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At fouz o’clock, an adjournment was made across the tram 
line into Ashton Park—a beautiful spot, where all the natural 
growth of shrub and tree has been left untouched (may it long 
remain so!). Afternoon tea was “discussed” on a picturesque 
ledge of rock overlooking Taylor’s Bay, after which—the hearty 
thanks of the party having been tendered to Mr. Le Souef—the 
members again walked through the gardens before dispersing. 
M.S.B. 
NOTES AND COMMENTS. 
BULLINULA ziczAc.—-A beautiful little molluse of the family 
Aplustridae, collected on January 20th, at Long Reef, Dee Why. 
The shell white with pink stripes, is only three-eighths inch long. 
The well developed foot and head region of the living animal is 
of a translucent white with a margin of light blue, iridescent 
and glistening. The animal swims actively and is certainly 
worth looking: for. 
Rosz WIN TER. 
Mr. Gaunarp’s Exniprrs.—At recent meetings Mr. Gallard 
showed several specimens of entomological interest as follows :— 
Leto sracey1.—The bent-winged swift moth. Bre? out on 
March 4th and by the morning of the 6th had laid 180 eggs. 
These are white when first laid, but soon turn to a lovely velvety 
black. They are round, about the size of common threading 
beads. The larva was from a Blue Gum tree in Gosford district. 
Copitin Moru.—A tube containing twe dozen eggs laid in 
clusters on inside of tube. Some had hatched, in others the em- 
bryo was plainly visible. This is the first time I have seen Cod- 
lin eggs laid in clusters like this, in captivity. The eggs are 
usually hard to find and few people ever see them. 
Icrryia Purcuast.—The cottony cushion scale. A large tube 
containing a colony of about 150 adults with a number of de- 
veloping scales partly grown. ‘These had been thickly covered by 
small brown ants with a felted covering of broken leaves and 
chewings stuck together. When covered in this way several of 
our sucking insects can survive the severity of winter. The ants 
touch the scale insects with their antennae and in turn these 
exude droplets of “honey dew,” which is at once sucked up by 
the ant. 
