ... 277 Notholsena fragilis 120 Novse Guinese ... 277 pumilio 119 Novae Hibernicse . . ... 73 Notopygos flavus . . . 343 Placotrochus pedicellatus ... 134 parvus... Numenius cyanopus 344 296 Platycephalus Bassensis j 351, 358, 363, 379 uropygialis 296 cirronasus . . . 351, 358 Nycticorax Caledonicus 116, 300 fuscus351,361,363,379 Odax balteatus 354, 359 laevigatus 351 , 358, 363 obscurus 354, 359, 391 Tasmanianus ... 379 semifasciatus 354, 362, 390 Plectorhyncha stictocephalus . . . 304 Olistherops brunneus 36, 354 Plectropoma annulatum 349 , 357, 369 cyanomelas 354, 364 cyanostigma 349, 361 Ompax spatuloides 165 nigro-rubrum 349, 357 Ophichthys serpens 355, 359, 362 semicinctum 349, 361 Ophideres Atkinsoni . . . 151 serratum 349 , 357, 368 fuUonica 151 Pleurotoma murndaliana... ... 226 Oriolus striatus 112, 278 Samueli ... 226 Ostracion concatinatus 356, 362 Plotosus elongatus 42, 50 diaphanus 356, 362 Plotus Novse HoUandise . . . ... 302 Pachycephala brunnea 282 Podargus marmoratus ... 264 collaris 74, 281 Papuensis . 264 fuliginata 74, 282 Podiceps gularis ... 302 melanura 281 Nov83 HoUandise ... 302 Pagrus unicolor . . . 350, 357, 363, 372 Pcecilopteris virens ... 118 Pandion leucocephalus 248 Polynemus indicus 351, 361 Paradisea Raggiana 101, 266 macrochir 352, 358 Pardachirus pavoninus 355, 362 Polypodium nigrescens . . . ... 120 Panna microlepis . . . 354, 359 Pomacentrus unifasciatus 354, 359 squamipinnis 354, 359 Pomatostomus Isidorii . . . 112, 280 Parra Novse Guinese 298 Porphyrio melanopterus . . . ... 279 Patfficus fronto . • 1 353, 358 Priacanthus Bemmebari . . . 349, 361 maculatus * ■ • 353 macracanthus 349,361,369 Pelecanus conspicillatus 302 Prionophora ruptella ... 179 Peltops Blainvillei 268 Psammoseris cylicioides . . . ... 10 Pempelia rufitinctella 203 Psenes leucurus ... 352, 362 strigiferella 202 Psettus argenteus ... 352, 362 Pempheris compressus 352, 358, 384 Pseudoambassis elongatus 42, 44 Pentaroge marmorata 351, 361 Macleayi 42, 43 Perameles Broadbenti ... ... 402 Pseudorhombus Russellii 35^ , 359, 391 Moresbiensis 244 Pteris comans .. 119 Percis nebulosa ... . • • 351, 358 Pterois volitans 351, 361 Periophthalmus Australis 45 5,48 zebra 351, 361 Petrocirtes analis ... 353, 362 Pteropus conspicillatus ... ... 242 variabilis 353, 362 Ptilopus apicalis ... 339 Pbalacrocorax melanoleucus 302 aurantiifrons 103, 290 Philemon Nova3 Guineee ... 111 coronulatus 103, 290 Phyllopora spinosa 97 Correi ... 339 Phyllopteryx foliatus 356, 360, 364 Gestroi ... 289 INDEX. Vll. Page Page Ptilopus iozonus . . . 103, 289 Seriola grandis . . . 352, 358, 364 perlatus ... 290 hippos 352, 358 pulchellus 290 Lalandii ... 352, 362 Rivolii . . . 339 nigrofasciatus 352, 362 superbus... 103,' 291 Serranus Damelii . . . 349, 357, 365 Ptilorhis magiiifica 266 dispar 349, 360 Ptilotis analoga . . . lii, 286 guttatus ... 349, 360 filigera 111 guttulatus 33, 349, 357 Germana ... 2, 39, 285 merra 349, 360 gracilis 111, 286 undulato-striatus 349,361,366 notata 111, 286 Sillago Bassensis ... 351, 358, 380 similis 111, 286 maculata 351, 358, 363, 380 versicolor 111, 286 Terrse Reginse 351, 380 Pufl&nus carneipes 406 Solarium acutum ... 236 Pycnonotus stictocephalus 304 Wannonensis . . . 237 Rallina tricolor . . . 297 Solea microcephala 355,' 359 Rectes ferruginea... 280 Sparus compressus 384 Reinwardt^na Reinwai dtii 293 Sphecotheres flaviveiitris. . . 279 Rliinolophus 243 Salvadorii ... 279 Rhipidura ambusta castaneothor ax 270 270 Sphyraena Novae Hollandise ] 352," 363, 358, 381 cervana . ,, 340 Squalus Phillipi ... 309 gularis . . . 113, 270 Squatarola helvetica 297 isura . . . 113 Stenorhynchus brevirostris 408 setosa ... 113, 270 fissifrons... 409 Rhombosolea flesoides 354, 359 Sterna ansestheta 302 Rhytidoceros plicatus 263 anglica 301 Risella 61 Bergeri 301 Ruppelia prolongata 353, 359 melanauchen 302 Sauloprocta tricolor 113, 271 Panayensis 302 Saurida Australis 355 , 359, 393 Sticharium dorsale 353, 359 nebulosa 355, 362 Stigmatophora argus 355, 362 undosquamis 355, 359 nigra 355, 360 Saurus myops 355, 362 Stigmatops albo-auricularis 75, 285 Scatophagus argus 350, 361 Strix delicatula ... 