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NOTICS AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Fred. Turner sent for exhibition, and comnuinicated Notes 

 upon, specimens of "Milk-bush" {Sarcodemma aM.^•<?v^/e, R.Br.), 

 and " Hop Plant " (Daviesia l.atifolia, R.Br). The former as a 

 fodder plant of ^•ery considerable merit has lately come promi- 

 nently into notice in Western Australia, especially in very dry 

 seasons. A decoction of the leaves of the latter is reported to 

 have cured a case of hydatids in the Upper Murray District, 

 Victoria, particulars of which were given. [For other references 

 to these two plants, see Journal of the Bureau of Agriculture, 

 Perth, W.A., Vol. iv. No. 3 (Feb. 10th, 1897), p. 1150; and 

 Papers and Proc. Royal Society of Tasmania, 1890, p. xi.] 



Mr. North sent for exhibition the eggs described in his paper. 



Mr. W. W. Froggatt exhibited specimens of the so-called 

 Queensland Fruit Fly {HnJterophora capitata, Wied., sp.) in the 

 pupal, larval, and perfect forms, together with some apples from 

 Inverell, N.S.W., showing how these are affected by the attacks 

 of this destructive pest which has been reported from the nortliern 

 parts of New South Wales as well as from Gosford and Penrith. 

 Also specimens of potatoes from Colo Vale, attacked by white 

 ants {TfTinea sp.) while in the ground before being dug up. 



Mr. T. Steel exhibited a fine collection of well-preserved and 

 displayed Land Planarians, representing the species described 

 in his paper, and illustrating the modes of preservation and the 

 results after the use of the ^'arious preservative media advocated 

 therein. 



Mr. Steel also contributed the following 



Note OH Pri'i/fatus. 



"I desire to place on record the occurrence in New South Wales 

 of P. oviparus, Dendy, the Victorian form of Peripatus. While 



