G08 NOTKS AND EXHIBITS. 



considered of inucli value ivom an Australian stockowner's point 

 of view. ErfUfrosfift nidjor is now naturalised on the American 

 continent, and in otlier warm countries. In some of tlie warmer 

 States of America, it is ])opularly called "Candy-grass," but for 

 what reason the exhibitor did not know. 



Mr. Froggatt exhil)ited specimens of a weevil (^Esiotes Jeu- 

 curus Pasc.) in illustration of its life-history, and the damage it 

 does to pine-trees (Fi)ius halepensis). The species was descriVjed 

 from specimens sent l)y Mi'. Masters, in 1873, who supplied the 

 information that it was " a pest to introduced conifers." It is, 

 ho\ve\'er, a rare beetle in collections, though, just now, countless 

 thousands of them are to be seen, infesting an avenue of pines, 

 at 8trathfield. 



