president's address. 1225 



Also, by the same author, Additions to the Flora of South 

 Australia, Notes on the Australian Palliobranchs of the older 

 Tertiary, and Part I. of a Monograph of the Lamellibranchs of the 

 same. 



By Mr. E. Guest, on the Nomenclature of some S. A. Butterflies. 



By Mr. W. T. Bednall, on the S. A. species of Murex and 

 Typhus. 



By Mr. W. E. Cooke, on Weather Forecasts in S. A. 



By Prof. Lamb, on Electric Currents in Masses of Iron ; and on 

 Luminosity of Flame. 



By F. S. Crawford, on the Apricot Disease. 



By Mr. W. Howchin, on Foraminifera from the Government 

 Boring at Hergott. 



The Proceedings also contain an abstract of the various excur- 

 sions made by the Field Naturalists' Section of the Royal Society, 

 containing many matters of general interest. 



The Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, Vol. II., 

 for 1885 (June 1886), contain the following papers, viz. : — 



The Presidential Address for 1885, by J. Bancroft, M.D., in 

 which among other subjects of interest, reference is made to the 

 prevalence of Filaria and Hydatid diseases, and to the modes of 

 prevention now adopted with good effect. 



By W. E. Armit, F.L.S., F.R.G.S., on the Papuans, pointing 

 out the extraordinary variety of size, form, colour and other 

 ethnological characteristics observable among them ; and dwelling 

 on the high qualities which are possessed in many respects by these 

 savages. Also by the same author, Notes on the Languages of the 

 Louisiade Archipelago, and the Islands adjacent to the South 

 Eastern Extremity of New Guinea. 



