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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Brazier exhibited a specimen of the South Australian 

 Murex polyj^^^urus, n.sp., described in his paper, a species which 

 in the past, by the late Mr. G. F. Angas and other authors, has 

 been confused with M. piunilus, A. Ad., from the China Sea, and 

 Darros Island, Amirantes. Also a fossil specimen of M. octogomts, 

 Q. and G., from New Zealand. 



Rev. J. Mihie Curran read a note recording the presence of a 

 fossil Buprestid beetle in an earthy limonite at Inverell, N.S.W. 

 The insect is represented by a portion of a metallic green elytron, 

 and it is associated with Miocene fossil leaves and a species of 

 Unio. He also showed a specimen of a Silurian fossil coral 

 ( Ileliolites ) from Molong, N.S.W., in a beautiful state of preser- 

 vation. 



Mr. Baker exhibited drawings and specimens in illustration of 

 his paper. 



Mr. Trebeck showed a specimen of a large freshwater prawn 

 (Fahemon oniaius, Oliv.) from the Rewa River, Fiji. 



Mr. C T. Musson sent for exhibition specimens of a European 

 slug, Aj'ion hortensis, Miill., introduced with ferns from New 

 Zealand, where it is now not uncommon, though not previously 

 recorded from Australia. Also, from the Kurrajong, N.S.W., 

 specimens of the peculiar slug Gystopelta petterdi, Tate. 



