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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Baker exhibited herbarium and timber specimens of 

 Angophora in illustration of his paper; a "fire-stick" used by the 

 Aborigines in the neighbourhood of Grafton, N.S.W.; and two 

 undescribed fungi (Cohis sp., and Calostemma sp.) from Katoomba 

 (Mr. T. Steel, F.C.S.). 



Mr. Froggatt exhibited a fine mounted series of specimens of 

 twelve species of Australian Ticks, determined by Professor 

 Neumann, of Toulouse, as follows : — 



1. Ixodes holocyclus, Neum., the common Bush Tick. Hab. — 

 near Sydney (upon man); Godwin Island, Clarence River (upon 

 a phalanger); Queanbeyan (upon a calf). 



2. I. omithorhynchi, Lucas, the Platypus Tick. Hab. — Gunta- 

 wang (from the Platypus; Mr. Alex. G. Hamilton). 



3. Amblyomma morelice, L. Koch, the Snake Tick. Hab. — 

 Coonamble (upon a kangaroo); Narrabri and Coonabarabran 

 (upon horses). 



4. A. triguttatum, C. L. Koch, the common large Cattle Tick. 

 Hab. — Narrabri and Dubbo (upon cattle); Narrabri (upon dogs); 

 Barham (upon a padymelon). 



5. Aponomma hydrosauri, Denny, the Lizard Tick. Hab. — 

 Goulburn (upon a lizard); Bombala (upon an echidna). 



6. A. decorosum, L. Koch, also a Snake Tick. Hab. — Near 

 Sydney (upon a snake). 



7. A. trimaculatum, Lucas, a Cattle Tick. Hab. — Near Nar- 

 rabri (upon cattle). 



8. A. ecinctum, Neum. Hab. — Sydney (upon beetles). 



9. Hcemaphysalis leachi, Aud., a Cattle Tick. Hab. — Wallan- 

 gara and Grafton (upon horses). 



10. H. longicornis, Neum. Hab. — Kempsey and Narrabri 

 (upon cattle). 



