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OKDINAKY MONTHLY MEETING, 



27tli OUTUBEK, l'J20. 

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



The Presideul aunouueed the receipt of a very valuable addition to the library, 

 of books and pictures bequeathed to the Society by the late Mr. ¥. M. Clement*, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



The President ottered the con^-atulatious ot members to Professor Sir Edge- 

 worth David, K.B.E., (in absentia), and Mr. J. H. Campbell, M.B.E., on the 

 Honours recently conferred on them by their inclusion in the British Empire 

 Order. 



The President announced tliat the Council is prepared to receive applications 

 for four Linnean Macleay Fellowships, tenable for one year from 1st April, 1921, 

 from qualified Candidates. Apphcatious should be lodged with the Secretary, 

 who will afford all necessary information to intending candidates, not later than 

 30th November, 1920. 



T'he Donations and Exchanges received since the previous Monthly Meeting 

 (29tli September, 1920), amounting to 7 Vols., (33 Parts or Nos., 1 Bulletin, 5 

 Reports and 18 Pamphlets, etc., received from 40 Societies and Institutions and 

 one ijrivate donor, were laid upon the table. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Ml'. W. W. Froggatt exhibited a series of Hies from India, including Vhry- 

 somyia hesziuna Villeneuve, C. flaviceps Walker, C. nijifacies (= C. albiceps 

 W.), C. nigricepa Patton, Lucilia aerenitisiiiia Fabr. and L. cruggii Fatton. A 

 number of these cause cutaneous myiasis in man and animals in India. Also 

 specimens of Bibio imitator from suburban gardens. 



Mr. G. H. Hardy exhibited a pair of flies, Chrysomyza aenea Fabr. taken 

 in a garden at Haberfield, 28th March, 1920. The species is new to the Australian 

 fauna. 



Mr. Waterhouse exhibited the first specimen of Heteroiiympha solandri 

 Waterh. reared from the egg. The history of the specimen is that a female was 

 caught at Mt. Kosciusko on 15th February, 1920, and on dissection of the ab- 

 domen four eggs were obtained; one only was fertile and this emerged on 28th 

 February and was looked after very carefully; the larva jjupated at Sydney on 

 8th September, and a male emerged cm 10th October, ahout three months earlier 

 than the usual time of appearance at Mt. Kosciusko. The female parent, tiio cast 

 larval heads from tlic 2nd, 3ril, nud final instars and the pupal skin wi're also 

 shown . 



(Printed off .31st October, 1920.) 



