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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Messrs. Maiden and Baker exhiljited the plants referred to in 

 their paper. 



Mr. Maiden exhi])ited on Ijehalf of the Forest Department 

 specimens of the liandsome bright red fruits of Hicksbeachia 

 pinnatifolia, F. v. M., (Proteacese), from the Tweed River, the 

 seeds of which are ediljle. 



Mr. A. Sidney Olliff sent for exhibition a number of specimens 

 of a species of Psylta from Jarrahdale, W. Australia, which 

 makes elongate, semi-transparent, horny, larval coverings, or 

 tests, on the foliage of the Flooded Gum (Eucali/ptas nidis, Endl.). 

 In structure and habits the species is closely related to Psylla 

 eucalypti, Dobs., recorded from Tasmania; and economically it is 

 of importance as it sometimes occurs in such numbers as to cause 

 serious injury to its food -plant, a useful West Australian timber. 

 The insect was collected by Messrs. W. Paterson and A. 

 Despeissis, and it is proposed by Mr. Olliff to call it Pi<yllaj 

 periculosa. 



Mr. Edgar R. Waite exhibited specimens of the snake Aspidites 

 ramsayi described in his paper ; a Golden Perch, Gtenolates 

 ambiyttus, Richardson, attacked by a fungus, Saprolegnia ferax, 

 causing the so-called Salmon disease ; and a small Mullet, Mugil 

 dobula, Gunther, from the head of which a sniall seaweed was 

 growing. It would appear as though the fish had sustained some 

 damage in this part, as the scales are absent, and that the alga had 

 rooted itself in the flesh. 



Mr. Froggatt showed a remarkaljle branched fungus growing 

 out of the mouth of a shell (Helix jjoma), from Port Darwin, 

 possibly vegetating on the remains of the animal. 



Mr. A. G. Hamilton sent for exhibition a specimen of 

 Fhascologale minutissima, Gould, from Mt. Kembla, N.S.W., the 

 species having previously came under his notice at Guntawang, 

 near Muderee. Thus it is without doubt a member of the New 



