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Fig. 18, plate 16. The most elaborate of all the drawings 

 figured is that of a dugong, on a piece of bark, 2| feet long ;. 

 the figure is white, ornamented with yellow lines, and blue 

 and yellow patches, and blue and yellow spots, which are 

 generally in regular rows ; the bod}' is broadly spindle* 

 shaped ; the head is wedge-shaped the broad end of the 

 vredge being upwards ; there are two flappers attached to 

 the body just below the junction of the head with the body, and 

 a large V shaped tail ; the eyes are represented by two semi- 

 lunate yellow patches, one on each side of the head ; the dark 

 wedge-shaped patch shown in the figure covering the upper end 

 of the body, and stretching up over the neck in a point towards 

 bhe head is dark blue, so also are the three lines on the front 

 part of the head ; the spots on the head are blue, while those on 

 the flappers are yellow ; the three zig-zag lines down the back 

 are yellow, and the spaces enclosed by them ; the spots 

 outside the lines, on the sides of the body are blue ; the spots 

 round the edge of the body and tail are yellow, but the larger 

 spots on the hinder part of the body and on the tail are blue. The 

 length of the figure is 16 J inches, and the body is almost 5 inches 

 at its widest part. 



EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Brazier, C.M.Z.S., exhibited rare specimens of shells 

 collected by Mr. F. L. Button, of Arkland, California, 

 namely, Machoera patula, from Oregon, Myahemj)hiUi, SchizothcBru-'^ 

 Huttalli, Pecten monotimeris, P. cequisulcatus, from xsTorth Cali- 

 fornia, P. hastatus (very rare) from Puget Sound, Washington 

 Territory, Helix Carpenteri (very rare) from Coronados Island, 

 32"* North latitude, H. facta, Santa Barbara Island, south coast 

 of California. 



The President, Mr. W. J. Stephens, M.A., said he was desirous 

 to give as much publicity as possible to an attempt now being 

 made by the Rev. T. C. Atkin, of Campbelltown, to introduce 

 the study of practical botany among the young people of his 



