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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. D. G. Stead exhibited specimens of a " land-crab " (Cardi- 

 soma sp.) from Tanna, New Hebrides, known to the Tannese as 

 "To-ba." Also the remains of four fresh-water crayfishes (Asta- 

 copsis bicarinatus) taken from the stomach of a Murray Cod 

 (Oligorus macquariensis). He also called attention to the large 

 numbers of the "southern crayfish " (Palinurus Edwardsii) 

 which have been sold in Sydney lately, a few of which had been 

 caught in Port Jackson. 



Mr. North exhibited the type of Eremiomis carteri, a new 

 genus and species of bird from North-west Australia, recently 

 described by him (" Victorian Naturalist," Vol. xvii., p. 78); 

 also two specimens, including the type, of Platycercus macgilli- 

 vrayi, from the Burke District, North Queensland, described by 

 him on page 93 of the present month's number of the same publi 

 cation. Likewise the eggs of the following species : — Great Palm 

 Cockatoo, Microglossus aterrimus, Gmel.; Banks's Black Cockatoo, 

 Calyptorhynclms banksii, Lath., Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, 

 C.funereus, Shaw; Western Black Cockatoo, C stellatus, Wagl.; 

 and Leach's Black Cockatoo, C. viridis, Vieill. 



Mr. Steel exhibited specimens of the land-planarians described 

 in his paper, including living examples of one new species, Geo- 

 plana graminicola, found at Petersham, near Sydney: together 

 with specimens illustrative of the method of preservation recom- 

 mended; and egg-capsules of two species of Geoplana. Also a 

 very fine example of an earth-worm, Didymogaster sylvatica, 9 

 inches long, in spirit, preserved by the method recommended for 

 the preservation of planarians. 



Mr. Cambage exhibited herbarium and timber specimens, and 

 a series of photographs of typical trees and shrubs, illustrative of 

 the vegetation of the inland portion of the Colony, as described 



