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Takenup (via Albany), Mt. Barker to Toolbinup (Salt River), 

 Porongorups (King River), and an area between Boyup Brook 

 and Bunbury. October 6th-7th: Carrolup (via Katanning). 

 October 10th: Lowdun, Preston Valley. October 25tli : Dwell- 

 ingup. October 29th: Tenterden, Preston Valley. Other local- 

 ities, for which no specific date was given, were Serpentine and 

 Kirrup. In some areas, it is stated, the ground looked as though 

 covered with a light fall of snow. It is not possible to say what 

 species was responsible for this so-called "phenomenon," as the 

 web contained only fragments of the tiny aeronauts. No official 

 records are known from Australia of such "falls," but such 

 incidents are not unknown in other parts of the world, in support 

 of which thei-e are the writings of Darwin, Blackwall, McCook, 

 and White ("Natural History of Selborne"). 



Mr. R. H. Cambage exhibited a Cowrie shell {Cyprcpa vitelhis 

 Linne), from Murramarang, about 16 miles south of Ulladulla. 

 This species is common in tropical waters, and occvirs on the 

 New South Wales coast, rare at Port Jackson, which is its pre- 

 vious southernmost recorded limit. 



Mr. Maiden showed specimens of the hybrid Crimson-flowered 

 Kiu'rajong {Binchychiton populnpo-acerifolhis F.v.M.); and of a 

 hybrid Eucalypt (JE. calophi/lla x F. Jicifolia) to illusti'ate two 

 papers read at last Meeting. 



Mr. E. Cheel exhibited an interesting series of seeds of "French 

 Bean" {Fhaaeolus vulgaris) showing considerable variation in the 

 colour of the seed-coats, without any artificial aid in the pollina- 

 tion, thus supplementing the notes published in these Proceed- 

 ings, 1914, xxxix., pp.160-161. The results are briefly as follows. 

 "Black Wax" (Yates), a dwarf plant having purplish flowei's, 

 waxy-yellow pods, and black seeds. Seeds of this were sown; all, 

 with the exception of one, produced plants similar to the parent- 

 stock. The one exception was a tall semitrailer, having purplish 

 flowers, green pods, and rather smaller seeds with splashes of dark 

 and light brown markings mingled with a purplish-black back- 

 ground. This has been provisionally named "Mutant." Seeds 



[Printed off. 12th June, 1916.] 



