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New Species of Plants . 
suiting Henle’s Monograph of the genus Narcine , takes this 
opportunity of supplying a specific character of the Van 
Diemen’s Land species, w hich was formerly described to the 
Society (Zool. Proceed, for March 1840, p. 29), but which 
could not be distinctly characterised from his want of knowledge 
of the other species. 
CYSTOSOMA SAUNDERSII. 
At a meeting of the Entomological Society, held on the 4th 
October, 1842, Mr. Westwood exhibited some beautiful insects 
from the Gold Coast, Africa, and Port Phillip, Australia, from 
the collection of Mr. Raddon, including a new species of 
Goliathus (Eudicelhi ignita , W.), some fine Cerambycidcc , &c. 
Also a new and singular genus of large size allied to Cicada y 
from New Holland, from the collection of Mr. Curtis, and 
whicli that gentleman proposed to name Cystosoma SaundersiL 
NEW SPECIES OF ARAUCARIA. 
On a new Species of Araucaria from New South Wales, by 
H. Bidwill, Esq. 
Description of a new species of Araucaria from about forty 
miles N.W. of Moreton Bay, New South Wales. 
A tree from 100 to 200 feet high, often without branches 
for 100 feet. Branches very slender, lax, verticillate ; branch- 
lets very numerous, slender; leaves sessile, of two different 
kinds on different parts of the branches; some Jths of an inch 
long, somewhat triangular, slightly incurved, very like those of 
young specimens of A. imbricata ; the others lanceolate, 2 
inches long, an inch wide, recurved; both somewhat mucronate, 
surrounding the stem as in other species, but not so numerous ; 
the long ones are probably produced in summer, and the others 
in winter. Neither cones nor male flowers seen. Scales from 
top of cone containing abortive seeds 3 inches long, li broad, 
spongy, hooked at end; seed li inch long, egg-shaped, com¬ 
pressed, free from the scale, apparently not winged; whether 
dioecious or not, not known. Ripens seed in January, when 
the natives collect from great distances to feed on it. It is said 
there is also another species, but I have not seen it. 
Note on Nuytsia foribunda , by the same. 1 
In the Government garden at Sydney is a single plant of 
Nuytsia, which flowers every year, but does not ripen many 
seeds. I this vear picked up several and sowed them, but they 