248 multif ascia'^'i'' '^ ^ 12, 47, 350 Sula cyanopus ... 303 \ 357, 376 personata 303 Schizea dichotoma 121 Sus Papuensis 242 Fosteri 121 Syma Torotoro 260 Scboeniclus magnus 297 Symphyllia hemispherica 128 Schcenobius imparellus 176 Synaptura quagga . . 354, 362, 392 Scissna antarctica . . . 351^ 381 Synancidium horridum . . . 351, 361 aquila 351, 361, 363, 381 Syngnathus margaritifer. . . 356, 360 Scomber antarcticus 352, 358, 364 argus 355, 362 nigra 381 Synoicus cervinus... 296 Scorpaeua Bynoensis 351,' 358 Tachypetes aquila 303 cardinalis 351, 358, 378 Tadorna Radjah ... • t • 300 cruenta . . . 351 361, 378 Talegallus fuscirostris ... 297 militaris 378 Tanysiptera Galatea 259 Scorpis sequipinnis 350, 357^ 376 microrhynchus 259 Scotophilus nigrogriseus } ... 243 minor 259 Scjrthrops Nov8S Hollandise 110,' 258 Salvadoriana ... 259 Sebastes percoides 351, 361, 363, 379 Taphozous 243 SeUiguea pothifolia ... 119 Tectaria 61 Vlll. INDEX. 356, 356, 353, Temnodon saltator 352, Tetrodon amabilis 356, finnamentum . . Hamiltoni hispidus hypselogenion immaculatus Isevigatus lunaris ... Teuthis Javus nebulosa ... Thalotia exigua . . . Therapon caudovittatus Cuvieri ... fasciatus servus ... Terr£e Reginse unicolor... Thynnus pelamys . . . Tigrisoma heliostyla Todopsis Bonapartei cyanocephala Tornatina involuta Totanus griseopygius Toxotes Carpentariensis Trachichthys Australis Trachinops t^eniatus Trachurus declivis trachurus ? Trachinotus Bailloni ovatus Trichoglossus Massente palmarum subplacens Triohomanes filiciila Javanitum 349, 352, 352, 107, Page 362, 364 360, 401 357, 363 ... 356 363, 364 357, 363 356, 363 357, 363 362, 400 362, 386 353, 362 ... 235 42,47 350, 361 42, 46 350, 361 42, 47 ... 16 352, 361 ... 300 108, 274 108, 274 ... 239 ... 297 42, 47 357, 364 353, 359 358, 383 352, 383 352, 362 362, 383 255, 339 ... 339 ... 255 ... 121 ... 121 Trichomaues pixidiferum 121 Triforis sulcata 233 Wilkinsoni 233 Triglia Kumu 351, 361, 380 pleuracanthica 351, 358 polyommata 351, 358, 363 Tringa crassirostris 297 Tripterygium marmoratum 34 Triton Prattii 223 Trochita turbinata 238 Trochocopus rufus 35 unicolor 354, 359 Trochus supragranosus 155 Tropidorhynchus XovseGruineeel 1 1,287 Turbo supragranosus 155 Turrit ella platyspira 234 transenna 234 Upeneichtbys porosus ■■■| 350,' 363, 361 371 Upeneus signatus . . . \ 350, 357 Upenoides Vlamingii 350, 361, 363, 372 Urospizias cruentus 173 Vasillum tuberculatum 93 Vitia ruficapilla . . . 14 Vivipara Alisoni . . . 221 Voluta Bednalli . . . 81 Xantbotis filigera . . . ... 286 Zeodrius vestitus ... 351, 358, 377 Zeus Australis 352 ciliaris 383 faber ... 352, 361, 364 Zostero23S flavifrons 337 Gouldii . . . 39 griseonata 338 longirostris ... 288 Westernensis • . . 39 OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. MONDAY, 28 th JANUARY, 1878. W. J Stephens, Esq., M.A., President, in the Chair. MEMBER ELECTED. Mr. Miskin, Queensland. DONATIONS. From La Society Entomologique de Belgique : — Compte Rendu of the Society. Part 43 of Serie II. From the Royal Norwegian Society of Christiania : — 1. Index Supplimentum Locorum Natalium specalium Plan- tarum nonnullarum vascularium in Provincia Arctica Norvegige sponte nascentium quas observavit J. M. Norman. 2. AUelositismus af J. M. Norman. 3. Enumerantur muscorum quorandum rariorum sedes in Norvegia quas observavit R. Wulfsberg. 4. Forstmeister J. M. Norman's Beretning til Departmentet for det Indre om den i Wien i September 1873 Afholdte Kongres af Land — og Forstmeend. 