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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Brazier exhibited Trochus Pfefferi, Dohrn, T. constellatus, 

 Souverbie, and 7'. concavus, Gmelin (this species having the 

 aperture so obHque as to resemble a Calyptrw,a) from Lifau, 

 Loyalty Islands, a new locality; collected by Mr. R. C. Rossiter. 

 Also, Calyptrcua radiani', Lam., from Chili, West coast of S. 

 America, to show how much it resembles Trochus concavus, Gmelin. 



Mr. Hugh Dixson showed a large and handsome orchid — an 

 undetermined species of Dendrobiiim belonging to the D. undu- 

 latiuii group — received from the Solomon Islands, and now flower- 

 ing. 



Mr. Baker exhibited specimens of the new Isopogon, and of 

 other species from various localities in N. S. Wales, in illustration 

 of his paper. 



Messrs. Maiden and Baker exhibited Pterostylis barb'ita, Lindl., 

 collected by Miss Combes at Glanmire, near Bathurst. Mr. 

 Fitzgerald states that it has only, as regards this Colony, been 

 previously found at Cootamundra, where he observed a solitary 

 plant. It may be mentioned that this is the only species of 

 Fterostylis extending to New Zealand, where it is very rare. 



Mr. Woolrych exhibited specimens of snakes from Kenthurst, 

 Dural, near Parramatta, including a death-adder (Acanthophis 

 antarctica), with an unusual colour-pattern. 



Mr. Lea exhibited the insects described in his paper; examples 

 of a tick more than usually abundant at Manly this year; and 

 the shell of a mollusc, Cyprcea mauritiana, L., obtained alive some 

 years ago at Long Bay — a species not previously recorded from 

 N.S. Wales. 



Mr. Sinclair exhibited an interesting series of native dresses, 

 weapons and implements, and, with the aid of a lantern, photo- 

 graphs of the natives and scenery of Erromanga. 



Dr. Cox exhibited a fine example of an aboriginal shield [native 

 name Woonda; cf. Brough Smyth's " The Aborigines of Victoria," 



