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ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 



October 31st, 1917. 



Dr. H. G. Chapman, President, in the Chair. 



The President announced that the Council was prepared to 

 receive applications for four Linnean Macleay Fellowships, 

 tenable for one year from April 1st, 1918, from qualified Candi- 

 dates. Applications should be lodged with the Secretary, who 

 would afford all necessary information to intending Candidates, 

 not later than 30th November, 1917. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting (26th September, 1917), amounting to 47 

 Parts or Nos., 10 Bulletins, one Report, and 6 Pamphlets, re- 

 ceived from 33 Societies, etc., and two private donors, were laid 

 upon the table 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Fred Turner exhibited a specimen of Tecoma jaaminoides 

 Lindley, var. amabilis Turner, from the garden of Mr. G. Fin lay, 

 Chatswood. This lovely pink-flowering variety has rather 

 smaller leaves, leaflets, and flowers than the typical form. The 

 corolla is velutinous, the inside of the tube is deep red, and 

 densely bearded with short hairs. The origin of the plant is not 

 known, but it is thought to have been brought from the Clarence 

 River. There are two plants of this variety growing in different 

 parts of Chatswood. Another garden-variety, var. albiflora 

 Guilfoyle (Catalogue of Plants, Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, 

 p. 157, 1883) is also a desirable addition to a garden. 



Mr. Froggatt exhibited a new and remarkableWax-Scale 

 (Ceroplastes, n.sp.), discovered at Kinkori Pviver, New Guinea, 

 by Mr. George H. Murray. —Also, for Archdeacon Haviland, 

 of Cobar, a perforated nodule of sandstone, taken from an ants" 

 nest, which was utilised by the ants as an entrance to the nest. 



