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THE TASMANIAN NATURALIST.Another highly remarkable genus, thespEcies of which also form gnlls on she,oaks, is OylindrocOlCCus, Ihc spec-les ofthis genus are fairly numerous I I I Aus

tralia and Tasmania, but of ~ \ m e is themale known, In a common Tasmaniansperies the height of abSlll'dity inshape appears to he l ' e a ~ h e d . Afterthe first stage the insect is not fixed, butcapable of moving up and u)wn Usgall. I t h:-ls no rostrum, and l'eceives aI 'its nourishment through it s s l ~ i n (in partof the s e ~ o n d stage it a , p p e ~ U " s tc be at bched by! the whole top :-If ha head tothe b,lse of the gal1). The antennaeo,re present, hut are little more than twofeebly pointed projections. There areno eyes. There are three l)-"irs of l e g ~ ,each apparently without claws (few other'lnsects with legs are known in whichtheSe are not terminated by ('laws); tilefront pair are the s m a l ~ e s t , anr! are narrow and produced; the hind l )l i l - are muchlarger, and are bladc\3r like, whilst themicld1e pair are mlllCh larger still Thefront and hind legs appear to be corn

p o ~ e d of only one part, insti'l1d of five(coxa, 'tl'OOhantar, femur, tibia, and! 'barsus), whilst the middle are composed oftwo. The legs moreover, alter 4n proportion, as the insect grows. The hinderparts of the body are c\othcci with lonctgolden hairs. The whole insect, hOW':e,-er, is so densely clothed wit'hwhitish meal that until this is re-

moved the different parts cannot beclearly seen. A r,emarkahle feature ofthis 1nsect is the fact that when attackecl hy parasites it appears to growmuch more rapidly, and to a much largersize than when healthy. The proof ofthis is that in the galls deod coccids may,frequently be seen that have becomebloated to four or five times their normal size, and e x a c t ~ y filling the galls forthe greater part of thdr , length; whenSoO bloated the legs can be traced withgreat

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THE TASMANIAN NATURALIST.express our thanks for, and have placedon recor.'d, the whole-heau,fed in tl'estyou have taken in the ,club's welfare .Y.ou kindly undertook t'he chairmanshipof th e Club at its inception, and it", presoent successful standing is due in latgc

m e a S l : ~ ' e to the scientific ability you displayed as its leader. The members willlong remember your usefulness, and hopt:that in the wider circle you returning to thefcL'mation, g,['owth, and scientific endeaVOUl'S of the Tasmanian FieldNaturalists' Club will be a source ofpleasure to you in hours of revfL'ie.-We

at'e, dear sir, yours very truly, on behalfof members, Samuel Clemes (chairman).E. A. Elliott (hon, secretary). ToGel'ard Smit'h, ' 'Esq., :lI.R.C.S" L.S.A.,etc., 'Hobm:t."Dr. Smith eXf['esse(l his pleasure atreceidng this letter from his fellolY,

members, and said he regretted verymuch leaving them, and envied them thebeautiful collecting gl'ounds of Hobart.His connection with the Club had beenvery enjoyable, and i f he had been ofany'service 'he lYas glad.

Mare6 Meeting.The monthly meeting of the Club washeld in th e Masonic Hall on the 7thMarch. M.r, J. Edgar Smithpl.'esided, andthere was a good attendance.Ma'. P. Lockwood, Nile, was elected amember of the club.

. A specimen, gL'owing in a, pot, of a fernnew to Tasmania was shown by }1r. L.Rodway, Government IBotanist, sent fromDuck: R i w ~ r , N.E. Tas., by Mr. K. Harri.son. Fronds Ol ' leaves only had previously been sent, and had already beel!exhibited befn'e the Club, when Mr. Rodway ,had conside.red it to be PolypodiumHillii, but with whoIe plants to hand herecognised i t as p. pennigerum, hithdoonly found in New Zealand, and nowmaking two species of ferns found inTasmania and New Zealand and nowhereelse. The sewetary 'CMr. E. A. Elliott)exhibited a live young black swan (Chenopsis atrata) about eight weeks old,which he had obtained from tl1e SwanRiver. This bird attracted considerableattention fl'om those present, and made

its p ~ p i n g call frequently thl:oughout themeetmg. I t was eov! cd WIth down ofa d-a.rk fawn ;COIOD\', . the under surfacebeing lighter. -Mr. A. M. I , e ~ , Government Entomologist, exhibited some casesof showy moths and butterflies f ~ ' o mQueensland an d India, and some. of the8mallest beetles found in Tasm,tma. ~ l r ,J. E. Smith showed some curious "faulted pebbJ.es" obtained from Scotland.:Mr. A. L. Butler then read a paperon "'HiL'd Life," written by Mrs. H. L.Robel ts , of {Bmumaris, and which appears in this issue.Dl'. F, N oetling, Ph.D., g,tYe a leeh.ul'ette on th e g'eological form,l tions atSouth Brid