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Mr. Fred Turner exhibited specimens, and a drawing, of 

 Strychnos psilosperma F.v.M., the source of the alkaloid strych- 

 nicine, described in Dr. Petrie's paper. The specimens were 

 gathered from a tree growing near the source of the Tweed 

 River, New South Wales, in 1897. 



Mr. Bassett Hull exhibited the nest and eggs of the Lord 

 Howe Island " Rainbird " (Pseudogerygone insularis Ramsay). 

 The nest is similar to those of the Australian members of the 

 genus, but the " tail " is very short, in fact almost rudimentary. 

 The eggs, three in number, resemble closely those of P. fucsca 

 Gould, the shell being white, slightly glossy, covered with dull 

 pink spots or freckles, forming a cap at the larger end. A set of 

 three eggs of the Lord Howe Island Crow-Shrike (Strepera 

 crissalis Sharpe), a variety of the mainland species, S. graculina 

 White, was also exhibited. These eggs cannot be distinguished 

 from those of the last-named species. The specimens were taken 

 in the Erskine Valley, Lord Howe Island, in September and 

 October, 1913. 



Mr. Mackinnon, for Mr. G. P. Darnell-Smith and himself, 

 showed a number of specimens from the Biological Branch, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, including, " Take All " [Ophiobolus 

 graminis (Sacc.)] on (a) wheat, (b) barley, (c) Algerian oats (Col. 

 G. Johnston), from Bathurst Experiment Farm, a new record on 

 oats for Australia, but recorded, last year, on oats from North 

 Wales by Mr. G. Massee, Kew; - Sclerotina sp., on£ommon Lemon 

 seedlings, one-year old, from Wyong (E. Mackinnon);— Sclero- 

 tinia sp., on Garden Stock; Burro wa, August, 1913; — Podospori- 

 ella(1) on wheat-grains ; Henty; — Diplodia zece, previously ex- 

 hibited, on maize-stems and ears; from Tenterfield district. Also 

 inflorescences of Plantago lanceolata in a teratological condition, 

 from Ashfield. 



Mr. G. A. Waterhouse exhibited a fine series of butterflies, 

 representing the five subspecies of Tisiphone abeona Don. The 

 Victorian race, and the New South Wales race occurring south 

 of the Hunter River, are almost alike, differing only in the 



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