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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Dr. Greig Smith recorded the occurrence of a race of Bad. 

 eucalypti, Greig Smith, in the manna of Eucalyjytus ininctata, 

 DC., exhibited by Mr. Fletcher at the previous Meeting. The 

 race was weak, inasmuch as it did not liquefy gelatine, and pro- 

 duced a small proportion of gum levan. He also exhibited 

 cultures of DematAinn pullulans and specimens of the pararabin 

 slime in illustration of his paper. 



Mr. Stead exhibited a spirit-specimen of the beautiful and 

 interesting " Glass-rope Sponge," Hyalonema mirabilis, from 

 Japan. 



Mr. Maiden exhibited a number of botanical specimens, and a 

 series of photographs of Norfolk Island, in illustration of his 

 paper. 



Mr. J. J. Walker exhibited Genwpylodes tmetus, Olliff, a rare 

 and curious beetle of the Family Colydiidce (type from Lord 

 Howe Island, in Australian Museum), found at Otford(Illawarra), 

 apparently parasitic on a wood-boring weevil (Subfam. Cosso7iides), 

 to which Colydium sp. (?), also exhibited, was attached. Also a 

 specimen of a small beetle from Otford, very closely resembling 

 Phyllotreta vifMda, Redt., (Fam. Halticidai)] this is very destruc- 

 tive at times to crops of turnip, rape, cabbage and other cruciferous 

 plants in England, and is known, in common with two or three 

 very similar and equally destructive species, as the " Turnip-flea;" 

 in all probability it is a recent (and undesirable) importation. 



Mr. Froggatt exhibited specimens of parasites and hyper- 

 parasites of the Brown Olive Scale {Lecanium oleoi) bred from 

 parasitised specimens of the latter, recently received from Mr. C. 

 P. Lounsbury, Entomologist, Cape Town. The true parasite, 

 ^cutellista cyaiiea, Motsch., has been found to be a very valuable 



