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Mr. Ogilby exhibited the fish described in the paper by Dr. 

 Ramsay and himself. 



Mr. Etheridge exhibited the Fossils described in the two papers 

 read by him. 



Mr. S. C. Burnell exhibited a specimen of a rare moth {Byleora 

 sp.), with its pupa case. 



Mr. North exhibited the nests and eggs described in his paper. 



Mr. Skuse exhibited specimens of the pupa and imago forms of 

 Orthoprosopa nigra, Macq., a Dipterous insect belonging to the 

 family Syrphidse. The iarvse were obtained by Mr. Masters from 

 the wet and decaying trunk of a dead grass-tree (Xanthorrhoea 

 arborea) in the month of October, at Randwick, near Sydney. 

 The perfect insects emerged within a fortnight, and the pupa form 

 did not alter much from that of the larva. The body shortens, 

 hardens, and becomes the puparium. As far as he could judge 

 from dried specimens, the pupa seemed to possess seven pairs of 

 pseudopodia, which appeared to be provided with minute recurved 

 prehensile hooks. The body is 6| lines in length, ochraceous- 

 brown, somewhat broader anteriorly ; two small anterior horns ; 

 a short slender reddish-brown cylindrical tail projecting from the 

 terminal segment ; and a very small, somewhat reddish point 

 appears on each side of the base of the tail. 



Mr. Palmer exhibited a collection of native ornaments and 

 manufactures, comprising plaited reed baskets, netted bags of 

 various pattei'ns, woven head-bands, a girdle of red fringed cord, 

 shell ornaments, a neck ornament formed of the scrotal sacs of 

 Dingoes strung on cord with shell pendents, and a carved letter- 

 stick, all obtained from the blacks of Port Mackay and the 

 Broadsound district, and sent to Sydney by Mr. Thomas Illidge. 

 Also, fossil shells from near St. Lawrence, Queensland, and the 

 nest of a species of wasp from Burwood. 



Mr. T. W. E. David, B.A., F.G.S., exhibited for Mr. C. S. 

 Wilkinson, F.G.S., F.L.S., &c., a fine specimen of a remarkable 

 variety of intrusive basalt from Bulli Mountains near Bulii. 



