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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Stead exhibited a cocoon of Antherma eucalypti, Scott, 

 together with twenty-two parasitic flies {Lucilia sp.), the larvae of 

 which emerged from the cocoon about a fortnight after the 

 caterpillar began to pupate. 



Mr. Waite exhibited living examples of Molge pyrrogastra, 

 Boie, the red-bellied newt of China and Japan. The specimens 

 shown were part of a consignment brought from China some three 

 months ago; and were purchased from a local dealer. 



Mr. Maiden exhibited flowering specimens of Dracophyllum 

 secundum, R.Br., from the National Park, of a rich pink colour, 

 the flowers normally being white or cream-coloured. This form 

 is known to have remained constant for at least three years; and 

 it is such a handsome variety that it is proposed to introduce it 

 into cultivation. This interesting novelty was discovered by Mr. 

 J. L. Boorman of the Botanic Gardens. 



Mr. Froggatt exhibited a named collection of indigenous or 

 introduced Diptera, comprising representatives of twenty-two 

 species. Some of these were more or less cosmopolitan, and most 

 of them were usually very much in evidence; at the same time 

 their identification hitherto had not in all cases been an easy 

 matter. By the kind co-operation of Mr. D. W. Coquillet, of the 

 U.S. Department of Agriculture, he had now authentically 

 named examples of many dipterous insects for reference. The 

 collection exhibited comprised three species of blow-flies {Colli 

 phora oceanicB, Desv., C. villosa, Desv., and C. incisuralis, Macq.), 

 three species of blue-bottle ^le^ [Lucilia Tasmaniensis, Macq., L. 

 ccesar, Linn., and L. sericata, Macq.); the drone-fly {Eristalis 

 tenax, Linn.); the potato-fly {Lonchcea splendida, Linn.); the 

 banana-stalk fly {Nerius lineolatus, Wied.); two parasites upon 

 plague locusts {Tachina cedipodice, Oil., and Masicera j^o-chytyli, 

 Skuse); the leaf-miner {Fliytomyza ajffinis, Fabr.); the wallaby 



