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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Maiden exhibited specimens of the three following interest 

 ing new plants recently obtained by Mr. F. M. Bailey, Government 

 Botanist of Queensland, at Mt. Bellenden-Ker and described by 

 him in his Official Report : — Leaves and fruit of Helicia Whelani ; 

 portion of stem, leaves, and fruits of Ficus crassipes ; and leaf and 

 fruits of Strychnos Bancroftiana. Also seeds of Seseli Harveyanum, 

 F.v.M., (Umbelliferae), from the Snowy Mts., used locally as a 

 substitute for caraways ; and a sample of a series of artificial 

 flowers made in Germany under scientific supervision with the 

 object of supplying botanical students and others with life-size 

 reproductions of living specimens. 



Mr. Etheridge exhibited the aboriginal knives referred to in his 

 paper. 



The Hon. James Norton communicated, and made some remarks 

 upon, a letter from Mr. Fred. Turner giving particulars respecting a 

 plant of Pavonia hastata now growing in Hyde Park, which has 

 produced both normal and cleistogamous flowers, the latter giving 

 rise to fruit-carpels as numerous and well developed as those 

 succeeding normal flowers. 



Mr. Ollifl" exhibited the supplementary index to Mr. Whymper's 

 " Travels amongst the great Andes of the Equator," containing an 

 account of the Coleoptera obtained during the expedition, and he 

 drew attention to the special excellence of the woodcuts of the 

 insects therein described. 



Mr. Skuse exhibited a large collection of Diptera which had 

 been recently made by Mr. R. Helms at Dunoon, Upper Rich- 

 mond River, N.S. W. The greater part of the collection consisted 

 oi Nematocera, belonging to the families Cecidomyidse, Sciaridse, 

 Mycetophilidse, Bibionidae, Culicidse, Chironomidsej PsychodidiB, 

 Tipulidse, Dixidse, and Rhyphidse, the majority of the species 



