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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. D. G. Stead exhibited life-sized photographs of a very large 

 Black Bream {Chrysophrys anstralU) showing the fish in profile 

 and in face- view. The fish weighed 4 lbs. 14 ozs., and was of the 

 following dimensions : — total length 19|, height of bod}' 7, thick- 

 ness 2f, girth 15| inches. 



Mr. Waterhouse exhibited some noteworthy specimens of Ehopa- 

 locera as follows : — Abisara segecia, Hew. ((J9), from Cape York; 

 an Erycinid, new to Australia, but a well-known New Guinea 

 form; Holochila marqarita, Semper ((j9),from Cape York, which 

 has passed unnoticed since its description; Arliopala wildei, Misk. 

 ((^), from Cairns; and Cyaniris tenelia, Misk. (J 9), from Cairns, 

 hitherto placed in the genus Lyccena. 



Mr. Froggatt showed a fine series of neuropterous insects and 

 their larvae in illustration of his paper. 



Mr. A. J. Walkom brought under notice a specimen of an 

 undetermined species of Pentamerus from Molong, N.S.W., 

 apparently different from the Australian species at present 

 recorded. Additional specimens are desirable, and to that end 

 attention is called to it. 



Mr. R. Greig Smith exhibited microscopic preparations of 

 diseased rainbow-trout. 



Mr. Maiden exhibited the Lord Howe plants refei-red to in his 

 paper. Also a number of Antarctic plants collected by Hooker 

 filius between the years 1839-43 when naturalist in those regions 

 in the '-'Erebus" and "Terror" Expedition. The sjDecimens 

 were presented to the National Herbarium, Sydney, by the Pro- 

 fessors of Botany at Glasgow and Edinburgh. 



Mr. Fletcher exhibited a few coins — the remnant of a once 

 much larger collection, formed by the late Mr. Syms Co^ ington 

 ■during the cruise of H.M.S. " Beagle " (1832-36). These were 

 kindly forwarded by Mr. Syms Covington of Pambula, per favour 