5. Bidrag til Kundskaben om Vegetationen paa Nowaja Semlja, Waigatschoen og ved Jngorstrsedet Meddelt af A. Blytt. THE PROCEEDINGS / Z THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 6. Cbristiania omegns Plianerogamer og Bregner med Angivelse af deres udbredelse sarafc en indledning om vegetationens afhaengiglied af underlaget af A. Blytt. From Prof. Owen : — On a new species of Sthenurus. PAPERS READ. Description of a new species of Ptilotis, from Torres Straits. By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S. Ptilotis germana. sp. nov. Adult male. The front and sides of the head, lores, throat and chest, and the margins of the shoulders on the under side, yellow ; ear-coverts yellow, with a narrow stripe of black, commencing almost at the angle of the mouth, passing through them, and below which they are of a brighter yellow ; under wing-coverts pale buff; chest, breast, and remainder of the under surface pale yellow, indistinctly striped down the centre with dull brown, centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts citron yellow, the greater series of the under tail-coverts striped down the centre with brown ; back of the head, hind neck, and all the upper surface of the body dull brown, with a faint tinge of olive on the rump ; wings and tail dark brown all the feathers broadly margined on the outer webs with bright olive yellow ; bill black, legs brown. Total length, 5'5 ; wings, 3*1 ; tail, 2*5 ; tarsi, 0*8 ; bill from forehead, 0*7 ; from gape, 0*75. Hob. Torres Straits. This species comes close to P. ornatus (Gould), on the one hand from the stripes of the chest, but has not the blackish lores of that species ; on the other hand it resembles P. flavescens of the same author, but may be distinguished from it by the dull brown of the back, and stripes on the under surface. OF NEW SOUTTT WALES. 3 On an Australian variety of Nerttina pulltgera, Linn. By the Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., Cor. Mem. Lin. Soc, KS.W., &c. The following new variety of Neritina was obtained by Robert Johnstone, Esq. (and sent to the Curator of the Sydney Museum) in the mountain streams of the Bellenden Kerr Ranges, Northern Queensland. JSTeritina pdlligera, var. sulcata, n. s. N. t. caly^triformis, crassa, tumida, vix ohliqua, 7}iarginem versus latiore, jjeriostraca olwacea, parum nitida, G07icolor, liaud erosa, concinne ind%da ; spira omnino occlusa ; anfr. 2 ? regulariter oblique, conspicue, late sulcatis, sulcis rotundatis, loevib. ; aperturoj polita, ampla, expansa, semilunaris luteo-aurantiacea, cceruleo-alba anguste marginata ; area columellaris p-lanata, intense cceruleo- atrata, ad apiceni conspicue, lateque callosa ; peristoma acuiuvi, Jabro superne canaliculato, retroque curvato ; labia acuto, dentibus parvis, inconspicuis, numerosis m^unitis. Operculum testaceum, olivaceum, politum, Iceve, vel tenuissime striatum, fasciis intensiorbus spiraliter ornatum ; apice postico, marginali. ■ Maj. diam. 24-30, min. 18-24, alt. 11-15, millim. Shell cup -shaped, thick, a little oblique, tumid, broader towards the margin, neatly covered by an olive, slightly shining, periostraca, which is not eroded ; spire altogether hidden ; whorls two, regularly, obliquely broadly sulcate ; sulci rounded, smooth ; aperture polished, ample, expanded semilunar, yellowish orange, narrowly margined with blueish white ; columellar area flattened, of an intense blue-black, with a conspicuous broad callosity behind ; peristome sharp ; labrum channelled above and curved back, lip sharp with many fine small teeth. Operculum testaceous, olive, shining, smooth, or very finely striate, and ornamented with dark bands ; apex posterior and marginal. This shell is a variety of N. pmlligera, Linnseus, but the difierences are that our shell is yellow, not purple in the throat ; the aliform prolongation of the labrum is much less marked, in 4 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY fact is scarcely perceptible, and the shell is smaller. It must be admitted that these features are not more than slight, and from the fact that the fluviatile shells of Australia have a very wide range this may be a local variety. I have not, however, distinguished it as a species, and for those who think the characters sufficient it can stand as N. ptdligera var. sulcata, N. pulligera is common in the Molluccas, Philippine Islands, and has been found in the Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia (?). There is a specimen in the Sydney Museum marked as from Guadalcanor. This variety is also closely allied to N. petitti, Recluz, to which it approaches in size, though it is smaller. The lip and columella differ in color and shape. In N. 