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unrecoi'ded previously for New South Wales, though known in 

 some of the other States. — (2) A grass which appeared to be 

 Lolium rigidiim Gaud., var. rottboellioides Heldr., from Centennial 

 Park(E. Cheel; September, 1899), and Bungarra, S.A.(8. Browne; 

 December, 1906), infested with the teleuto-stage of Puccinia; and 

 from Hunter's Hill(W. M. Carne; September, 1912), infested with 

 the uredospore stage of a Rust; examples of other species of 

 Lolium were shown for comparison. — (3) A grass, Festuca duri- 

 uscula L., var.(?) from the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, 

 Richmond (C. T. Musson), and from the Botanic Gardens, 

 Sydney, exhibiting a similar abnormal growth to that described 

 by Sinclair in " Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis " (p.260; 1825) 

 as a " Viviparous Fescue Grass." — (4) Additional specimens of 

 the common Kangaroo Grass showing two distinct forms, one 

 glabrous, the other with tubercle-based bristles. 



Mr. E. Mackinnon showed, and communicated notes on, a 

 series of interesting parasitic fungi, comprising — (1) Graphiola 

 phcenicis Fr., attacking the fronds of the Date Palm (Phoenix 

 dactylifera L., from Wollongbar Experimental Farm(Dr. J. B. 

 Cleland); a new record for New South Wales, and pi'obably for 

 Australia. — (2) Uromyces orchidearum Cke. &, Mass., on an 

 orchid, Chiloglottis diphylla R.Br., from the Kurrajong. — (3) 

 Gytospora leucostoma Aderhold, on an Appletree branch, from 

 Home Rule, N.S.W. — (4) Septoria tritici Desm., on Federation 

 Wheat, from Harden, N.S.W. — (5) Peronospora trifoliorum de 

 Bary, on Lucerne, from the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, 

 Richmond. — (6) Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Mass., showing the 

 sclerotial stage on French Beans, and also the rarer apothecial 

 stage grown in a sugar-solution from sclerotia from Cow Peas, 

 from the Hawkesbury Agricultural College. 



Mr. Froggatt exhibited a named collection of typical Austra. 

 lian and Tasmanian Bees in illustration of Prof. Cockerell's 

 papers. Also, for Mr. W. B. Gurney, specimens of a large 

 Lecanid Scale, Lecanium berberis, a European scale of the 

 grape vine, recorded some years ago in Victoria, but only noticed 

 within the last year in the vineyards of New South Wales. As 



