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staghorn ferns (Gleichenia dicliotoma) . A great luajoriry were 

 males but an occasional female was found and wlion one of 

 them settled on a leaf the males wonld swarm abont hci- but 

 actnal mating was not observed tlio I do not donl)t tliat !ia<l I 

 taken time to watch it might have been observed. One fciiiah' 

 was seen carrying something beneath her tliorax ap])arently 

 l)etween the legs of the middle and hind paii's. l']ioii cnptni-- 

 iiig her this was found to be an adull Olidriis, probably 

 I'noJiolii Kirkaldy, which is coiiunoidy found on this fci'u. 

 From my previous observations of the places in wliidi rhi- 

 species is found in nnmbers I have no donbt that the n.n-mal 

 prey of this species is made up of the native leafhoppers as 

 would be expected on account of the habits of Miui('sid> else- 

 where. 



Bruchidae of the Helms Collection (Coleoptera). 



BY ,1. C. l!i;iI»\VKI.I.. 



Tlie Bruchidae of the Ilcbns collcctiou of Australian in- 

 sects at the Ijishop ]\Iuseuui have been cleaned and rcmouutcd. 

 Only three species are represented. 



J'mifJi us scmioilrus Lea. Proc. i.inn. Soc. X.S.W., oi* :().'>S, 



1898. Sydney. Sept. i\ Oct. (Helms). 

 llriu-Jii/s (Jirrrsipcs Lea. Proc. Linn. Soc. X S. W., 'b"l . 



(;4(), 1808. Sydney (Carter). 

 Jinirliiis ohtertus Say. 

 Xorth Sydney. 



XOTES AXn FA'riIKITrOJsS. 



I'cc/lii()/)h(ir<( (/()ssi/j>i('JJ(i. — Ml'. Hridwell exhibited a speci- 

 men of the ])ink boll-woi-ni l)red from the native cotton, Gossij- 

 jiniin (onioitosiini. Out of (id bolls, two showed infestation, 

 and only one larva matured. 



Minllira vugicoUis. — This rare beetle reported caught at 

 liuiit indoors bv 1^\\\ Dridwell. 



Proc. Maw. Ent. Soc. IV. Xo. i. June. 1919. 



