SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
Scientific and Technical Societies. 
‘Abstract of Proceedings. 
LINNEAN SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES 
MACLEAY CENTENARY. 
The centenary of the birth of Sir William Macleay was commemorated at a 
special general meeting, held on 14th June. The President (Mr. J. J. Fletcher, 
M.A., B.Sc.) delivered an address on ‘“ The Society's. Heritage from the 
Macleays.” A number of Macleayan relics were also exhibited. 
OrDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 
(Held on 30th June.) 
Papers Read: 
1. Notes on Some Australian J'enebrionidew, with descriptions of new species; 
also of a new genus and species of Buprestida, By H. J. Carter, B.A., P.KS. 
Thirty-three species of Tenebrionidw belonging to 18. genera (of. which one 
is proposed as new) are described as new. As a result of the comparison by. Mr. 
K. G. Blair of specimens, sent for inspection, with the bynes in the British 
Museum, a number of mistaken identifications are corrected and further synonymy 
suggested. A re-examination of the species of the closely allied genera Daedrosis, 
Licinoma, Brycopia and their allies has led to considerable , modifications of 
tabulations previously published. 
2. On the Male Genitalia of some Robber-flies belonging to the Sub-family 
Asilinw (Diptera). By G. H. Hardy. : 
The results of a study of a number of species of Australian Robher-flies belong- 
ing to the Subgenus Asilus indicate that the male genitalia afford a satisfactory 
- basis for identifying the species. [leven species (of which one is described as 
new) are dealt with, and their male genitalia figured. 
Mr. E. Cheel exhibited herbarium specimens, together with smn ae of timber 
taken from two distinct forms of Oallistemon viminalis (Sol.) Cheel, showing the 
following distinctive characteristics: — 
(1) Calyx-tube glabrous; bark of a thick corky appearance similar to that 
of the common “ Broad-leaved Tea Tree” (Melaleuca leucadendron 
var, albida Sieb. Cheel). (2) Calyx-tube silky-hairy; bark of a 
more or less fibrous nature. 
He also exhibited specimens of two forms or varieties of Callistemon pachy- 
phyllus Cheel, showing the following characters :— 
(1) Flowers of rick dark crimson similar to the type specimen, but the 
leaves very narrow. 
(2) Flowers of a greenish-yellow colour and leaves narrower than the 
type. The two latter forms are from Coff’s, Harbour, whilst the 
type is to be found at Bullahdelah, Byron Bay, and in Queensland. 
Mr. G. A. Waterhouse exhibited a male Tisiphone rawnsleyi, which he had 
mated with a female Visiphone abeona, together with the five butterflies reared 
from eggs laid by the female. The male 7’, rawnsleyi was reared from a larva 
found at Mooloolah, Queensland, which pupated at Sydney on 9th September, 
1919, and emerged on 18th October, 1919; the female 7’. abeona from Sydney 
emerged on 19th October, and the pairing took place the same day. The butterflies 
were placed in a mosquito net hung on a clothes line, and the actual mating 
was observed, the female was then caged over a growing plant of swordgrass 
- (Gahnia sp?) and ten fertile eggs were laid on 20th and 21st October, which 
emerged in 15 and 16. days. . The young’ larvie were left undisturbed, the 
only artificial condition being the surrounding wire of the cage. arly in 
February, 1920, five pupe were found, and these produced three males and two 
females from 2lst to 29th February, all being very similar in markings. Two 
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