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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 
Mr. Brazier exhibited a fine specimen of the ringed snake 
( Vermicella annulata ) found under a large stone at the foot of 
the Waverley cemetery by Mr. Worth. 
Mr. Brazier also exhibited a specimen of Cardium vertebra turn, 
Jonas, from Keppel Bay, N. Queensland, and he contributed a 
Note on the geographical distribution of the species. 
Mr. A. H. Lucas exhibited specimens of Honey Ants ( Cam- 
ponotus inflatus ), and Lizards collected by Prof. Baldwin Spencer 
in Central Australia, during the breeding season of 1895, com- 
prising both sexes of Amphibolurus pictus, A. maculatus, and A. 
reticulatus, showing the sexual colouring; Moloch horridus (£). 
Also specimens of Egernia stokesii and E. depressa, the latter from 
Coolgardie. 
Mr. Steel called attention to a recent interesting paper by Mr. 
T. W. Hogg, on the immunity of some low forms of life from lead- 
poisoning (Journ. Soc. Chem. Industry, 1895, p. 344). The 
presence of 1-5-2*5 per cent, of lead, calculated as PbO, in an 
average dried sample, was found not to militate against the 
occupation of the waste bark heap of the Elswick Lead Works by 
various organisms, including earthworms. 
Mr. Froggatt showed, in illustration of his paper, spirit speci- 
mens of a number of Termites, photographs of remarkable termi- 
taria, portions of nests, and specimens of timbers variously 
attacked. 
Mr. Maiden exhibited specimens of the new Et Iceocaiy us described 
by Mr. Baker and himself. 
Mr. Pedley showed a highly ornamented hielaman or aboriginal 
shield recently received from the Narran River, N.S.W. 
Mr. North exhibited a series of specimens of Zosterops 
ccerulescens, and pointed out the seasonal variations in the plumage 
of this species. Z. ccerulescens of Latham, (Z. dor salts, Gould, 
