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Mr. Froggatt exhibited samples of wheatshowing the different 

 ways in which the grain weevil (^Calandria oryza, Linn.) and the 

 grain-moth larva {Plodia interpunctella, Hubn.), damage stored 

 wheat. Also three samples of wheat taken from the same bag and 

 kept under similar conditions, two only of which showed damage 

 by weevil. Likewise cuttings of apple wood from the Ryde 

 district showing curious red blotches and spots caused by the 

 presence of San Jose Scale {Aspidiotus perniciosus, Comst.). 



Mr. H. S. Mort exhibited a specimen of Cerithium dubium, 

 Sowerb)^, from Port Jackson, a new record for New South Wales; 

 and one of Typhis philippensis, Watson, also from Port Jackson. 



Mr. Waterhouse exhibited Megisba nigra, Misk., ((J 9) from 

 Cairns, Q.; Holochila cyprotus, Olliff, ((J 9) from Sydney, these 

 specimens having been determined by the late Mr. Olliff; H. 

 helenita, Semper, ((J 9) f 1*001 Cairns ; Ogyris oroetes, Hew., 

 ((J 9) from Townsville, Q.; 0. amaryllis, Hew., ((J 9) from Rich- 

 mond River; 0. hewitsoni, n.sp., ((J9) fi'o^ii Victoria and Towns- 

 ville. 



Mr. Johnston showed sections and a mounted specimen of the 

 Distoynitm described in his paper. 



Mr. Stephen exhibited a very interesting collection illustrating 

 the ethnology of Pleasant Lsland (0° 32' S. lat., 165° E. long.). 



Mr. North exhibited a nest and two eggs of the Buff-sided 

 Robin, Paecilodryas cerviniventris, Gould, together with a skin of 

 the bird, procured on the 17th January, 1902, near the Daly 

 River, Northern Territory, S.A. The nest is a thick-rimmed 

 cup-shaped structure, externally formed of thin plant-stalks, 

 scales of bark, rootlets, and fine spiral vine tendrils, the inside 

 being lined with a few dried grass stems, and a quantity of black 



