1122 NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Dr. Ramsay exhibited (1) the supposed new species of birds 

 from Derby, recorded in his paper ; also from the same district, a 

 new species of Hapalotis, with a broad golden-yellow dorsal stripe : 

 (2) Large specimens of matured fruits of Ficus stipulate*,, grown 

 at Dobroyde, showing the immense quantity of pollen developed 

 at this stage in the fruit : (3) On behalf of the Government 

 Geologist, Mr. C. S. Wilkinson, F.G.S., a series of fossil remains 

 from some recently discovered deposits at a great depth, the most 

 notable being the skull, atlas vertebra, humerus, and scapula of a 

 gigantic Echidna belonging to quite a new form ; also portions of 

 the carapace and plastron of a fresh- water tortoise; and horned 

 scutes, portions of the outer covering, and some bones of a great 

 horned lizard (Megalania) making a third species of these gigantic 

 reptiles now known. Dr. Ramsay also made some remarks on the 

 fertilisation of Ficus macrophylla through the agency of insects. 



Mr. Fletcher exhibited for Baron von Mueller specimens of 

 Grevillea Renwickiana, Pultencea Baeuerlenii, and Bossicea Stephen- 

 sonii, three of the plants described in his paper. 



Mr. Norton produced from his own garden flowering specimens 

 of Cassia Brewsteri a beautiful umbrageous shrubby tree from 

 Queensland, and Hernandia bivalvis a handsome tree from the same 

 colony ; also, Kreysigia multiflora an ornamental liliaceous plant 

 with pink flowers, from the northern rivers of this colony. All of 

 these he recommended as well worthy of cultivation, and quite 

 hardy in the neighbourhood of Sydney. 



Mr. Whitelegge exhibited specimens of, and read the following 

 note on, Volvox minor, Stein : — " A few days ago I found in a pool 

 off Bourke-street, Waterloo, a fine gathering of Volvox minor, a 

 species which I believe has not hitherto been recorded from 

 Australia. I have seen what I thought to be this species many 

 times, but without the ripe spores it is not readily distinguished from 

 V. globator. Those I exhibit to-night contain not only mature 