'petitii it is of rich reddish brown, darker at the margins, but in this species it is light orange, &c., as described. There are four Neritince described from Australia, viz., N. tritonensis, Le Gillon, densely reticulated ; N. auricidata, Lam. (as from New Holland), broadly auriculate at each side of the aperture ; N. haconi, Reeve, from Swan River, lineated or flexuously reticulated with black lines ; N.'dringii, Recluz, spirally branded with yellow. All the above are smaller than the present species or variety. N. pidligera was described by LinnaBus as a " smooth coarse shell with an excavated eye-like small spire ; inner lip smooth crenated." With the above named author it was a Merita and came under his section 0, meant for a division with imperforate shells and toothed lips. According to him it appears to have been figured by our countryman Lister ftab. 143) by Seba (Mus. 3. t. 41, figs. 23-26) by Rumphius {^Mus. tab. 22). Grmelin gives other references, notably to Born in his Catalogue of the Museum of the Empress of Austria in volume of plates. No. 17, figs. 9 and 10, and Chemnitz vol. 9, plate 124, figs. 1078, 1079. Gmelin also says that it inhabits the rivers of India and is from 14 to 16 lines long. He adds " shell hard, very finely striate transversly, pellucid black or brownish or reddish {sic in Turton's edit.) ; whorls two, one very large and terminating in an acute tooth ; throat glabrous, polished, with a fine blue or whitish bottom, near the margin a broad fulvous band ; inner lip ascending, glossy." OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Bluraenbach {Nat Hist. p. 265) states that N. pulligera matui es its offspring within the shell and carries them about with it, from which circumstance the name '^ pulUgera^^ has been given. Miiller (Verm. Terr, et Fluv. vol. 2, page 196), says that " the yellowish white granules which frequently occupy the back of the shell are the young of the Nerite as Rumphius shows. I have counted 235 in one specimen. But for the authority of Rumphius I should have taken them to be the ovules of some wandering anamal- cule." The following is the passage in full : — " Grana quce dor- sum cochlece frequenter occupant^ esse ipsius Neritce puUos, Rumphius docet ; horum ducenta triginta quinque in uno specAmine numeraviy ovaliuj convexa, extus luteo alhida, intus alba, moleculis referta, cor- puscula hcec scejoe ahsterguntur, remanente in testa circulo ovali alho' Nisi obstaret auctoritas exactissimi Rumphii ovtda peregrini anim- alcuU putarem." Melania oncoides. n. s. M. t. fusiformi turrita spira elata, decollata, periostraca palli- dissima lutea aliquando induta, lineis rufis, imdulosis longitudina- liter insignita ; anfr. 6, convexis, declivibus, liris spiralibus quatuor regulariter cinctis, in spira liris nodosis et oblique subplicaiis, sutura bene itnpressa ; apertura oblong o-ovata, antice effusa, labro acuto, labio calcareo. Long. 20, lat. 10, long, aperfc. 9, lat. 7. Common in the creeks near Bourke, Darling River. James Ramsay. Shell fusiformly turretted, spire produced, decollate, sometimes covered with a very pale yellow periostraca, marked longitudinally with red undulating lines ; whorls 6, convex sloping, regularly spirally girdled with four lira3 ; in the spire the liras are distinctly nodose and obliquely subplicate, suture well impressed, aperture, oblong ovate anteriorly effuse, labrum acute, lip chalky. This Melania comes very close in form and coloring to M. onca, Angas, which is found in the fresh water streams about Port Darwin, N. Australia. The difference in this species are:- 1. It is much smaller. 2. Conspicuously Urate. 3. The plaits are almost obsolete and rarely seen, except on the upper whorls. 