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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. North exhibited the eggs of Halcyon sordidus and Cyano- 

 ramphus rayneri, referred to in his paper. 



Mr. Deane exhibited herbarium specimens of the ironbark and 

 box groups of the genus JEucalyptics ; also some specimens of 

 timber of E. leucoxylon and U. paniculata, which, though placed 

 close togethei', according to the anthereal system of classification, 

 are so widely different in the timber they ])roduce. Also a living 

 specimen of a lizard (Mocoa sp.), with a bifurcated tail. 



Mr. Froggatt exhibited a spray of Acacia undulifolia, collected 

 at Rylestone by Mr. R. T. Baker, the young seed pods of which 

 were aborted into small pointed galls from the attacks of hymenop- 

 terous insects ; also numerous minute chalcids bred therefrom. 

 Also twigs of Eucalyptus longifolia, from Homebush, covered 

 with a scale {Eriococcus sp.), together with a moth, the larva of 

 which destroys the coccus and forms its cocoons out of the dried 

 scales; and a small Coccinella (RMzohius? sp.), the larva of 

 which also preys on the coccus. 



Mr. Palmer showed specimens of galls upon Acacia decurrens ; 

 also upon a Eucalypt specimens of the same species of scale-insect 

 (Eriococcus) as that exhibited by Mr. Froggatt ; and a number of 

 fossils from Mt. Wellington, Tasmania. 



Ml". Maiden exhibited flowering specimens of Grevillea Barkly- 

 ana, F.v.M., from Jervis Bay, a plant new for New South Wales, 

 hitherto recorded only from Gippsland. Also a fine specimen of a 

 New Zealand composite popularly known as the ' Vegetable Sheep' 

 (Raoulia tnammillaris, Hook, f.), 41 inches in circumference, from 

 the Alps of the Nelson district of New Zealand, at an elevation of 

 7000 feet. Also an essential oil from the flowers of Cananga 

 odorata, the basis of the perfume Ilang-Ilang, from Samoa. 



