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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Brazier exhibited a large, partly broken specimen of a 

 flattened Haliotis from Victoria, certainly quite distinct from an}- 

 of the known Australian species. Also PlacostyJtis Payeusis, 

 Kobelt, var. Gayettensis, Crosse, having the lip and the interior of 

 the aperture all white, from Gayetta, New Caledonia. 



Mr. D. G. Stead exhibited specimens of a Crustacean, I^hilyra 

 pisu7n, de Haan, from Japan, one of them showing a curious 

 abnormal prong-like growth on the dactylos of the left cheliped. 



Mr. Froggatt exhibited specimens of the galls described in his 

 paper, with illustrations. Also a series of branches of Acacia 

 longifolia covered with an indigenous scale, Planchonia venturosa, 

 Mask., showing at different stages the effects produced by the 

 parasite, and the remarkable manner in which the branches 

 eventually become corrugated. The species is peculiar to ihe 

 Acacias, and has been recorded from the neighbourhood of 

 Sydney and South Australia. The specimens exhibited were 

 collected at Gosford and forwarded to the Department of Agri- 

 culture by Mr. C. L. Tange. Also a small collection of Frog- 

 Hoppers [Memhracidce) to illustrate a paper recently communi- 

 cated to the Society by Dr. Goding. 



Mr. T. Steel exhibited the type specimen of the snake Dendre- 

 laphis schlenckeri, Ogilby, and a fine series of lizards, all from the 

 collection sent by Mr. Schlencker from Fife Bay, New Guinea. 



Mr. North communicated a note calling the attention of 

 ornithologists to the fact that examples of the rare Parrakeet, 

 Platycercus brotvni, wei^e at present to be seen in a Sydney bird- 

 dealer's shop. They were received a few days ago from Port 

 Darwin. This was, he believed, the first occasion on which 

 living examples of this species had been seen in Sydne}'. 



