160 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
NOTES AND COMMENTS. 
Larva of Euenemid Beetle—At the December meeting Mr. L. 
Gallard exhibited a peculiar coleopterous larva which he had 
found when digging at Eastwood. Subsequent examination of 
the mature beetle showed it to belong to the Hucunemida2 or 
False Click Beetles. The colour of the larva was creamy, and 
the integuments rather hard. The head was a hard shovel-like 
process, slightly serrated, and resembling the labrum of a scara- 
bid beetle. Neither legs nor mouth parts could be detected, even 
on microscopic examination, but a pair of small black tractile 
mandibles or sucking styles could be traced. 
A larva which was found on September 10, 1919, cast its skin 
on October 28, assumed the pupal state, and hatched out a per- 
fect beetle on November 30. 
Iysecr Brre—tIn Pitt-street, Sydney, one day in. summer | 
felt a sharp puncture on the back of the hand. and found a 
Rutherglen Bug (Nysius vinitor) apparently sucking blood. 1 
captured the insect, which was identified by Mr. Froggatt. 
On another occasion, some years ago, one of my boys caught a 
variegated plant bug about three-quarters of an inch in tength, 
which promptly. inflicted a sharp painful puncture. Untor- 
tunately the insect was lost, so I was unable to identify it. 
T. Seen, 
Macrozamia Seedling—Miss Harris exhibited at the April 
meeting a seedling which grew from a seed brought from Terri- 
gal in April, 1919, and thrown out. This one took root’ on a 
strawberry bed. It is remarkable because it came up in a year, 
while the usual time for germination is two years. 
Exchange of Specimens——At the May meeting Mr. Froggatt 
read a letter from Mr. T. J. Dennis, Owensmouth, Los Angeles, 
California, asking to be put in touch with persons in Australia 
desirous of exchanging Australian Lepidoptera for Californian 
species. 
Errarum,—Vol. iv., p. 134, line 8 from top: For “tractionod” 
3 i 3 i rs 
read “hrachiopod.” 
