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The Eucalyptus, Melaleuca and Callistemon appear to afford the 

 principal food for the Pergce. 



The habits of the Saw-flies are so well described by Latreille, 

 Leach, and others, that it is quite unnecessary for us to make fur- 

 ther comments ; and it has been to the larvae of a species which 

 may be considered the type of the genus, that we have principally 

 devoted our attention in this short sketch. 



The Tenthredinetce are represented by numerous examples in this 

 colony, and are well deserving of a memoir devoted exclusively to 

 their family, as many others, in addition to the Pergce, may be 

 found worthy of being formed into separate and distinct genera. 



The following list of additions to the Society's Menagerie by pre- 

 sentation and purchase during the month of May was read : — 



I Axis Deer, 



1 Gannet 



1 Australian Thick-knee 



2 Mooruks 



4 Hippocampi 



15 Green Lizards 

 1 African Civet 



Axis maculata 

 Sula bassana .. 



(Edicnemus australis. 

 Casuarius bennettii . 



Hippocampus brevirostris . 



1 Kangaroo , 



2 Tachard Buzzards .„ 

 1 Red-capped Parrakeet 



1 Love Parrakeet 



5 Wax-wings 



1 Grivet Monkey 



Lacerta viridis 

 Viverra civetta 



Petrogale penicillata 



Buteo tachardus 



Platycercus pileatus 



■Agapornis pullaria 



\Ampelis garrula 



Cercopithecus engythithia... 



1 Barred Ichneumon ... 

 1 Boa 



2 Chinese Pheasants .. 



Herpestes fasciatus 

 Boa constrictor 



Phasianus torguatus. 



2 Pr. Albert's Curassow Crax alberti 



8 Water Tortoises \Emys ? 



4 Land Tortoises VTestudo ? 



1 Paradoxure \Paradoxurus typus 



1 Flying Phalanger « Belideus flaviventris 



1 Capuchin Monkey ... Cebus ? 



Presented by Richard Ans- 



dell, Esq. 

 Presented by T.W. Foster, 



Esq. 

 Purchased. 



Presented by Dr. Bennett, 

 F.Z.S. 



Presented by T. F. Pinto, 



Esq. 

 Presented. 



Presented by Captain R. 



Hughes. 

 Purchased. 

 Purchased. 

 Purchased. 

 Purchased. 

 Purchased. 



Presented by B. J. Angeil, 

 Esq. 



Presented by R. F. Bur- 

 ton, Esq., F.R.G.S. 



Presented by G. Furness 

 Esq. 



Presented by Geo. Moss 



Esq. 

 Purchased. 



Presented by Rev. R. T, 

 Lowe, Corr. Memb. 



Presented by Sir D. Baird 



Presented by Dr. Bennett, 

 Corr. Memb. 



Presented. 



Of these, the Hippocampus brevirostris, Buteo tachardus, and 

 Belideus flaviventris were stated to be exhibited for the first time. 



