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ADDITIONS TO THE LipRARY.—‘‘Victorian Naturalist,’’ vol. 
xxvi., parts 2, 3 and 4; “‘Papers and Proceedings of _ the 
Royal Society of Tasmania, 1908’; “‘Geelong Naturalist,” 
yol. iv., No. 1; “‘Australian Photographic Journal,’’? August, 
1909; ‘‘Records of the Australian Museum,”’ vol. vii., No. 43 
‘Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales’’; 
from the Smithsonian Institute: ‘‘Descriptions of Some New 
Species of Mosquitoes,’ “Zoological Gardens of Great Bri- 
tain, Belgium, etc.,’’ ““Systematic Zoology: Its Progress and 
Purpose,’ ‘‘Linnean Memorial Address,’’? ‘‘Geneological 
History of Marine Animals’’; “‘The Archer Fish and Its 
Feats’’; ‘‘Smithsonian Notes, vol. 52; part 2; 
““Observation 
of Living White Whales.”’ . 
Myrrapops.—The hon. Editor is anxious to obtain speci- 
mens, With localities and dates, of our indigenous Centipedes 
and Millipedes. Specimens preserved in spirit, and address- 
ed to him, at the Australian Museum, will be thankfully re- 
‘ceived. 
fruit-l'ty.—The ‘Official Report on Fruit Fly and Other 
Pests in Various Countries,’? by W. W. Froggatt? I'..S.. 
which has just been published by the Minister for Agricul- 
ture,-is not only of the deepest interest to that section of the 
community most intimately interested in the study of insect 
pests, but is in every way creditable to the author. It is not 
given to every public officer to have the opportunity of tra- 
velling round the world and studying important ‘questions 
under varying conditions, but when the opportunity does pre- 
sent itself, and is handled in the intelligent manner it has 
been by Mr. Froggatt, much benefit must be the inevitable 
result. Much of the ground covered by Mr. Froggatt in ‘his 
report has beet already made public in his “Progress Re- 
ports’’ to the Ministers of the different States, whilst he was 
on his tour; it is now amplified and extended, and embrices 
a great deal of information of supreme economic importance | 
to the cultivator individually, and therefore’ to the commu- 
nity at large. The report contains 115 pages of letter-press, 
