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sheep, Anoplocephala pUcata (Rud.) from the horse, and D\i:>y- 

 lidinm caninxim (Linn.) from the cat, all collected by Dr. 

 Cleland, were reported for the first time from West Australia. 

 Some of the exhibits were abnoraially large; a specimen of 

 Hymenolepis diminuta from Miis decumanus reaching over 3 

 feet 9 inches in length, the normal size being 8-24 inches; 

 Gigantorhynchus moniliformis about 8 inches long (ordinarily 

 about 3-4 inches); Anoplocephala plicata nearl}'- 15 inches long 

 (ordinarily about 2-3 inches). 



Mr. E. J. Goddard, who had recently had the opportunity of 

 assisting Mr. James Murray, Biologist to the British Antarctic 

 Expedition, 1907, to collect Tardvjrada and Bdelloid Rotifera, 

 described the method of obtaining these organisms. Mosses and 

 Hepatics, which form their natural resort, are collected and washed 

 under a rapid tap-stream, in a net of coarse bolting cloth placed 

 inside a net of finer mesh. It is found that Rotifera are washed 

 into the finer net and safely held. In this way Mr. Murray was 

 enabled to obtain species of both groups, many new to science, 

 and many of special interest from the standpoint of distribution. 

 Mr. Goddard also pointed out the oppoi-tunit3^of doing good work 

 awaiting a biologist who would take up the study of these groups 

 in earnest. 



Mr. Fletcher, on behalf of Mr. H. Wasteneys, of Brisbane, 

 showed two examples of short pieces of wood, more or less pointed 

 at both ends, cemented to the branches of shrubs, met with on 

 the Enoggera water-reserve; and he asked for an explanation of 

 their occurrence. The only suggestion forthcoming was one 

 offered by Mr, Jardine, that the phenomenon was attributable to 

 flood -action. 



