946 NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



bad informed Dr. Cox that he had known severe effects caused 

 by the bite of the Conus tulipa. Linn. This was the first instance 

 Dr. Cox had heard of the poisonous effects of Conus Geographicus. 



Dr. Cox exhibited a collection of Fibres, obtained by maceration 

 from the bark of indigenous trees growing on the Northern rivers 

 of N.S.W. Also, two distinctly banded specimens of Helix 

 Angasiana collected by the President on the Barrier Ranges ; and a 

 new species of Land Shell from New Britain, which he had 

 obtained from Mr. Hinde of H M.S. Diamond, and which he 

 proposed to call Cochlostyla Hindei. The type specimen is in the 

 Australian Museum. 



Mr. H. Gilliat exhibited a Stone Implement which had been 

 found near the Darling above Wilcannia. It is 17 inches long 

 and If inch in diameter, one end being pointed and the other 

 nearly flat, slightly concave. The use of this implement is not 

 understood by the natives at present living in the district ; but it is 

 believed to have been employed as a roller or pestle for crushing 

 the nardoo seed. It is somewhat similar in shape to the one which 

 was recently exhibited from the Walgett district. 



The President exhibited several interesting specimens of Argen- 

 tiferous Lead Ores and Chloride of Silver from the lodes in the 

 Barrier Ranges. 



Mr. Masters exhibited specimens of six extremely rare Austra- 

 lian Beetles, viz. : — Aulacopsis Reichei, Schizorhina Digglesii, 

 Cacostomus squamosus, Stigmodera Chevrolati, Megamerus Kingii, 

 and a species of Mecomastix. 



Mr. Gervase F. Mathew, F.L.S., of H.M.S. Espiegle exhibited 

 a number of remarkably perfect and beautiful specimens of 

 Papilio Godeffroyi, Semp. from Samoa, and of P. Schmeltzi, Herr. 

 Sckaff., from Fiji, which he had reared at sea from larva; obtained 

 at these Islands, and fed on the leaves of a species of Aralia. He 

 exhibited also the ova, pupa, and larva of each insect, and 

 mentioned that these stages had not previously been observed. 



