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money is made, from Sudest, Papua ; also money made from 

 the shells, and photographs showing how the money is carried 

 by the natives. 



By Mr. J. W. Audas, F.L.S. — Dried specimen of Bosstcca 

 cordigera, Smith, Slender Bossiaea, in flower and fruit ; mosses 

 — Ptychomnion avicidare. Lab. (found on decayed wood), 

 Meteorium limbatum, C. M. and Hpe. (on rocks), and Dicranum 

 angustinervis. Mill, (on rocks) ; fungi — Fomes anstralis, Fr. (on 

 blackwood trunks), Daldinia concentrica, Bolt, (on acacias), 

 Polystictiis lilacino-gilvus. Berk, (on rotten wood), P. occi- 

 dentalis. Berk, (on stumps), and lichens — U^nca harbata, Fr., 

 var. strigosa (on dead blackwoods), Parmelia placorhodioidcs, 

 Nyl. (on dead blackwoods), P. physodes, L. (on rocks), Cladonia 

 verticillata, Hoff. (on the ground), Sticta [Stictina) crocaia, Ach. 

 (on rocks), and Cladonia {Clathrina) aggregata, Eschw. (on 

 rocks). All from Mount Cole, Pyrenees, in illustration of paper. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — Pot-grown specimen of fern, 

 Botrychium ternatiun, originally found near Oakleigh. 



By Mr. F. Chapman, A.L.S. — Four species of cuttle-lish 

 bones from Torquay — viz., S. apaiiia, S. latimaniis, S. capciisis, 

 and S. braggi — in illustration of paper. 



Ely Mr. J. Cronin. — Flowers of the Queensland F"ire-tree, 

 Stenocarpus sinuatiis, Endl., from trees growing in Mell)ourne 

 Botanic Gardens. This is a handsome-foliaged and brilliant- 

 flowered tree, suitable for growth in and around Mcll)ourne. 

 It likes a slightly sheltered position, and grows to a height of 

 30 to 40 feet. 



By Mr. J. E. Dixon. — Nine species of reptiles from \'arious 

 localities, also five species of Carab beetles, recently collected 

 at Dandenong Ranges. 



By Mr. C. French, jun.^Fresh flowers of orchids Plerostylis 

 parviflora, P. pedaloglnssa (rare), and Acianthiis cxsertiis, col- 

 lected at Oakleigh, 12th May, 1912. 



By Mr. C. J. Gal^riel. — Marine shells, Vcrniictilaria /lava, 

 Verco, from Tasmania ; V. ivddii, T.-Wds., from Victoria ; and 

 V. aiistralis, Ouoy and Gaim., from New South Wales. 



By .Master Karl (ilance. — Fossil star-fish, Lovcnia forbcsii, 

 collected on junior excursion to Beaumaris. 



By Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S. ^Foliage specimens of \arious 

 acacias, showing positions of leaf-glands, in illustration of i)aper. 



By Mr. G. A. Keartland. — Specimen of Delma, s])., a legless 

 lizard, from Sydenham. 



By Mr. A. H. E. Mattingley, C.M.Z.S.— Parasites (Maloi)haga) 

 from White-capped Albatross. 



By Master W. J. Searle. — S])ccimcns of moth, Teara, sp., 

 reared from larv.-e exhibited at February meeting ; also cocoon 

 and food plant. 