6 THE PEOCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY As, however, all our freshwater shells have a very wide range, this may be a variety, and the observed differences are due to climate. The lat. of Bourke is about 30°, or nearly 600 miles N. W. of Sydney. The habitat of M. onca is from 14° to 12° S. of the Equator. I should mention, also, that the tropical species is covered with a dark olive periostraca, while M. oncoides has scarcely any, and of a light straw color. EXHIBITS. Mr. Ramsay exhibited two species of Pigeon, Clirysoena victor (Gould), and Lamprolia victorice (F. & H.), from Fiji. Also various Crotons, showing remarkable variations in foliage and color, from Duke of York Island, and two specimens of Hybrid Coleus, a leafy arborescent Euphorhia^ and a remarkable example of Aralia filiclfolia (?) from the same locality. MONDAY, 25th FEBRUARY, 1878. W. J. Stephens, Esq., M.A., President, in the Chair. DONATIONS, The Secretary reported receipts from the Hamburg Society of Natural History of their " Verhandlungen des Veriens fur Natururissenschaftenliche Unterhaltung in Hamburg, for 1871-74 and 1875." PAPERS READ. On a new genus of Milleporid^. By the Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., Cor. Mem. Lin. Soc, N.S.W., &c. The family of MillejporidcB were formerly included by zoologists amongst the Zoantharia in an entirely different class from the OP NEW SOUTH WALES. 7 Acalephs, to which they are now referred. They arc soHd and stony corals, as much so in fact as any of the reef-building class. They generally have a smooth surface, and are always without any prominent calices, there being only very minute rounded punctures over the surface from which the animals show them- selves. Some of the principal reefs on the Carribean Sea are mainly composed of Millepore corals. The cells in the zoothome are divided parallel to the surface by very thin plates or tables, as in the PocilUporce and Favosites, and they were formerly classed therefore with the other tabulate corals. The following was the arrangement proposed by Messrs. Edwards and Haime. Madreporaria tabulata. Corallum essentially composed of a highly developed mural system, and having the visceral chambers divided into a series of stages by a complete diaphragm or transverse dissepiment. Septa rudimentary, either uniting or at most represented by processes extending more or less into the visceral chamber. There are four families in this section. A. ccenenchyma abundant. 1. Cellules or tubulee foliaceous or massive Milleporidce. 2. Seriatoporidcs : compact in arborescent tufts. B. Little or no ccenenchyma, the walls uniting with one another. 1. Favositidce : walls lamellar. 2. Thecida : wall thick and compact. 1st Family Milleporidj). Corallum composed of an abundant tubular or cellular ccenen- chyma, distinct from the walls of the corallites. Septa, few ; dessepiments well developed and numerous. M. Agasiz has proved that these animals are not corals, properly speaking, but an intermediate form of Acalephs between the embryo and adult state of Medusas. The Millepores afford, therefore, examples of coral-making by species of the class Acalephs. The corals are solid and stony, with a smooth surface without any prominent calices, there being only very minute rounded punctures over the surface from which the animals show themselves. They have no resemblance to true 8 THE PKOCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY polyps. There is simply a fleshy tube with a mouth at the top, and a few small rounded prominences in place of tentacles, four of them sometimes the largest. Arachnopora. New Genus. Zoothome parasitic spreading like a small thin web over other corals. Arachnopora argentea. n. s. Zoothome spreading in a small extremely thin web, silvery white, and in parts quite transparent, which are sparsely covered with small silvery granules. The calices are all small very slightly raised, rounded, on which septa protrude as three or six broadly triangular teeth ; calices irregular, but with a tendency to a quincuncial arrangement. Length of zoothome 7, breadth 3 mil. Calices like minute dots, barely discernable to the unassisted eye. In this species the substance of the zoothome seems a quite transparent membrance, on which there is generally a very close arrangement of small silvery granules. It occurs parasitic on corals, filling up half of the calice and spreading from opposite septa just like a spider's web. It also spreads over the sides of the costee, where it appears just like a snail's track on which some very fine white dust had been sparsely scattered. There are no calices on the outside. On a New Species op Psammoseris. By the Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, F.G.S., F.L.S., Corr. Mem. