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ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 



OCTOBKR .30th, 1912. 

 Mr. W. W. Froggatt, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



The President announced : — 



(1) That the Council was {»repared to receive applications for 

 three Linnean Macleay Fellowships, tenable for one year from 

 April 1st, 1913, from qualified Candidates. Applications should 

 be in the hands of the Secretary, who will afford all necessary 

 information to intending Candidates, on or before 30th Novem- 

 ber, 1912. 



(2). That a Special General Meeting would be held on Wednes- 

 day evening, 27th November, 1912 (after the Ordinary 

 Monthly Meeting at 7.30 p.m. on the same date). Business : To 

 consider certain proposed amendments in tlie Rules, submitted 

 by the Council. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting (25th September, 1912), amounting to 25 Vols., 

 79 Parts or Nos., 8 Bulletins, 5 Pamphlets, and -1 Reports, 

 received from 64 Societies and 3 Individuals, were laid upon 

 the table. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Dr. Kcsteven reported that, on several days in last week, when 

 the weather conditions were favourable, he had noticed remark- 

 able mirage-effects in Hyde Park, looking towards Liverpool- 

 street. 



Mr. Tillyard exhibited the larval skin and freshly-emerged 

 male imago of the very rare dragonHy, Aiistrocordulia refracta 

 Tillyar'd, together with the type male and female for comparison. 

 The latter were taken at Cooktown in Jaimary, 1907, and only 

 one otlici' specimen is known. The larva was taken in P^eliruary, 



