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Notes and Exhibits. 



Mr. Ogilby exhibited a specimen of the fish Coris rex. 



Mr. Brazier exhibited the shells from the Maclay-Coast 

 described in his paper. 



Baron Maclay exhibited a fragment of Jet from New Guinea, 

 which had been found by Mr. Wilkinson to possess a specific 

 gravity of 1*24, and was presumed by him, mainly on the ground 

 of its resemblance to Jet of this country, to indicate, probably, the 

 existence of coah Baron Maclay added that, as far as he knew, the 

 first discovery of coal in New Guinea was mentioned in the report 

 of Van Delden as far back as 1828. Further details about the 

 same coal on the small Island Lakahia, on the N.W. coast of New 

 Guinea, are to be found in the account of the expedition of the 

 Dutch Government steamer "Etna" in 18-58, edited by the Royal 

 Institute in 1862 (on page 131-143). The opinion of the 

 scientific commission of the " Etna " is that the coal on the island 

 Lakahia belongs to a recent formation, and is a " lamellated " 

 (" bladerige ") coal. 



Mr. Prince exhibited a large number of Volutes, differing very 

 considerably in general appearance, but all belonging to F. piperita, 

 though including the supposed species V. lluckeri, V. Macgilli- 

 vrayi, V. Cathcarti, and V. Rut ilia. 



Dr. Cox exhibited specimens sent from the Hunter by Mr. J. 

 S. Skeat, including teeth and bones of horses from deep alluvium ; 

 and from the Upper Carboniferous near Maitland, representatives 

 of the following genera : — Spirifer, Pleurotomaria, Productus, 

 Avlculopecten, Bellerophon, Sanguivolites. The beds from which 

 these fossils were obtained overlie the West Maitland Coal Seams. 

 Also excellent casts of fishes taken in gelatine, and coloured after 

 life. Also a very splendid example ^of the flower and fruit of 

 Eucalyptus ficifolia, of West Australia. 



Mr. Masters exhibited some Moths, apparently Pyralidae, 

 bred from caterpillars found feeding on a Coccus which 

 infested the common Zamia. The caterpillars in the course of a 



