Xiv. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



The following j^ap^fs were read : — 



1. Description of a new species of Xanthostemon 



(N.O. Myrtaceae), from Northern Queensland, 

 by C. T. White. 

 Remarks were made bj^ Mr. Longman. 



2. A new species of Pedicillina from Sydney Harbour, 



by T. H. Johnston, M.A., D.Sc, and Mavis J. 



Walker, B.Sc. 

 Mr. H. A. Longman exhibited specimens of Cryptostylis 

 erecta R. Brown, a terrestrial orchid new to Queensland, 

 which he had collected near Noosa Heads. The specimens 

 were extremely attenuated, some being nearly three feet 

 in length, but the flowers had been identified by Dr. R. S. 

 Rogers, of Adelaide, as being structurally those of 

 C. erecta, a fairly common plant in New South Wales. 



Abstract of Proceedings, 27th August, 1917. 



The ordinary monthly meeting was held n he Geo.ogy 

 Lecture Theatre, in the LTniversity, at 8 p.m. 



Mr. E. H. Gurney, President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



The following i^ap^rs ivere read : — 



1. The Flora of a Single Tree, by Messrs. H. A. Longman 



and C. T. White. 

 Remarks were made by Dr. H. C. Richards. 



2. Lepidopterological Gleanings, by A. Jefferis-Turner, 



M.D., F.E.S. 

 Exhibit. 



Dr. Richards exliibited specimens of hyalite from Mt. 

 Booiambool, near Spr'ngsure. 



Abstract of Proceedings, 24th September, 1917. 



The Ordinar}- Monthly Meeting of the Societ}^ was 

 held in the Geology Lecture Theatre, in the University of 

 Queensland, at 8 p.m. 



Mr. E. H. Gurnev, President, in the Chair. 



