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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. R. Etheridge, jun., exhibited the seeds of a j)alm, 66 feet 

 high, from Giles' Glen of Palms, near the Mission Station, Finck 

 River, Central Australia. Also the seeds of the " Bean-tree," 

 possibly an Erythrina, from Macdonald Ranges, Central Australia ; 

 the seeds are strung and used as necklaces by the aborigines, who 

 use the w^ood of the same tree for producing fire by friction, and 

 also for shields, on account of its lightness. 



Mr. Maiden exhibited flowering and fruiting specimens of the 

 new Uakea from Wallsend. 



Mr. Hedley wished it to be noted that he now regards the shell, 

 jointly figured and described (P.L.S.N.S.W. (2), vi. p. 558) by 

 Mr. Musson and himself uuder the name of Pujm anodonta, as a 

 second species of the genus Heterocyclus, instituted by Crosse 

 (Journ. de Conch. Vol. xx. 1872, p. 156) for the reception of H. 

 peo'roquini, Crosse, from New Caledonia. This genus is considered 

 by Fischer (Manuel de Conchyliologie, p. 735) equivalent to 

 Lyogyrus, a member of the Valvatidce. 



]\[r. Froggatt exhibited a large series of mounted specimens of 

 the Brachyscelid coccids and galls mentioned in his paper, together 

 with a number of the parasites. 



Mr. OUitt' also showed a fine collection of Brachyscelid galls, 

 with which he proposed to deal at a future meeting. 



