Xvi ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 
The examination of this material was undertaken in 
connection with a general revision of the Queensland 
Inocerami. The author redescribes the type of J. maximus 
Lumholz, describes two new species, 7. scutulatus and I. 
procerus, and compares these with European and other 
species. Professor Richards commented upon the paper. 
Dr. A. Jefferis Turner, M.D., opened a discussion on 
the origin of the Australian Fauna. Professors Goddard 
and Richards, and Messrs. Longman, Bryan, Alexander, 
Bennett, and Hardy took part in the discussion. 
Two public lectures by Professor J. Cossar Ewart, 
F.R.S., of the Edinburgh University, were held under the 
auspices of the Society. One, entitled “‘The History of 
Feathers and the Breeding of King Penguins,*’ was held 
on 17th October. His Excellency Sir Matthew Nathan, 
P.C., G.C.M.G., presided. A vote of thanks was accorded 
the lecturer on the motion of Dr. J. Lockhart Gibson, 
M.D., seconded by Mr. W. B. Alexander, M.A. ‘he 
other, entitled ‘‘The Scientific Breeding of Sheep,’’ was 
held on 18th October. The Premier of Queensland, the 
Hon. E. G. Theodore, presided. A vote of thanks was 
accorded the leeturer on the motion of Mr. A. H. Whit- 
tingham, seconded by Professor Goddard, B.A., D.Se. 
ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, 24TH NOVEMBER, 1923. 
The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Society was 
held in the Geology Lecture Theatre of the University at 
8 p.m. on Monday, 24th November, 1923. 
The President, Dr. E. O. Marks, B.A., B.E., M.D., in 
the chair. 
The minutes of the previous Monthly Meeting were 
read and confirmed. 
T. G. H, Jones, B.Sc., A-LC., and P. C. Vibbitsmsyenre 
nominated for membership. 
The President announced that as the result of a 
deputation to the Premier, the Hon. E. G. Theodore,- the 
Government had consented to subsidise the Society to the 
