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MISCELLANEA, 



The Dasttjetjs a (?) Yegetaeiait. 



On Friday, January 30, 1885, I saw Mr. E. H. Edwards, 

 lessee o£ the late Mr. G-eorge S. Kingston's estate at Marino, 

 and lie informed me (and Messrs. G-eorge Laugliton and J. T. 

 Eickling) that lie had missed a great number of peaches from 

 some of the trees in the garden, and, suspecting that opossums 

 were destroying the fruit, he had some steel traps set beneath the 

 trees. The next morning after setting them his sons brought 

 in a native spotted cat (Dasyurus), which he (Mr. Edwards) 

 opened and examined, and was surprised to find its maw filled 

 with masticated peach-pulp. He afterwards examined others 

 caught in the same manner, and always found the pulp in their 

 stomachs. This being a new fact in natural history has been 

 considered worthy of mention before this Society. The two 

 gentlemen who were with me are intimate with Mr. Edwards, 

 and vouch for the reliability of his statements. 



A. MOLIIS'EUX. 



EuisTGi Collected by J. G-. 0. Teppee about Claee]s^do:n-, 



1882-3. 



Identified by De. Cooke from specimens sent, viz : — 



Agaricus sobrius, Fries. 



umbelliformis, Fr. 



spumosus, Fr. 



quilinus Fr. 



tener, Fr. 



pediades, Fr. (or nearly related species). 



faxiculatus. 

 Polyporus oblectans, Berkeley. 

 Secotium coarctatum, JBerTc. 

 Hygrophorus ceraceus, Fries. 

 Clavaria rugosa, Fr. 

 Dacrymyces, sp. 



The above are addenda to a list published in the Society's 

 Transactions, vol. vi., p. 68. 



