14. THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
damaged by bush fires and deposits its eggs in the dying 
trunks. ‘The larvae bore into and feed upon the stems. In- 
spector Gallard, of the Agricultural Department, collected a 
number of these beetles at Narara, near Gosford, and ob- 
tained numbers of the three Hymenopterous parasites, which 
were laying their eggs in the Coleopterus larvae. He not only 
watched them at work but also bred the parasites from the 
beetle larvae. 
The sheep nasal fly (Oestrus ovis) was also shown that 
had been bred from a larva sent from Koorawatha, taken 
from the head of a sheep. Though the larva has been 
recorded this was the first fly bred out under observation. 
A lucerne seed pest was also exhibited, Mr. Froggatt ex- 
plaining that when examining the entomological specimens 
in Washington, in 1907, Professor Webster pointed out a 
very destructive little seed-eating wasp that damaged lucerne 
seed by puncturing the growing seed and depositing its egg 
under the skin. ‘The exhibitor called attention to this seed 
pest in his report and in less than six months afterwards re- 
ceived specimens of lucerne seed from several different dis- 
tricts in N. S. Wales, infested with the seed-eating para- 
site. It was described by Dr. Howard under the name of 
Bruchophagus funebus. 
A very handsome fungus, Phallus sp., had been received 
by Mr. Froggatt with a number of other specimens from 
Mr. Hicky, manager of Pepesala Plantation, Solomon Is- 
lands. About the same time Mr. O. G. Lloyd, of the 
United States, sent the exhibitor his illustrated book on these 
curious fungi, of which we have many interesting species in 
Australia. 
Miss Gladys Froggatt exhibited a small collection of in- 
sects, chiefly Coleoptera, taken. at Penrose, on the Southern 
line, during the Christmas holidays. 
Mr. I. L. Froggatt exhibited some Tertiary fossils. It 
was explained that these occur in basins in small patches, 
which are met with from Mittagong onwards. ‘These parti- 
cular specimens were found about eight miles from Wingelo, a 
few stations beyond Bundanoon. All the species are allied to 
modern existing types. 
Master Oliver Edwards exhibited a snake, Denisonia 
nigrescens, from Candelo. 
Mr. L. Harrison, eggs of Merula vinitincta, and Zoster- 
ops strenua, from Lord Howe Island. 
