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Mr. Hall sent for exhibition, to illustrate his paper, a photo- 

 graph of the nest and eggs, and five skins ((J, Q, adult, and imma- 

 ture) of the Victorian Pardalote described therein ; and skins of 

 P. ornatus and P. affinis, 



Mr. Lucas stated that in a carefully gathered collection of 

 lizards which he had received from Tonga, Brachy^oplixis was not 

 represented, and the species was not known to him from that 

 locality. Mr. Lucas also offered some remarks on the flora and 

 fauna of the Kosciusko Plateau ; and on behalf of Mr. Guy 

 Thornton of New Zealand, who was present, he exhibited a large 

 collection of the New Zealand Cordyceps or Vegetable Caterpillar. 



Mr. Fred. Turner showed specimens of, and communicated the 

 following 



Note on, Chi oris truncata, R.Br., 



The " star-" or " windmill-grass,'' with abnormally developed 



inflorescence : — 



When botanising on the Macquarie River, near Dubbo, early in 

 the present month (May), I found many plants of Chloris trnncata, 

 R.Br., in bloom, several of which had developed an abnormal in- 

 florescence of an interesting character. The spikes were arranged 

 in two series; the lower ones exhibited the normal number — from 

 six to ten — but one of them was distinctly bifurcated. The upper 

 series had developed from four to six spikes. The secondary 

 peduncle, which was produced from the apex of the principal one, 

 was from half to one and a half inches long. So far as I am aware, 

 the only other recorded instance of this grass developing abnormal 

 inflorescence was furnished by some specimens the Rev. F. E. 

 Haviland, of Gulgong, sent to me for identification in 1893. The 

 secondary peduncles of Mr. Haviland's specimens were about two 

 and a half inches long, but the number of spikes was about the 

 same as on those I collected near Dubbo. 



Mr. Stead exhibited pieces of Hawkesbury sandstone from the 

 neighbourhood of Sydney, tunnelled in a remarkable manner by 

 Hymenoptera (Sarojjoda sp. 1) as some observers suppose, or by 

 Termites, as Mr. Froggatt believes. 