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. Plate I. In 1848, Messrs. M. Edwards and J. Haime published in the Annates des Sciences Naturelles a definition of a new genus named Ileterocijathus, which was referred to the second section of the Turbinolian family of corals. The genus thus established was meant to include simple cylindrical corals with a broad attachment always to shells which the base often enclosed, with OF NEW SOUTH WALES. conspicuous ribs, circular calico, an essential columella, exserfc thick granular septa, and lobed pali. There were only two species in this genus, and one dependant upon a single specimen. They were always fixed upon a trochoid shell, which the tissue of the coral almost completely closed round in the course of its growth, and the only sign of its presence was the circular aperture which was always left for the mollusc thus imprisoned. Subse- quently Mens. M. Edwards discovered that one of the species, in spite of its pali and sub-entire septa which closely resembled the type of the genus in which it was placed, possessed synap- ticulse, and should be separated, and placed in a distant family, the FungidcB. Here, however, it was also out of place, because no other genns of the family possesses pali. But the pali them- selves are doubtful. They are lobed, and so are the septa, and indeed hardly distinguishable from them. In 18-50 Mr. J. E. Gray added what he considered a third species to the genus. This was Heterocyathus hemisphericus, described in the Annals of Nat. Hist for 1850 (Second Series, Vol. 5, p. 410.) It was brought from the China Seas, and was thus described : — Corallum extremely short, four complete cycles ; septa unequal, primaries very thick, especially near the columella, the next in extent are the fourth order, then the secondaries, then the fifth order then the tertiaries, which are smaller than all the others, all very close, but little raised, and the border feebly arched. The two latter species have been erected into two genera. One Psammoseris, which is thus characterised : Corallum of trifling height, fixed on a shell which it completely encloses, except at the peristome ; wall thick, bare, strongly granular, and scarcely striate beneath ; columella papillary, septa scarcely prominent, thickly covered with very projecting granules, penultimate cycle more developed than the last, and approaching each other before the last. I confess that this description does not appear very clear. The words in French are as follows : — " Celles (doisons) de Vavant dernier cycle heaucoup plus developpSes que celles du dernier et rapprochees entre elles au-deva7it de ces dernieres.^ It would seem as if the third cycle was larger than 10 THE PEOCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY the fourth, but this is exactly contrary to the description of the type species, Gray's Heterocyathus hemisphericus, of which it is especially stated that the tertiaries are the smallest. If the orders were meant the description would be still more obscure- The species I have to bring before the notice of the Society appears to me to be one that should be referred to Psammoseris. It is, however, very peculiarly distinguished by having the union of the fourth and fifth orders in front of the third, and the thickened lobate mass thus resulting unites again on each side in front of the secondaries. It also has pseudo-pali in the lobes, which spring from the septa, but they are many in number, and in fact the septa alone would incline one to refer the species to the Astrangiacece. The union between the septa is effected by small processes like synapticulae, but the granules themselves on the faces of the septa never seem to