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(hlicr sjK'cimciUs were kept under observation by Prof. AA Ood 
Jones lor senne months; the}- were placed in an artificially heated 
laborator}- and here hept consistently to the side of the vessel 
nearest to the heater. 'Phis series was fed upon earthworms 
(which were reduced to slujrt lengths with the chelae before being 
masticated) and upon blowllies. 
KXCTM^SIUX dX) SIrACIdFIvK, MARCH 28. Ib2s 
A large part}' o! members, under the leadership of Mr. (J. 
beck, travelled to Marino Rocks and walked down to the sea- 
coast. y\t this time of the the } ear very few jiiants were found 
in hower but the part}' examined the rocks at Afarino and listened 
to a short address by Mr. [lam, wlio spoke on the gradual wear- 
ing awa}' of the coast and tlie lonnatujn of the plane of marine 
denudation on which the part}' was standing. A study of the 
many cracks in the rocks, filed with various materials among 
v'hich Calcite and Quartz were the most afnindant. led to the 
subject of faults and the fc'rmation of metalli ferous lodes. (Jther 
physiographical features were dealt with as the part}' made their 
way to Marino station, where the) were hf)spitably entertaineti 
b}' Mr. (k J3eck. 
BOTANICAL NXXnCS. 
By }']nirst I/. 
Loranthus penciulas, Sieb. 
In the P'ebruary issue of this Journal (1)1 placed on record 
the occurence of the above s[nx'ies of mistletoe on ICuralyptus 
oblifjua at Mt. Lofty. As BlakeK' does not mention this host 
for L. pcndiihis in his work on "The Loranthaccae of Australia.” 
(2) i believe this is the first record in Australia of the witite 
stringy bark being host to the drooping mistlcttre. 
1 am now able to record a hirtliei' new host (ff)i' S(Duth Aus- 
iraha) foi' this species in that I have obtained (through the kind- 
ness of Mr. A. K. Fairhal!) specimens from the brown siringo'ba rk. 
Eucalyptus capiieUaUi, at Mt. laifty. The inllorescencc of tliese 
specimens is similar to that described by me in this bnirnal (kc.) 
earlier in the }'car. viz., flowers four in the cvmule generall}', 
three flowers in a straight row, the central one sessile, with one 
lateral ]’>ediccllatc flower. 
(1) \ol \'l, .H (1925). 
(2) Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., \'oh XIA 11. part I, -1-U9c (1922). 
