192 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
At the April meeting, Mr. Iroggatt exhibited the pupal 
nests of two large curculonid beetles attacking the Hoop Pine: 
(Araucaria Cunninghami) :—Eurhamphus fasciculatus Vays its 
egg on the bark of the dead pine tree; the larva eating out # 
circular hole in the sapwood, beyond which it forms an oval’ 
cavity after plugging up the outer opening with torn strips of 
wood. In this oval cavity it pupates facing the opening; and: 
looking like a Japanese doll. It emerges as a beetle in the 
middle of December. Aesioles notabilis—These beetles lay their 
eges on the edge of a crack in the bark of a dead Hoop pine 
where the bark is slightly raised from the trunk. The larva 
eat out. an elongate chamber in the wood and, before pupating; 
tear up a quantity. of wood into fine strips with which they form 
a matted mass or cocoon above and around the resting pupa. 
The adult beetles were emerging in the middle of December. 
Spiculoea (Drakaea) irritabalis—At the May meeting, Mr. 
A, Forster exhibited the above orchid, sent to him by Rev. H. 
M. R. Rupp, and contributed note as under:—I understand that 
this orchid was supposed to have no leaves, or, at any rate, 
that leaves were absent during its flowering season. A speci- 
men which I found at Dee Why did not have any leaves. Mr. 
Rupp maintains that the orchid has flowers and leaves at the 
same time, and the specimen in hand confirms his contention. 
There is the usual flower bearing stem coming out of the bulb 
and two radical leaves also coming out of the same bulb, but 
they do not surround the flower stem nor are attached to it. 
They appear to have no further connection with the flower stem, 
except that ibey grow from the saine bulb. I show also 2 sets 
of 4 and 5 leaves’ of the same plant, received from Mr. Rupp. | 
