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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Brazier exhibited, on behalf of Mr. R. C. E-ossiter, a pair of 

 the eggs of the " Mallow Hen " ( Megapodius Layardi) from 

 Malicolo, New Hebrides. 



Mr. Fletcher read a letter from Baron von Mueller invoking the 

 aid of members of the Society in obtaining information bearing 

 upon the exact geographical distribution of the Waratah [Telopea 

 speciosissima), the altitudes to which it ascends mountains, the 

 stature it attains, (fee. 



Mr. Skuse exhibited specimens of a Tineid bred from seed- 

 capsules of Phyllanthus Ferdinandi found at Manly about a month 

 ago; also specimens of a minute Hyraenopterous insect {Chalcididce) 

 parasitic on the former. The larvse of the moth feed on the seeds, 

 and the imagines emerge as soon as the ripe capsules split, though 

 even while these are green frequently a perfect moth may be released 

 from each of the five seed-chambers. 



Mr. Skuse also showed examples of the two Coccids with their 

 respective dipterous parasites mentioned in his paper. 



Mr. Rohu exhibited four embryos of Crocodilus porosus in 

 rather advanced stages of development, from Queensland. Also 

 portions of the stem of an undetermined plant,* probably a creeper, 

 from the Clarence, shewing remarkable ridge-like, corky out- 

 growths. 



* Subsequently ascertained to be Mezoneurum hrachycarpum, Benth. ; 

 {vide ' Notes and Exhibits ' for April, 1889). 



