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the sporophores, so that it is not possible to determine the species. 

 As these are known to be great timber-destroyers, it would be 

 interesting to have fuller information with a view of tracing 

 their life-history. The following is a list of specimens repre- 

 sented in the National Herbarium collection, not mentioned in 

 Mr. J. H. Maiden's "Useful Native Plants of Australia"(pp.639- 

 640) — (1) In Stringy bark {Eucalyptus eugenioicles), Walcha (A. 

 R. Crawford; May, 1899). Whitish sheets, thin and tough. — 

 (2) In E. Caleyi Maiden, Inverell district(J. H. Maiden; June, 

 1906). Soft and thick whitish masses. — (3) In a living "Red 

 Gum," Wilgo, Cobargo(Lindsay Henry; January, 1910). Thin 

 whitish sheets, communicated by the Curator of the Australian 

 Museum. — (4) In a " White Gum," at Cross Roads, near Sutton 

 Forest(Miss Georgina King). Thick whitish masses. — (5) Host 

 not stated, Parkes(C. F. Color; February, 1909). Thin whitish 

 sheets. — (6) In a "Blue Gum," at Cross Roads(Mis3 Georgina 

 King; July, 1897), Broken sheets of a dark tan-colour; and also 

 terete or finger-like forms found in a "Box-tree" at Riverstone. — 

 (7) Host not given, Macleay River(J. Emms; January, 1899). 

 A fairly large sheet, thick, tan-colour. — (8) In a " Stringybark"; 

 ■between the core and the wood; said to be fully six feet long. 

 Near Mount Tomah (F. Peck; 1907). This is a beautifully 

 mottled sheet, of a light tan-colour, with darker markings; com- 

 municated by Mr. Jesse Gregson. 



Dr. Cleland showed a portion of a sand-pipe resembling coral, 

 from the sandhills along the shore of St. Vincent's Gulf at Ade- 

 laide[mo?e T. S. Hall's paper " On certain Incrustations on Wood 

 in Dune-Sand." Victorian Naturalist, xviii., 47, July, 1901]. 



Mr. T. H. Johnston exhibited a series of Entozoa comprising 

 specimens of (1) Physaloptera sp., from the intestine of the Brown 

 Snake, Diemenia textilis Dum. & Bibr. (syn. D. su2Jerciliosa 

 Gilntherj, collected near Sydney by Mr. D. Fry; (2) Forocephalus 

 sp., from the lung of a Whipsnake, Diemenia j)sammo})his Schl. 

 (Sydney). Also a number recently collected by him, by permis- 

 sion of the Curator of the Australian Museum, Sydney, from a 



