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XOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. D. G. .Stead exhibited an interesting preparation of the 

 fruit of Barringtonia cupania, which he had recently found 

 stranded on Maroubra Beach. The husk was covered with 

 barnacles (Lepas australis 1) and, judging by their size, the 

 specimen had been floating about for a considerable time. Besides 

 the barnacles, there was on one side of the husk a colony of 

 Bryozoa, and in one corner a hole had been excavated in which 

 was safely ensconced a female specimen of the interesting little 

 ; ' Wanderer Crab," Planes minutus. In the same cavity was a 

 polychsetous annelid, and in parts where the husk was beginning 

 to disintegrate were numbers of a small brownish-black amphipod 

 of an undetermined species. Although the fruit had obviously 

 been immersed for some considerable period, the kernel was 

 apparently quite uninjured. 



Mr. R. T. Baker exhibited a section of portion of an old pump 

 made of White Ironbark, Eucalyptus paniculata, Sm., recently 

 taken from a well found in making excavations in Elizabeth- 

 street at Dixson's Tobacco Factory. The specimen is in a perfect 

 state of preservation after having been in the well from 60 to 70 

 years. The original piece of Ironbark measured about 20 feet 

 long and 9 inches in diameter, and was octagonal in shape. The 

 bore measured 3 inches in diameter and had been cut perfectly 

 true throughout the whole length of the timber. 



Mr. Rainbow exhibited a collection of Spiders in illustration 

 of his paper. 



Mr. Froggatt exhibited a series of Hymenoptera from Queens- 

 land in illustration of Mr. Gilbert Turner's paper. 



Mr. Garland showed a white variety of Borouia ledifolia, J. 

 Gay, gathered about a month ago in the neighbourhood of Sydney. 



