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seemed to be appreciated. He wished the introduced saail, 

 Helix aspera, were as abstemious in its habits. Mr. C. Oke 

 said he had seen one eat the leaves of the common Arum. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. Chas. Barrett. — Specimens of a land shell, Helix, sp., 

 from excavations close to the Pyramid of Cheops, Egypt. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — Live Black Snail, Paraphanta 

 atramentaria, from Noojee ; coarse-grained granite from Nayook 

 Glen ; also maps and photographs illustrating Loch Valley 

 excursion. 



By Mr. F. Chapman. — Electrotype cast of " Dudley Locust " 

 (Calymene), a trilobite long mistaken for an insect, illustrating 

 the fact that electrotypes can be made direct from fossils. 



By Mr. T. S. Hart, M.A. — Flowers and mature fruits of 

 previous season on same branch of Acacia implexa, from 

 Wheeler's Hill ; also larvcC of the Apple-tree Hanging Moth, 

 Charagia lignivora, ringbarking stems of Leptospermum 

 scopariiim and Acacia verticillata, from Scoresby. The larvae 

 work under a protecting cover of web and sawdust while 

 making tunnels in the stems of the shrubs. 



By Mr. C. A. Nethercote. — Bunch of Spotted Orchids, 

 Dipodiimi punctatum, from Silvan (South Wandin). 



By Mr. E. E. Pescott, F.L.S. — Specimens of Long-leaved 

 Tongue Orchid, Crvptostylis longifolia, R. Br., from Ferntree 

 Gully. 



By Mr. J. Searle. — Specimens of a parasitic Isopod belonging 

 to the family Cymothoidae of the sub-order Flabellifera, found 

 in the intestine of a parrot-iish. The young of this family, 

 when hatched from the egg, are free swimmers, and all the 

 individuals are at this stage males. They fix on to and 

 fertilize the adult parasites. Subsequently these become 

 parasitic and develop into female, and are in their turn 

 fertilized by the larvae derived from a previous generation 

 {vide "Cambridge Natural History"). 



By Mr. L. Thorn. — Larvae of the Cup Moth, Limacodes 

 longer ans [Doratifera oxleyi), White, in various stages, also the 

 pupa and perfect insect ; six species of Victorian Cicadas— 

 Cyclochila aitstralasice, Don., Psaltoda niocreus, Ger., Melamp- 

 salte denisoni, Dis., M. abdominalis, Dis., M. mitrrayensis, Dis., 

 and Pauropsalta encanstica, Dis. 



By Mr. J. Wilcox. — Flowering branches of New South Wales 

 Christmas Bush, Cerapetalmn gtimmiferum, grown at Camber- 

 well. 



By Mr. F. Wisewould. — Flowers of Lomatia ilicifolia, 

 Dianella tasmanica (fruits), Dipodium punctaUtm, and 

 Xanthonhcea minor, from Pakenham Upper. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



