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ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 

 25th May, 1921. 



Mr. G. A. Waterhuuse, B.Sc. B.E., F.E.S., President, in tlie Chair. 



Messrs. George Davenport Osborne, B.Sc, Belle-vue, Kembla Street, Arn- 

 cM'e and Montagu Austin Plulliiis, F.L.S., Devonshire House, Reigate, Surrey, 

 were elected Ordinary Members of the Society. 



The President announced that the Council had elected Messrs. W. W. Frog- 

 gatt, F.L.S., A. G. Hamilton, Professor H. G. Chapman, M.D., B.S., and J. J. 

 Fletcher, M.A., B.Sc, to be Vice-Presidents; and Mr. J. H. Campbell to be 

 Honorary Treasurer for the current session, 1921-22. 



The congratulations of members were offered to Mr. .J. J. Iletcher, M.A., 

 B.Sc, and the following resolution, passed by the Council, was read to the 

 meeting: — That the following resolution be recorded in the minutes of the 

 Council, and also be read at the next Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Society: — • 

 That the hearty congratulations of the Council and of the Society be conveyed 

 to Ml'. J. J. Fletcher, M.A.. B.Sc, on the award to him, by the Royal Society 

 of New South Wales, of the Clarke Menioiial Medal for his distinguished ser- 

 vices to Natural History in Australia. 



The congi'atulations of members were offered to Mr. R. .1. Noble, B.Sc, (in 

 absentia) on his selection by the Ben. Fuller Trust as tlie first travelling scholar 

 ;n Agricultural Science. 



A letter was read from Professor T. T. Flynn, returning thanks for con- 

 gratulations on attaining his doctorate in Science. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous monthly meeting 

 (27th April. 1921), amounting to 2 Vols., 114 Parts or Nos., 30 Bulletins, 2 

 Reports and 2 Pamphlets, etc., received from 39 Societies and Institutions and 

 three private donors, were laid upon the table. 



\OTES AXD EXHIBITS. 



Mr. W. W. Froggatt exhibited a series of the Painted Shield Bug, Tectocoris 

 lineola, showing the variations in colour; also live adult larvae and eggs. As 

 these bugs are found infesting native Hibiscus, and migTate on to the cultivated 

 cotton, they are of some economic importance. 



Mr. W. F. Blakely exhibited from the National Herbarium two new weeds 

 for the State. (1). Amarantu.'i deflexus L.. "Low Amaranth." Common on the 

 railway line between Cowan and Hawkesbury River. (W. F. Blakely and D. W. 

 Shiress, Febniary, 1921). This plant is widespread throughout Euro]ie. and ap- 



