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bladder-woriii found in the muscles of the rabbit; and its adult 

 form, Tcenia serialis, from the intestine of the dog and the fox, 

 this being the tirst mention of an entozoon from a fox in Aus- 

 tralia; Cysticercus pisiformis, a bladder-worm which occurs on the 

 rabbit's mesentery, and its adult form, Tcenia surrata, from the 

 dog's intestine; Echinococcus polyiuo7'phus from the rabbit. Of 

 the last-named parasite, the hydatid form occurs frequently in 

 sheep, cattle and pigs, and occasionally in horses aud kangaroos 

 in this State. Its final form is a very small cestode, Tcenia 

 echinococcus, which infests Australian dogs as well as the dingo, 

 having been recorded from the latter host in West Australia and 

 South Australia. 



Mr. Henry Deane exhibited a numl)er of interesting specimens 

 collected recently by him during a visit of inspection of the more 

 remote portion of the South Australian section of the route 

 selected for the contemplated Transcontinental l^ailwaj^ com- 

 prising fruiting branches of a scarlet-flowered dwarf Eucalypt 

 {E. pyriformis Turcz.), remarkable for its enormous fiuits, larger 

 even than those of E. macrocarpa Hook.; seeds of three species 

 of the N.O. Santalacece {Fusaniis acuminalus and two species of 

 Santalum); an example of a fairl}' laige reddish scorpion [Hor- 

 murus Jiiivicruris Rainbow) which is common in the sandiiill 

 country, and also of another scorpion {IsomelrusvariatusThovQW)', 

 and an ornament made from a pearly nautilus shell, found 

 at a native camp at the sandhills. Also specimens of a mineral, 

 epidote, from Pidinga, S.A., and of abnormal fruits of a palm 

 (Cocos pilumosa) from Hunter's Hill. 



Mr. Cheel exhibited a series of fifteen interesting fungi, with 

 the following notes thereon — ALBUGiNACEiE : Albugo portulacece 

 DeBary; on leaves o( Porlulaca oleracea, Botanic Gardens, Syd- 

 ney, and Penshurst(E. Cheel; March, 1908); Hawkesbury Agri- 

 cultural College (C. T. Musson; February, 1909); not previously 

 recorded for Australia Mucorace.i: : Piloholus crystallinus 

 (Wiggers) Tode; on dung; Botanic Gardens, Sydney (E. Cheel; 

 May, 1908); previously recorded only from Queensland. Helvel- 

 LACE.E : Morcella conica Pers.; on the ground; Kirkham, near 



