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terior leg, is found in a cave in the Chudleigh district. The 
nest is of the size of a large pigeon’s egg. Curiously enough 
there have been, so far, no inserts discovered in the cave on 
which these spiders could subsist. Several species of mam- 
malian remains have been found agglutinated to the rock by 
stalaCtitic incrustations. No carnivorous marsupials have 
been found. The stalactites of the cave are said to be mag- 
nificent. 
Mr. F. Abbott, Superintendent of the Royal Society’s Gardens, 
communicates notes on new plants introduced during the season. 
Prominent among these is the Georgia pitch pine. 
A number of rhododendrons and azaleas have been introduced 
from India, Java, Japan, &c., and will doubtless spread on the 
sandy and peaty soils of the island. 
Dira grandiflora, a splendid terrestrial orchid, native only on 
the summit of the Table Mountain, has, after many trials, been 
successfully introduced. 
The introduftion of new fruit trees has been praCtically 
brought to an end for want of room and funds. The writer 
justly remarks that the task of maintaining and extending such 
a colleaion belongs rather to a Horticultural Society than to the 
Royal Society. 
The Museum of the Society continues to receive dona- 
tions of a very promiscuous nature. We hope that the funds 
of the Society may suffice for the reception and classification 
of the specimens, which otherwise will be of little good to 
Science. 
A Mr. Dyer calls attention to a large harmless lizard ( Cyclodus 
nigrolutens ), which in Tasmania has unfortunately received the 
name of the “ death-adder,” and is hunted down in consequence. 
So far from being injurious to man, it attacks and destroys 
poisonous serpents in their youth, and therefore justly deserves 
protection instead of persecution. 
We find mention of the after-glow in the western skies, for an 
hour or two after sunset, as having been observed in the latter 
part of October. 
Two specimens of Sphinx Convolvuli, captured in the island, 
were presented to the Museum by Mrs. Lodder. This species is 
probably becoming cosmopolitan. We have received specimens 
of it from the Transvaal and Zulu-land. 
