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ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 

 Makch 30th, 1910. 



Mr. C. Hedley, F.L.S., President, iti the Chair. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting (November 24th, 1909), amounting to 62 Vols.,^ 

 304 Parts or Nos., 87 Bulletins, 12 Reports and 85 Pamphlets, 

 received from 127 Societies, &c., and 4 Individuals, were laid 

 upon the table. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS, 



Mr. David G. Stead exhibited three living examples of the 

 remarkable amphibious freshwater eel, Monopterus javanensis 

 i.,acepede, part of a large consignment which had been imported 

 into the State for consumption by Chinese residents, by whom 

 this species is considered to be a great delicacy. 



Mr. Carter showed a pair of specimens representing a new 

 family of Coleoptera; tarsal formula 5-5-4, therefore, referable to 

 the Heteromera; inhabiting ants' nests; obtained by Mr. H. 

 Hacker in North Queensland. 



Mr. Baker, on behalf of Dr. Cuthbert Hall, exhibited and 

 offered some observations on a seedling pot-plant of Encalyptxis 

 eximia with three cotyledons, the first foliage leaves, which are 

 peltate, forming a whorl of three, instead of a pair of opposite 

 leaves. 



Mr. Fred. Turner exhibited, and offered some observations on, 

 Martynia fragrans Lindl., a Mexican plant that has recently 

 established itself in parts of the Narromine district, N.S.W.; 

 the two long incurved hooked beaks terminating the fruit cling 

 to any woolly or hairy substance, and pasture animals uncon- 

 sciously carry them long distances and distribute the seeds far 

 and wide. Stockowners regard this plant as a formidable new 



