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ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 



30th July, 1919. 



Mr. -J. J. Fletcher, M.A., B.Sc,., President, in the chair. 



Before proceeding with the formal business of the Meeting, the 

 President referred briefly to the Signing of Peace, which had taken 

 place since last Meeting, and moved the following resolution, which 

 was carried unanimously, the Members rising: — "Peace having been 

 signed, the Members present, especially keeping in mind the 

 memory of those who have fallen, desire to reaffirm the sentiments 

 of the resolution passed on the 27th November, 1918, expressive 

 of loyalty, gratitude and sympathy." 



The President offered a hearty welcome to Captain L. Harrison, 

 who was present, on his safe return, and also announced that four 

 other Members — Dr. E. W. Ferguson, Messrs. C. 0. Hamblin, M. 

 Henry, and D. S. North — had returned since last Meeting. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting (25th June, 1919), amounting to 4 Vols., 43 

 Parts or Nos., 7 Bulletins, 4 Reports, and 10 Pamphlets, received 

 from 41 Societies and institutions, and one private donor, were 

 laid upon the table. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Froggatt exhibited specimens of the green tomato and beau 

 bug, Nozara viridula, from Florida. U.S.A., infested with the eggs 

 of a Tactonid fly. Trichopoda pennipes, which destroys this bug in 

 the southern State: also an enlarged photo, of the egg-infested 

 bug, taken by Professor Carl J. Drake, of Syracuse University, 

 New York. U.S.A. This cosmopolitan bug is a serious pest in 

 New South Wales on tomatoes, potatoes, and trench beans, and 

 has also been found upon citrus trees. 



