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out the year, and as a consequence the irregular shedding of the 

 leaves. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Apus. — Mr. R. W. Armitage called attention to his exhibit of 

 specimens of Apus collected in a small pool close to the sea- 

 shore at Townsville, North Queensland, in January last. 



Mosquitoes and Malaria. — Mr. R. W. Armitage read a 

 short note recording the occurrence of malarial fever in the island 

 of Samarai, off the coast of Papua, immediately after the appear- 

 ance of numbers of Anopheles mosquitoes, which were regarded 

 by the inhabitants as having been blown from adjacent islands 

 by a heavy gale. 



exhibits. 



By Mr. R. W. Armitage. — Specimens of crustacean, Apus, sp., 

 collected near seashore, Townsville, North Queensland, in illus- 

 tration of note. 



By Miss C. Cowle. — Dried plants, &c., from the River Forth, 

 Tasmania, including Eucryphia Billardieri, Lomatia tinctoria, 

 Campynema lineare, &c. 



By Mr. J. Gabriel. — Seaweed, Claudea elegans (in fruit), dredged 

 in Western Port Bay. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel. — Marine shells — Argonauta argo, Lin., 

 Japan ; Murex tenuis^nna, Lam., Ceylon ; M. pahna-rosce, Lam., 

 Ceylon; i¥. ^er?us;9ma. Lam., Northern California ; and Trophon 

 triangiilatus, Carp., California. 



By Mr. J. H. Harvey. — Stereoscope, with views of the most 

 recently opened-up portions of the river branches of the Lucas 

 Cave, Jenolan, N.S.W. 



By Mr. G. A. Keartland. — Specimen of Powerful Owl, Ninox 

 strenua, Gld. 



By Mr. E. B. Nicholls. — Tail of Skate used as riding whip, 

 from Godaveri River, India. 



By Mr. G. B. Pritchard, B.Sc. — A very large fossil sea-urchin, 

 Linthia mooraboolensis, from Batesford, near Geelong. 



By Mr. J. Stickland. — Rotifer, Floscularia ornata, Ehren., from 

 Bulleen (under microscope). 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Honours. — The degree of Doctor of Science has been 

 bestowed by the Victoria University, Manchester, England, on 

 Professor W. Baldwin Spencer, C.M.G., M.A., F.R.S., Professor 

 of Natural Science at Melbourne Univerity. Prof. Spencer was 

 a distinguished student of Owens College, Manchester, now 

 included in the Victoria University, and it is gratifying to find 

 that his great services to Natural Science in Australia have been 

 thus recognized by his Alma Mater. 



