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be at the end of the season, it changes into the pupa state, and 

 in early spring emerges into the perfect beetle, when it bores a 

 hole for its escape. There can, I should say, be very little 

 difficulty under such circumstances, in keeping down the number 

 of these insects, a little care in the pruning season in cutting out 

 all the infected branches, and the immediate burning of them, 

 would almost ensure the complete destruction of the pest, if 

 their ravages were confined to the Grrape Alne, but as I mentioned 

 before, there may be other plants or trees liable to their attack, 

 and to ascertain what these are, must necessarily accompany any 

 effort to clear an Orchard of the insects. 



XOTES AlfD EXHIBITS. 



The Eev. J. E. Tenison-Woods exhibited the specimens of 

 fossil Equisetiim referred to in his paper ; also a very large 

 specimen of Aplianaia rjirjantea, De Kon., the second which has 

 been discovered ; two specimens of Aijlmnaia Mitchell i, M'Coy ; 

 Spirifer glaher, W. Martin ; Plenropliorics Tenisoni, De Kon. ; 

 and a specimen of fossil coniferous wood. These fossils, with 

 the exception of the Eqidsetum, which was obtained in the Tivoli 

 mine, Ipswich, were found in the lower marine palaeozoic strata 

 at the quarries. Cemetery Hill, West Maitland. Mr. Tenison- 

 Woods also exhibited a beautiful specimen of a Hydroid zoophyte 

 {Sertiilan'a), with attached Hscliara, obtained by an amateur 

 fisherman off Bondi, and forwarded for exhibition by AVilliam 

 Cameron, Esq. 



Mr. E. P. E-amsay exhibited bracelets from Eiji, the Solomon 

 G-roup, and Bougainville Island, all cut from large shells. The- 

 specimens from the Solomon Islands were cut from a species of 

 Spoiidtjlus, and the large Fiji specimens were ground down from 

 solid masses of the large Tridacna ; also a remarkable horned 

 lizard, from America, presented to the Museum by Mr. Webster. 



