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The president considered the discussion which had ensued 

 on the reading of the paper a most instructive one, and regretted 

 that Miss Currie was not present to support her remarks. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



The president said that a returned soldier who had taken 

 part in the Palestine campaign had told him that in Egypt 

 mosquitoes had been seen twelve miles from the nearest water, 

 and asked if this did not clash with the present ideas regarding 

 these insects, as the average flight is considered to be less than 

 a mile. 



Mr. J. Searle said that there was probably some small pool 

 of water somewhere in the vicinit\', and remarked that in the 

 case of the mosquito pest at Panama it had been found that 

 the water collected in hoof marks or a broken bottle was 

 sufficient to provide a breeding-place for them. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. A. S. Blake. — Specimens of Eucalyptus melUodora, 

 bearing peculiar galls. 



By Miss C. C. Currie. — Specimens of giant club-moss, Lycopo- 

 dium densiim, from Lardner, Gippsland. 



By Mr. F. Cudmore. — Clams and triton (sp.) from Suva, Fiji ; 

 lava and hat-bands made of shells (Pecten, sp.) sewn together, 

 from Hawaii ; serviette rings made of bamboo and plant fibres 

 interwoven, from Hawaii. 



By Mr. J. Searle. — The new crustacean, Haloniscus searlei, 

 Chilton (genus and species new), from Lake Corangamite, taken 

 by exhibitor, April, 1918 ; 53 lantern slides, about 30 micro, 

 preparations, and also mounted specimens of various insects, in 

 illustration of paper. 



By Mr. L. Thorn. — Top and lower jaws, showing teeth, of the 

 Bull-dog Shark, Cestracion phillipi, commonly known as Pig- 

 fish, caught in Port Phillip Bay, off Aspendale. The egg cases 

 of this shark are common objects on the beach, being leathery, 

 spirally-twisted structures. 



By Mr. H. B. Williamson. — Fossil shells from bore at 

 Croydon, near Adelaide, S.A., and dried specimen of Piinelea 

 Wiiliamsonii, J. M. Black, new species, collected by exhibitor at 

 Murray ville, N.W. Victoria, December, 1916. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



A Sign of Spring. — A freshly emerged specimen of the 

 Australian Admiral Butterfly was seen flying at Kew on 13th 



August. — F. G. A. B. 



