598 NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS, 



Mr. A. Sidney Olliff exhibited, on behalf of Mr. C. S. Wilkinson, 

 a community of Wasps (Polistes sp.) from Drake, near Tenterfield, 

 recently obtained by that gentleman. 



Mr. Olliff also showed a selection of insects from a large and 

 interesting series from Mt. Kosciusko, recently obtained on behalf 

 of the Trustees of the Australian Museum by Mr. Helms, Al- 

 though the collection contains many new forms, particularly 

 among the Coleoptera and Hymenoptera, no peculiar mountain 

 forms which so often characterise the faunas of high altitudes 

 were found ; but he thought there were two noteworthy points 

 with regard to the collection, namely, the occurrence of certain 

 distinctly Tasmanian types among the Orthoptera and Coleoptera, 

 and the general similarity of the fauna to that of the higher 

 elevations of the Coast Range. 



Mr. Skuse exhibited a large collection of Diptera (numbering 

 about 650 specimens) also obtained by Mr. Helms under circum- 

 stances similar to those just mentioned. It contains several new 

 and remarkable forms, among which a new genus of Tipulidce longi- 

 palpi with pectinate antennse is one of the most interesting. The 

 excellent state of preservation of so large a number of minute 

 specimens and the skill displayed in mounting them alike testify 

 to the ability and industry of the collector. 



Mr. Helms offered some remarks upon some of the more 

 striking forms in the collections referred to, more particularly the 

 wingless grass-hoppers : and he also alluded to his discovery of 

 Peripatus at altitudes up to 5700 feet. 



Mr. Rohu exhibited a collection of mounted specimens of 

 English plants, and signified his intention of presenting the col- 

 lection to the Society's herbarium. 



Mr. David exhibited sections and specimens of the kerosene 

 shale and fire-clay referred to in his paper. 



Dr. Katz exhibited drawings, and a collection of pure cultures 

 of the microbes of chicken-cholera. 



