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  in 
  the 
  shade 
  near 
  Cairns 
  with 
  swarms 
  of 
  the 
  beautiful 
  Lanipidcs 
  

   caclcstis, 
  already 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  Exhibitions 
  and 
  Notes. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W'einrich 
  exhibited 
  pupae 
  and 
  imagines 
  of 
  Volucclla 
  obcsa, 
  

   wliicli 
  he 
  had 
  observed 
  breeding 
  in 
  the 
  sisal 
  juice. 
  In 
  the 
  course 
  

   of 
  one-half 
  to 
  an 
  hour's 
  time 
  perhaps 
  5,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  laid. 
  Mr. 
  

   Kotinsky 
  referred 
  to 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  Coccidae 
  ; 
  one 
  a 
  Dactylopiine, 
  

   the 
  other 
  an 
  Aspidiotiis 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  observed 
  on 
  manienie 
  grass 
  

   on 
  Maui 
  and 
  Hawaii. 
  

  

  JULY 
  loth, 
  1905. 
  

  

  The 
  seventh 
  regular 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  

   usual 
  place, 
  Mr. 
  Perkins 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  Election 
  of 
  member 
  — 
  Mrs. 
  Wm. 
  Weinrich. 
  

  

  Exhibitions 
  and 
  Notes. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wilder 
  exhibited 
  some 
  lichee 
  nuts 
  and 
  a 
  moth 
  wdiich 
  had 
  

   issued 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  these. 
  Mr. 
  Perkins 
  stated 
  that 
  while 
  he 
  could 
  

   not 
  name 
  the 
  insect, 
  he 
  was 
  sure 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  that 
  

   commonly 
  infested 
  leguminous 
  pods 
  on 
  these 
  islands. 
  Mr. 
  Ko- 
  

   tinskv 
  said 
  he 
  has 
  bred 
  this 
  insect 
  from 
  the 
  pod 
  of 
  Acacia 
  farne- 
  

   siana, 
  commonly 
  called 
  ^Mimosa 
  or 
  "glue." 
  Mr. 
  Wilder 
  also 
  

   showed 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  insects 
  made 
  in 
  his 
  yard. 
  Mr. 
  Terry 
  ex- 
  

   hibited 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  common 
  insects, 
  both 
  sexes 
  of 
  

   each 
  species 
  being 
  represented, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  characteristic 
  

   differences 
  between 
  the 
  sexes. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Perkins 
  exhibited 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  native 
  bees 
  and 
  wasps 
  to 
  

   demonstrate 
  wdiat, 
  in 
  his 
  opinion, 
  is 
  the 
  ideal 
  way 
  of 
  mounting 
  

   those 
  insects. 
  The 
  wings 
  and 
  legs 
  were 
  spread 
  uniformly, 
  the 
  in- 
  

   sects 
  being 
  pinned 
  with 
  short 
  silver 
  pins 
  on 
  strips 
  of 
  white-papered 
  

   cork 
  or 
  specially 
  prepared 
  white 
  fungus, 
  raised 
  high 
  on 
  a 
  long 
  and 
  

   stout 
  pin. 
  The 
  insects 
  need 
  never 
  be 
  directly 
  handled, 
  and 
  could 
  

   be 
  examined 
  perfectly 
  both 
  above 
  and 
  beneath 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  lens. 
  

   Brother 
  Matthias 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  habit 
  for 
  

   some 
  time 
  of 
  using 
  fungus 
  found 
  on 
  kukui 
  trees 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  cork. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Perkins 
  exhibited 
  a 
  Phasmid 
  from 
  ^lexico 
  ; 
  this 
  insect 
  

   looked 
  so 
  much 
  like 
  a 
  bit 
  of 
  brown, 
  crumpled 
  up 
  leaf 
  that 
  even 
  in 
  

   the 
  exhibition 
  box 
  great 
  difficulty 
  was 
  experienced 
  in 
  recognizing 
  

   that 
  the 
  object 
  was 
  an 
  insect. 
  He 
  also 
  exhibited 
  two 
  specimens, 
  

  

  