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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Professor David pointed out in reference to his Note on the 

 discovery of the mineral sphene in situ in granite at the Bathurst 

 water-works read at the Society's last meeting, that he regretted 

 to find that, quite inadvertently, he had overlooked the fact that 

 the Rev. J. M. Curran, F.G.S., in his paper "On the Geology and 

 Petrography of Bathurst," in Vol. vi. (2nd Ser.) of the Society's 

 Proceedings (p. 26), had already recorded the occurrence of the 

 mineral sphene in Bathurst granite. He was glad of the oppor- 

 tunity, therefore, of rectifying the omission, and of disclaiming 

 any intention of detracting from the credit due to a fellow- 

 worker. 



Professor David exhibited diagrams and specimens in illus- 

 tration of the paper by Mr. Pittman and himself, together with a 

 specimen of Leindodendron from Back Creek, a new locality for 

 the occurrence of this fossil lately discovered by Mr. William 

 Anderson and Mr. P. T. Hammond of the Geological Survey of 

 the Department of Mines, N. S. Wales. 



Mr. Froggatt exhibited specimens of a crane-fly (Family Tijyu- 

 lidce) and of a bug (Family lieduviidce)^ showing the mimetic 

 markings of the latter, which no doubt enable it to catch the 

 former. 



Mr. Maiden exhibited for Dr. T. L. Bancroft specimens of the 

 tuberculous roots referred to in his paper belonging to the Legu- 

 minous genera Desmodium, Sesbania, Medicago^ Crotalaria^ 

 Mimosa, together with photographs of the same. 



Mr. Trebeck exhibited an orthopterous insect (Phibalosoma) 

 from Fiji; and a scorpion from Queensland. 



Mr. Fletcher exhibited for Mr. J. H. Rose, of Warialda, two 

 interesting frogs (^Limnodynastes ornatus, Gray, and Heleioporus 

 pictus, Ptrs.), and made some remarks on their distribution. He 

 also showed a living cystignathoid frog of large size but retiring 

 habits, at present undescribed, from the neighbourhood of Sydney, 

 with which he proposed to deal on a future occasion. 