unite. The mode of junction and the inclination of the septa recalls Eupsaw.midce, but the wall is quite imperforate. There does not appear to be any other resemblance except the junction of the septa. There is the greatest difference between the various specimens in the thickness and granulation of the septa. Some are so thick and close that the granules almost touch, making the calicular fossa seem like a regularly paved cavity ; others are thin, wavy, and scarcely granular, having the rough fossa very conspicuously uneven from the lobes of the septa. Psammoseris cylicioides. n. s. Corallum in general fastened to the mouth of a turriculate shell (Mitra amanda, Reeve, M, hehes 8fc., an unknown Terehra, and some shells, which are quite covered except at the aperture), base wider than calice, and more or less constricted between, and all the exterior irregularly covered with fine granules ; calice irregularly circular, fossa deep and wide ; septa exsert, in six systems of four cycles ; primaries with the two fourth orders and secondaries with the two fifth projecting above the edge in closely adpressed sets of three septa, the higher orders diverge from the first and second to meet before the third, and the OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 11 resulting tissue unites at once to the second, whicb forms thence a confused mass, sending up almost perpendicular lobes like pali, which are very granular ; columella only a few inconspicuous papilla) at the base of the fossa ; laminre of nearly equal thick- ness, the primaries being free throughout, and only slightly thicker; costa3 conspicuous and distinct, corresponding to the septa, and about equal for the three first orders, the fourth and fifth being equal, small, and in some specimens only represented by a line of granules ; intercostal spaces about equal, rather deep and smooth. Alt. 5, diam. 7. Princess Charlotte's Bay. There is a remarkable peculiarity in these corals, which is, that the granulations which cover the ribs sometimes extend a long way upon the spire of the shell on which they grow even far beyond other traces of the basal tissue. Explanation of Plate I. Fig. ] . Corallum attached to shell, magnified 2 diameters. „ 2. Corallum covering attached shell, magnified 2 diam. „ 3. Calice of fig. 1 ; 3 diam. ,, 4. One system of costse ; 4 diam. „ 5. One system of septa ; 4 diam. EXHIBITS. E. P. Ramsay, Esq., exhibited a very fine specimen of Osteoglossum Leicliardtii (Barramundi), from the Dawson River, Queensland. MONDAY, 25th MAECH, 1878. W. J. Stephens, Esq., M.A., President, in the Chair. The Chairman introduced Captain Hutton, of the Otago Museum, New Zealand, to the meeting. MEMBERS ELECTED. E. Meyrick, Esq.; and C. Lentzner, Esq. 12 THE PEOCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY DONATIONS. From the Hon. W. H. Sat tor, Minister for Mines : Maps of the Hartley Coal Fields, prepared by C. S. Wilkinson, Esq., F.G.S. From the Melbourne University, Calendar for 1877-78. From the Societe Entomologique de Belgique, Compte Rendu, Part 45 of Serie II. From Captain Hutton — Geology of Otago, by Hutton and Ulrich, and the following by the Donor : — Nest and Eggs of some New Zealand Birds ; Structure of Leaf of Phormium Tenax ; New Zealand Flax and its manufacture ; Mechanical Principles involved in the flight of the Albatross ; Sailing Flight of the Albatross — Reply to J. S. Webb ; Modifications of the Capsules of Mosses ; Moa Remains from the Knobby Ranges ; Geographical Relations of New Zealand Fauna ; New Zealand Sertularians ; Relation between the Pareora and Ahuriri Formations ; Contributions to the Ichthyology of New Zealand ; New Zealand Delphinidee ; Cause of the former great extension of the Glacier in New Zealand ; New Starfishes ; Birds inhabiting the Southern Ocean ; Zoology ; New Genus of Rallidae ; New Tertiary Shells in the Otago Museum ; Geological Structure of the Thames Gold Field ; New Species of New Zealand Myriopoda ; Peripatus Nov83 Zealandige ; Younger Formations of New Zealand ; Date of the last Great Glacier Period in New