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known snakes, quoting from Baron Nery's " Land of the 

 Amazons " that the Sucuriju, Boa scytale, a water snake of 

 that region, is known to attain a length of sixty feet. 



Mr. D. Le. Souef said that collectors from Europe had made 

 special trips to localities where large snakes are known, to secure 

 specimens for exhibition purposes, and it had been stated on 

 reliable authority that no snake is known to exceed a 

 maximum length of thirty-five feet. 



Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., said that he did not think that 

 snakes of the size mentioned by Mr. Mattingley existed. 



A New Shell. — Mr. R. A. Bastow called attention to his 

 exhibit of a specimen of the shell Ami/ssium p/euronectes, L., 

 which had been dredged off Steep Point, the most westerly point 

 of Australia, by Mr. VV. Farquhar, of Claremont, VV.A. This is 

 the first record of its occurrence in Australian waters, the 

 specimens in collections being generally of Japanese origin. It 

 has been recorded, however, for Station 5, Boydong Cays, Torres 

 Straits, by Melville and Steneden, in the Journal of the Llnnean 

 Society of London for 1899. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. C. L. Barrett. — Specimens of a species of fly the larvae 

 of which infest the nestlings of the Spotted Pardalote, Pardalotns 

 punctatu!^. 



By Mr. R. A. Bastow. — Shell, Amussiuni pleuronectes, L., 

 from Steep Point, W.A, first Australian locality recorded ; Chiton 

 callioz6na, Piisbry, found alive in a Voluta mamilla in 15 

 fathoms, associated with a Hermit Crab, not previously recorded 

 from Victoria. 



By Miss K. Cowle. — Botanical specimens collected during 

 Otway Forest excursion, including Drosera binata (flowers), 

 Billiardie7-a longiflora {flowers and fruit), Gastrodia sesamoides, 

 and Caladenia congesta ; also the mosses Trichocalea tormentilla 

 and Tridontium, sp. 



By Miss S. Cochrane. — Wild flowers from Tasmania. 



By Mr. C. French, jun. — Longicorn beetle, Uracanthus acuta, 

 a new pest attacking fruit trees in Victoria. Also, on behalf of 

 Mr. Charles Walter, dried specimens of plants collected in the 

 Victorian Alps, December 1904 — Helichrysum dea/batuni, Lab., 

 previously recorded only from E. Victoria and Tasmania ; 

 Pzdtenoia, Jlexilis, F. v. M., previously recorded only from E. 

 Victoria and New South Wales ; and Pultencea ternata, F. v. M. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel. — Rare Victorian shells, Modiola arbor- 

 escens and M. victoriai, from Western Port Bay ; also Pecten 

 septe7nradiatiis and P islandicus, from Norway ; P. hastatus, 

 from North America ; and P. tranquebaricus, from Penang. 



By Mr. A. D. Hardy. — Botanical specimens collected during 

 Otway Forest excursion — viz., flowers and fruit of economic 



