Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Monday 9 April 1883, page 6


AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM.

The following donations were made during the month of March, 1883 :- Mammals; A kangaroo (Macropus major-juv.), Zoological Society - New South Wales ; an Echidna, Mr. J. M'Donald. Birds : A casowary, Zoological Society New South Wales; 1 Menura superba; 1 Tinnunculus cincharoides, 1 Platycercus penantii, 1 Ægialitis, Mr. A. Murray ; 2 Calyptorhynchus, Mr. George Wright ; 1 Lobi-vanallus juv., Mr. J. A. Thorpe ; 2 Pardalotus assimilis o.g., Mr. J. A. Thorpe. Fishes: 1 Aracana lenticularis, Mr. Paul; 1 Histiopterus lobiosus, Mr. Sydney Jacobs ; I Labrichthys sp., Mr. E. Cobcroft. Reptiles: 1 Acanthopsis Antarctica, Mr. John Jackson ; 1 snake, Acanthopsis sp., Mr. J. H. Davies ; 1 snake, Mr. Jabez Joils. Crustacea : 1 Birgus loba, Mr. Richmond Thatcher. Insects : 1 scorpion, Mr. Jabez Joils ; 1 centipede, Mr. D. J. Doherty. Arachnidae : 1 small red-backed spider, Mr. Griffen ; 1 small spider, Mr. Griffen ; 2 spiders, Miss A. F. Spencer. Lepidoptera : 1 moth (Erebus pluto), Mr. F. Ebsworth ; I grub, Mr. Wild-man ; I butterfly, Mr. J. Jones. Minerals: 3 specimens of stone (from Darling Range, Western Australia), Mr. John Robinson.