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Austr., v., 470) says: "This seems to ine scarcely to form a 

 distinct variety." Having examined, in slfu, a series of examples 

 f)f this form, on the Blue Mountains, over a range extending 

 from Glenbrook to lieyond Eskbank, T am of the opinion that 

 varietal rank is an adequate distinction for this form of (r. spricea. 

 — Anthoccrci-t Eadesii F.v.M., (Douglas Park; A. A. Hamilton; 

 December, 1915), an example showing the typical, hoary tomen- 

 tum on the young shoots, which disappears with maturity. The 

 above liabitat adds another specific locality for a plant which is 

 not frequent in New South Wales. — Kunzea capitata Reichb., 

 (Medio w Bath; A. A. Hamilton; November, 1914), a small-leaved 

 form connecting K. capitata with A', parvijiora Schau. — Hakea 

 dacttiloidpx Cav., (Leura; A. A. Hamilton; November, 1915), a 

 pink-riowered form growing both in swamps and on diy hills (in 

 full tlower). The ordinary form had only reached the stage in 

 which the buds remain enclosed in the Horal bracts. 



Mr. Tillyard exhibited two rai-e and curious ant-lions, {a) the 

 full-grown larva of Acanthac/isis J'atidatus Walker, taken on 

 Strad broke Island, Queensland, in September, 1915 (about an 

 inch in length); and (6) the larva of Glenoleon pulchellus Ramb., 

 taken neai- Hornsby, in April last. Neither of these larvae makes 

 a pit-fall. They rely for the capture of prey on their ability to 

 move quickly beneath tlie surface of loose earth or sand. They 

 also possess jaws having a much longer reach than those of pit- 

 forming ant-lions. Both these larvte are new to science, and the 

 GJpnolpon is an entirely new type, which may be representative 

 of the tribe Dmidroleontini. — He showed also a new, bright red, 

 strongly-scented, winter-ilowering Spencer Sweetpea, one of the 

 products of the Fj generation of a Mendelian crossing between 

 the well-known Yarrawa Spencer (pale rose-pink, winter-flowering) 

 and Sun-proof Crimson (bright red, summer-flowering, grandiflora 

 type). The original crossing was made between the last flowei's 

 of Yarrawa (5 parent) and the first flowers of the Crimson (^ 

 parent) in September, 1913. The F^ generation was obtained 

 by self-pollination of the F, hybrids, all of which resembled 

 Yarrawa in every respect, 



