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The male of this species, has a body sures eight inches or more in length, 

 measuring about seven inches in length, wliile the measurement across the out- 

 while the outspread wings measure only spread wings varies from seven to eight 

 about three inches. The wings are, inches. The wings ai-e thus more strong- 

 tlierefore, reduced in size out of all pro- !>' developed in proportion to the rest 

 portion to the rest of the body so that ''^ t^« '^^'^-V ^''^n t'lose of the male. The 

 they are quite useless for flight. The ^«^« '^'^^g'^ ^^« greenish black, irregu- 

 colour of the body is light brown, while ^^^^^ ."^^^^t^^'^ ''''^^ ^'^d' ^^^^ ''' "-^^i" 

 the fore wings and foreborders of the JP^V P^^^^S,^,^"^ the middle of the 



front margin. The hard fore borders of 



hind wings are greenisli yellow, the 

 membranous portion of tlie liind wings 

 being of a brown colour witli small light 

 brown mottlings. 



the hind wings resemble the wing covers 

 in colour pattern, except that a red spot 

 is present at their base while the cream 

 spot is absent. The membranous por- 



Tlie female, on the other hand, is tion of the wings is broad and spotted 

 larger in size than the male, and mea- with large irregular white markings. 



Our largest Australian 

 slick insect is Clemacan- 

 tha rerjale, which mea- 

 sures nine inches in length 

 and about the same mea- 

 surement across the ex- 

 panded wings. It is a 

 l)eautiful insect and wa? 

 originally described from 

 Narral)ri, N. 8. "Wales, but 

 it also occurs in Queens- 

 land, and Western Aus- 

 tralia. Its general colour 

 is green and yellow, the 

 head being banded with 

 green and pale yellow. 

 The fore wings are green 

 with long white stripes. 

 The hind wings have the 

 hard fore border bright 

 green with white longitu- 

 dinal bars; the bases of 

 the wings are bright red 

 and their under surface is 

 also of a bi'ight red co- 

 lour; the membranous 

 ])ortion has a bluish tint 



Female of our largest known stick insect (Clemacantha jjj^d is almost trans- 



regale). 



Photo. — A. Musgravc. l)ai'ent. 



On July 19th, Mr. T. Hodge Smith 

 lectured at the Newtown School of Arts; 

 his subject was "The Geological History 

 of Sydney." 



Under the auspices of the Parents' 



and Citizens' Association, of Penrith, 

 Mr. T. Hodge Smith, on September 

 14th, lectured on "The Formation of 

 the Blue Mountains and the Coastal 

 Plain." 



