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Skertchly on the loss of his wife, Mrs. Skertchly. The 
motion was supported by the President and carried in 
silence, the members’expressing their sympathy by rising. 
The President announced that the following papers 
had been accepted by the Council for publication :— 
(a) ‘‘ Tick Resistance in Cattle :—A reply to criticism,” 
by Prof. T. H. Johnston and Miss M. J. Bancroft. 
(b) ‘‘ Life histories of the bush flies Musca australis 
and M. vetustissima,’ by Prof. T. H. Johnston 
and Miss M. J. Bancroft. 
Dr. Shirley exhibited the molluscs Onchidiwm 
verruculatum Semper from Cairns, and Onchidina australis 
Semper from Bribie Island. 
Mr. C. T. White exhibited a collection of plants from 
the Bunya Mountains, gathered during the visit of the 
Royal Australian Ornithologists’ Union to the locality. 
The President exhibited a live specimen of Gymno- 
dactylus miliusii, a gecko from Wallumbilla, W.Q. ; and a 
specimen of Juncella gemmacea, a whip-like Alcyonarian, 
collected by Captain Hoult of the State trawler. 
Prof. T. H. Johnston exhibited (1) specimens of a large 
Phoronis, probably P. australis, from between tide-marks 
on various banks in Moreton Bay; e.g., Coochie Mudlo 
(coll. T. H. Johnston, 1916), Southport (coll. C. D. Gillies 
and B. B. Taylor, 1919), Bribie (coll. Field Naturalists’ 
Club, 1919) ; it occurs in societies associated with the tube 
of a large species of Cerianthus ; (2) specimens of Phoronis 
australis Hasw. from Port Jackson ; (3) specimens of the 
remarkable Echiuroid Pseudobonellia biuterena Johnston 
and Tiegs, found in the lagoons at Masthead and North 
West Islets of the Capricorn Reefs. He also exhibited on 
behalf of Miss Bancroft and himself (4) a complete series 
of stages in the life history of the two common bush flies, 
Musca vetustissima Walker and M. fergusoni J. and Bancr. 
(more commonly known as JM. australis Macquart). 
Those who contributed to the subsequent discussions 
included the President, Prof. Johnston, Dr. Shirley, Messrs. 
White, Smith, Bennett and Gillies. 