Zealand. PAPERS READ. Description of a species of Myiolestes, from Fiji. By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S. Myiolestes nigrogulaeis. * Adult male. Crown of the head, mantle, and chest, ashy greyish-brown ; back, wings, and all the upper surface of the * Since the above has been in type I have ascertained that this Mi/iolcstcs has been previously described by Mr. E. L. Layard, under the name of Lalaije nigrogularix. I am sure ornithologists will excuse me for not anticipating that Mr. Layard's " Lalayn," of which 1 had not at that time seen a description, would prove to be a typical Myiolestes ! I leave the description as it may be of use to ornithologists who may have been similarly misled ; Mr. Layard's name of nigrogularis must, of course, stand. OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 13 body and tail, brown, of an olive brown on the outer webs of wings and tail, and slightly tinged with olive on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; under surface of the wing and tail-quills brown, the shafts of the feathers white ; the inner webs of the primaries and secondaries on the under side narrowly margined with pale reddish brown, lesser under wing-coverts and margins of the shoulder below black, axilliaries whitish grey ; ear- coverts slightly produced silky white ; lores, sides of the face and the whole of the chin and throat extending to the chest and to behind the white ear-coverts, jet black ; the black over the eye extends on the sides of the neck and sometimes across the nape, quite encircling the ashy grey of the crown of the head ; chest, breast, and abdomen, ashy grey ; flanks and under tail-coverts washed with olive or rufous brown ; the tips of all the tail feathers slightly, and the two outer more distinctly tinged with fulvous ; bill bluish horn color above and below, the inner margins white to the tip. Immature males have the throat and sides of head and the chest ashy white, a black line behind the ear-coverts in some joins a black superciliary stripe extending from the black lores ; the throat is mottled white and black. It is only in the fully adult ( c? ?) that the black extends across the nape. Total length 8*3 in., wing 4 in., tail 3*5, tarsus r05, bill from forehead 1"2 in, from gape 1'3, height 0'4. Measurements of immature species, all marked as males : — Inches. Total length ... . . 8-5 8-4 . .. 8-1 Wing .. 4 4 .. 4 Tail . 37 3-9 . . 3-6 Tarsus . 0-9 1 .. 1 Bill from forehead . . 1-1 1-15 . . 12 » gape . 1-2 1 .. 1-25 „ „ nostril . 0-7 0-7 . .. 0-8 „ in height ... . 0-4 0-4 . .. 0-4 I am by no means certain that the young of this species may not prove identical with Mr. E. L. Layard's Mi/iolesfes maxima, but as 14 THE PROCEEDINGS OF TTTE LTNNEAN SOCIETY ihc only fipccimen obtained by Pearce was purchaserl from liirn without his knowledge while he was at Levuka, I have, consequently, no means of ascertaining whether they are distinct or not. The yrmnfj of this species would answer well with Mr. Layard's description of M. w/ixiw/i as far as it ffoes, but Mr. Layard distinctly states his specimen to be a male ; now even the young males in M. nigrogularis show black on the throat, which is not mentioned in the description of M. maxima. VlTIA RUFICAPILLA, JiO/msatJ. In the same collection from which I obtained the above described MijioUstes I also found fine specimens of Vitiu rufica/piUaj which T observe has been inadvertently re-described by Dr. Finsch, under the name Drijmochaira. badiceps. EXHIBITS. Mr. Masters exhibited albino specimens of the Common Magpie, Gyrrtnorhina tibicen, Tropidorhyncus bucermdes, Climacterifs scandeuH, and Orallina picata, all differing very remarkably in |)lnmage from the typical forms. MONDAY, Al/KIb 20tji, 1878. W. J. Stephens Esq., M.A., President, in the Chair. JjONATIONS. From La Societe Entomologique de Belgique : Comptc Rendu Seric fl, Nos. 40 and 47 ; also, The Annals of the Society for 1877. From Baron F. Von Mueller : Vol. X. Fragmenta Phytographia Australia). From the Royal Society, Edinburgh: Proceedings 1S75-7G and 1870-77. From La Soci