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NOTES AND EXHIBITwS. 



Mr. A. G. Hamilton exhibited in illustration of his paper a 

 dried flowering specimen of Byhlis gigantea, LindL, drawings, and 

 sections under the microscope showing some of the more important 

 anatomical characteristics. 



Mr. Steel exhibited a specimen of a very rare mineral 

 Greenockite, crystallized cadmium sulphide, which so far has 

 been found only at one locality in Renfrewshire, Scotland, where 

 the example exhibited was obtained ; also a good example of 

 Sigillaria from the Coal Measures near Glasgow, Scotland. 



Mr. G. A. Waterhouse exhibited specimens of Hypocysta 

 metirius, Butler ((^), and H. j^seudirius, Butler {^), which had 

 been compared by Mr. H. H. Druce with the types in the British 

 Museum; both these belong to the H. irius group. H. miti7'ius, 

 Butler, which has been variously used for both the species 

 exhibited, Mr. Druce says is allied to H. adiante, Hiibner, of 

 which II. undu/ata, Butler, is, at best, a variety. If. epiriiis, 

 Butler, is allied to, if not identical with H. j^seudirius. 



Mr. H. J. Carter exhibited some entomological novelties, 

 including representatives of an undescribed species of Lemidia 

 (Fam. Clei'idoi), and of Egestria (Fam. Pedilidce); likewise a 

 variety of Prostoinis cornutus (Fam. Cucyjidce) hitherto recorded 

 only from Tasmania. Also a specimen of Scaraphiies macleayi, 

 Westw., (Fam. Carahidm), found at Darling Point, Sydney, not 

 far from the locality of the type specimen (Mr. W. Sharpe 

 Macleay's garden at Elizabeth Bay, on a portion of which the 

 Society's Hall now stands) : this very local form is probably 

 doomed to early extinction in consequence of suburban develop- 

 ments. Mr. Carter also showed a "vegetable caterpillar" for- 

 warded to him b}' Mr. J. Q. Wood with the information that it 

 was alleged to have been found in a gold mine at Peak Hill, 

 embedded in quartz, at a depth of 150 feet. 

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