ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XVI. 



The President referred to Professor Richards' return 

 from the Pan-Pacific Science Congress at Honolulu. 



Mr. W. E. Appleby and Dr. E. 0. Marks were nomin- 

 ated for Ordinary' Membership. 



Mr. H. A. Longman, F.L S., exhibited a specimen of 

 the Phyllopod, Lepidurus viridis Baird, which had been 

 found in a " melon hole " at Tara, Darling Downs, and 

 forwarded to the Queensland Museum by Mr. Wm. He wins. 

 Although well-known in other Australian States and in 

 New Zealand, this is apparently the first record for Queens- 

 land, Specimens referred to the allied species, Apus aus- 

 traliensis, Sponcer and Hall, had been sent in recently from 

 Barcarolle, W. Queensland, by Mi\ F. L. Berney. Mr. 

 Longman briefly referred to the way in which the eggs of 

 these Phyllopods retain their vitaiit}'^ A\hen transported 

 in mud adhering to the feet of aquatic birds. 



Dr. J. Shirley, F.M S., exhibited a flowering specimen 

 of Ginkgo bilobct, L , showing male cones or rather cat J. ins. 

 This tree has leaves like the fronds of the maiden-hair 

 fern, and so has been called the maiden-hair tree. A 

 synonym is Salisburia adianliaefolia. It is a native of 

 Eastern Asia, and may be found planted about Buddhist 

 temples in China and Japan. Recently it has been stated 

 that its true habitat is in one of the ranges of E. China. 

 Like plants of the order Cycadaceae, it is remarkable for 

 producing spermatozoids, 1)y which the ovules of the female 

 cone are fertilized. The fruit is nut-like, one-seeded 

 and edible. 



Ten fossil plants, belonging to Gingkoales, have been 

 reported from the Ipswich Beds of Denmark Hill, Queens- 

 land. Four are species of Ginkgo, and four belong to 

 Baiera, and two are classified under Stachopitys. 



Professor H. C. Richards, D. Sc , exhibited a hemi- 

 spherical pebble of chalcedony from near Tripoli at the foot 

 of Lebanon, Syria. The specimen was found by Mi-. V. G. 

 Harris, a member of the A I.F. 



The specimen which was one of many commonly 

 termed " petrified olives," is hemispherical in shape and has 



