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Show 1875.] MR. BRAZIER ON NEW SHELLS FROM QUEENSLAND. 31 W. van Musschenbroek (Zool. Gart. 1875, p. 29) as Diphyllodes gulielmi LLL. Dr. Meyer observed :- " Notwithstanding there are more points of resemblance between the new species and Diphyllodes speciosa and D. respublica than between it and Cicinnurus regius, some features immediately remind one of the latter, e.g. the red colour and structure of the glossy feathers of the upper parts, the webless tail-shafts, at least at the beginning, and chiefly the similar fan, formed by elongated, broad and metallic-green-edged feathers, on the sides of the breast, not quite but nearly of the same colour and size as in Cicinnurus regius. This fan has been hitherto known to exist only in the latter species, except as regards the homologous organization cf the large Epimachus speciosus. "Diphyllodes gulielmi ILL. has nearly the same-shaped crest, inserted on the neck, as Diphyllodes speciosa ; but the crest seems to be somewhat smaller, and the colour of it differs from that of the latter species, as well as all other colours of the upper surface of the two birds, whereas the form and colour of the bill appear to be very similar in the two species. The new bird shows nothing of the broad line of iridescent feathers extending down from the chin over the breast, and nothing of the light-brown feathers of the shoulders and of the neck occurring in Diphyllodes speciosa. " Diphyllodes gulielmi III. reminds one of D. respublica in the shape of the green velvet feathers of the breast, and especially in the shape of the two elongated tail-shafts, with the single difference that these are webbed in Diphyllodes respublica from the beginning, and that they do not project so far as in Diphyllodes gulielmi III.; but the breadth of the webs agrees. The colour of the web is between that of the button of Cicinnurus regius, which is more of a green, and that of the web of Diphyllodes speciosa, which is more of a blue. " From this short comparison with the allied species, it follows that Diphyllodes gulielmi III. is a new species with very characteristic features, not to be confounded for a moment with any other hitherto known. These characteristic features are chiefly the shape of the elongated tail-shafts, with their web, the reddish colours of nearly all the upper parts, the violet-coloured belly, and the fan-like tufts at the sides of the breast." The following papers were read :- 1. Descriptions of ten new Species of Shells from the Collection of M r . Charles Coxen, of Brisbane, Queensland. By JOHN BRAZIER, C.M.Z.S. [Eeceived December 15, 1874.] (Plate IV.) 1. HELIX (HADRA) MOURILYANI, sp. nov. (Plate IV. fig. 1.) Shell narrowly perforated, depressedly globose, thin, finely striated, |