182 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
addition to butterflies, Mr. Waterhouse exhibited a fine col- 
lection of larvae and pup. Mr. W. W. Froggattt, IPelbp sh, 
showed a handsome collection of native moths and beetles. 
wood-boring moths, an immense aueen white ant, and a set 
of parasites, which prey upon many of the insects injurious 
to our units. One of the most interesting of these was the 
little parasitic wasp discovered by Mr. W. B. Gurney at the 
Gosford entomological station to be an enemy of the codlin 
moth. Ladybird beetles, which live upon aphis, a fungus 
which destroys brown scale, and parasites of the eggs of the 
plague grasshopper were in the collection. Mr. L. Harrison 
exhibited a splendid collection of eggs of Australian birds. 
from the giant cream-coloured egg of the wandering and 
royal Albatross to tiny eggs of other winged dwellers in the 
Australian forest. The pale green eggs of the plumed egret 
and heron, the blotched eggs of the crested tern, Pacific gull 
and oyster-eater, and the brown-mottled egg of the black- 
shouldered kite were a few of the gems of this ornithological 
display. Mr. Harrison and Dr. d’Ombrain also showed a 
large number of Australian birds. From the Technological 
Museum came a collection of foreign and Australian Cicadae 
and models of flowers and fishes. Mr. D, G. Stead showed 
the large eggs of the salmon catfish, and specimens of many 
of our most interesting fishes, and Mr. W. J. Rainbow, 
F.L.S., exhibited for the first time a curious aquatic spider 
alive under water. This spider came from Duck Creek, near 
Clyde, and had constructed a dome-like nest in the water 
weeds. Its body was covered with hairs, which enabled it 
to carry down with it below the surface enough air to en- 
able it to remain submerged for many hours. Mr. W. B. 
Gurney showed many Mantide or ‘praying’ insects, and stick 
and leaf insects, and a series of Australian grasshoppers, 
which included the plague locust. A handsome collection 
of sea-weeds of this coast was exhibited by Mr. A. H. S. 
Lucas, M:A., the delicate tracery and rich colouration of 
these growths having been well-displayed on sheets of paper 
with infinite pains. Mr. Thos. Steel, F.L.S., showed a col- 
lection of native weapons, ornaments, and useful implements. 
An interesting mass was that of the ‘‘vegetable sheep’’ from 
New Zealand, one of the lower forms of vegetable life, which 
bears a curious resemblance to the full-woolled body of a 
sheep lying asleep. Mr. C. Coles contributed a huge old-man 
kangaroo, which dominated the assemblage from the rear of 
the stage. 
During the evening Miss Margaret Edson contributed a 
pianoforte solo, Mr. Cyril Monk played the violin, and Miss 
