100 Ffoceediitgs. 



3. Geoplana aucklandica and Geoplana marrineri : a Correction in Nomen- 

 clature. By Arthur Dendy, D.Sc, F.R.S. 



In my article " On Land Planarians from Auckland and Endeiby Islands," in 

 the " Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand" (Wellington, N.Z., 1909), I have 

 described a new species from Auckland Island under the name Gtojjlana aucklandica, 

 having overlooked the fact that I had myself eight years previously given this name 

 t'j a totally different species from a widely separated locality — viz., Auckland, in 

 the North Island of New Zealand. 



I now desire to rectify this error by proposing a new specific name for the 

 subantarctic form from Auckland Island, and I suggest that it be called Geoplana 

 marrineri, in acknowledgment of the services rendered to the study of zoology in 

 New Zealand by my late friend and assistant, George R. Marriner. 



4. Notes on the Vegetable Caterpillar. By G. Howes, F.E.S. 



During a recent visit to Riverton I raided a patch of the well-known vegetable 

 caterpillar. This patch I have known of for some years, and have on several oc- 

 casions drawn on it for specimens for friends'. The patch of bush where they occur 

 is but small, and the more open spaces have been depleted, but amongst the stems 

 and roots of shrubs and creepers a fair number of the spore-bearing spikes appear. 



Digging had to be carefully carried out, as carelessness or rough handling 

 caused breakage and spoilt the specimen ; indeed, it was impossible to dig up any 

 particular specimen without running the risk of breaking some other near by. The 

 special point I wish to place on record is that fragments from specimens accidentally 

 broken and again buried during some previous search had sent out healthy spore- 

 bearing spikes. Several of these fragments were less than 1 in. in length, while 

 one of about 2 in. (being the tail half) had grown two fair-sized spikes 



Along with the fungi I took an apparently healthy larva of Porina dinodt)-, 

 and, so far as I could see, all the vegetable caterpillars there were those of this 

 moth. The largest specimen I took was 5 in., but I have never seen a living dinode-i 

 larva of this length, and suppose that the fungus growth distends the skin of its 

 host. 



