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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Froggatt exhibited two specimens of the adult female of 

 the large Coccid, Monophlebus Craiofordi, Mask., one of which 

 died when enclosed in the box; but the second commenced to lay 

 eggs, and in about two months had produced a mass, four times 

 as large as herself, of cottony substance to cover the eggs and 

 larvae. 



Mrs. Kenyon sent for exhibition a specimen of Contts anemone 

 from Victoria, showing a small pearl at the base of the aperture 

 near the edge of the lip; also specimens of the shells of several 

 species of Cyprcea exhibiting peculiar depressions, markings, or 

 concentric iridescent rings : and she communicated a note suggest- 

 ing an explanation of the origin of some of them. 



Messrs. Maiden and Betche showed a series of botanical 

 specimens in illustration of their paper. 



Mr. Turner expressed the opinion that the identification of the 

 grass, exhibited as Eriachne obttisa, R.Br., from Rose Bay, was 

 open to question. To him it appeared to be only a depauperated 

 example of Banthonia, paradoxa, R.Br. 



Mr. Baker exhibited specimens of the Acacias described in 

 his paper. 



Mr. A. J. Haynes exhibited a living example of Moloch 

 Jiorridus, from a locality some distance inland from Coolgardie, 

 W.A. 



Mr. Ogilby showed a beautifully preserved specimen of the 

 Leptocephalid described in his paper. 



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