300 NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Wellington, S.A., to whose kindness I owe this and many other 

 fine fossils. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



J. Brazier, Esq., C.M.Z.S., etc., exhibited Helix pomatia, H. 

 aperta, and H. melanostoma, showing the aperture covered with a 

 thin membrane of animal matter, giving the shells the appearance 

 of being operculated. In H. melanostoma it is very thin, in the 

 others, much thicker. Also, thirteen species of the Fossil genera 

 Gonitites f? GonotitesJ, Ammonites, and Rhi/nchoneUa, all from 

 France. And, Voluta (Lyria) deliciosa, with operculum, from 

 Wautoro, near Noumea, New Caledonia. 



The Vice-President exhibited a series of Fossils from the 

 Namoi and from Campbelltown. 



The Secretary. — A large, excresence or bunch of galls from an 

 Acacia (green wattle), formed by Cynips ; and the nidus of a large 

 arboreal spider. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28th, 1880. 



The President, the Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, F.G.S., etc. in 

 the Chair. 



DONATIONS. 



Proceedings and Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 

 Vol. XII. 



Eucalyi^tographia, Decade YI., from JJarou F. von ^Mueller, 

 K.C.M Cf., etc. 



