64 Chapman, What are Type Specimens ? [vou'xxfx. 



from any other locality — say at Waurn Ponds — ideotypes. 

 The demise of an author would, however, put an end to the 

 further creation of these two last supplementary types. 



An institution like the British Museum, in London, might 

 desire to possess the next best thing to a type, when a repro- 

 duction such as a wax squeeze could be sent, which would 

 constitute a plastotype. 



Lastly, the conundrum may be put : When is a type not a 

 type ? When it is a name — as the species-name wilkinsoni 

 is the genotype of Dr. Hall's new genus Parasqiialodon. 



Congress of Entomologists.— The many friends of Mr. 

 C. French, recently Government Entomologist of Victoria, 

 will be pleased to learn that he has been selected to represent 

 Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia at a congress 

 of entomologists to be held in London shortly to consider means 

 of dealing with destructive insects. Accompanied by Mrs. 

 French, he left for London by the mail steamer on the 17th 



July. 



Plant Names. — The July issue of the Journal of Agriculture, 

 Victoria, contains a further instalment of the proposed ver- 

 nacular names for Victorian plants. It comprises the orders 

 from Dilleniaceae (Hibbertia) to portion of Rutaceai (Boronia). 

 It will be noticed that the Tetrathecas are to be known as 

 " Pink-eyes." If any flower-lover can suggest a better name 

 the committee will be glad to have it, as well as any other 

 criticism, as early as possible. 



A New Zealand Plant Honoured. — At the great Inter- 

 national Flower Show recently held in London, the Gardcncm' 

 Chronicle prize for the best novelty in the show was gained by 

 a variety, Nicholii, of the well-known Leptospermtim scoparium, 

 the Manuka of New Zealand and Victoria. The plant was 

 covered with a mass of lovely pink flowers. An interesting 

 note as to its origin appeared in the Australasian of the 27th 



July. 



A.A.A.S. — The 1913 meeting of the Australasian Association 

 for the Advancement of Science will be held at the Melbourne 

 University from the 7th to 14th of January next. In addition 

 to the indoor meetings for hearing addresses, reading papers. 

 &c., a programme of excursions and visits to places of interest 

 will be arranged. The hon. secretary for Victoria, Dr. T. S. 

 Hall, M.A., will be glad to enrol intending members (subscrip- 

 tion, £1), and receive intimations of papers to be read, as early 

 as possible. It is nearly thirteen years since the Association 

 met in Melbourne. During this interval many leaders of science 

 have jiassed away, but we trust worthy successors will be found 

 among those taking i)art in the January meeting. 



