February 5, 1920] 



NATURE 



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inverse direction.— MM. G. Berlrand, Brocq-Rousseu, 

 and Dassonville : Comparative action of chloropicrin 

 on tlie weevil and on Tnbolium. The two parasites 

 possess unequal resisting powers towards chloropicrin 

 vapour, the Tribolium requiring longer exposure for 

 its destruction. — ^M. Caullery and F. Mesnil : Ancyro- 

 niscus Bonnieri, a new species, parasite of Dynamene 

 hidetitata. — M. Nicolle, E. Debains, and E. Cisari : 

 The mutual precipitation of toxins and their anti- 

 toxins. Application to the titration of antidiphthcritic 

 and antitetanic sera. The method of titration in vitro, 

 for which great economy of time and money is 

 claimed, has been proved to correspond with tests 

 made in vivo. 



Melbourne. 



Royal Society of Victoria, December ii, 1919. — Mr. 

 F. H. VVisewould, vice-president, in the chair. — 

 F. Chapman : Tertiary fossils from Ooldea : Additional 

 note. The author records a further series of fossils 

 from this locality, collected by F. A. Cudmore, which 

 confirms his earlier determination of their Miocene 

 age. — EUinor Archer : Longevity of cut flowers. Pre- 

 liminarv observations were made on Acacia blossoms 

 and other plants. A solution of lead nitrate gave 

 good results in preventing the vessels from being 

 blocked, allowing the blossoms to last for weeks 

 instead of davs. Silver nitrate also acted in the same 

 wav, but not so efficiently. — E. McLennan : The 

 endophytic fungus of Lolium : its development, dis- 

 tribution, and function. Instead of being parasitic, 

 this fungus is now an essential part of the plant and 

 plays an important rSle in the ripening of seed. In 

 the ripe seed the remains of the hyphae persist mainly 

 in the resting endospermic combium (aleurone 

 I'aver). — Jean Shannon : The structure of Megascolex 

 Fletcheri. sp.nov. This is one of the few .Australian 

 earthworms which have been carefully worked out in 

 detail. — J. T. Jutson : Nfltes on dust-whirls in sub- 

 arid Western .Australia. The author has had good 

 opportunities of studying these and other aeolian 

 agencies. The occurrence of dust-whirls is prac- 

 tically confined to the summer months. Their general 

 mode of rotation is counter-clockwise, although some 

 are observed to take place in the opposite direction. — 

 .A. V. E. James : The phvsiographv and geography of 

 the Bulla-Sydenham area. In this paper a detailed 

 account is civen of the palaeography of the Saltwater 

 River and Deep Creek, the age and fossiliferous con- 

 tents of the sedimentary rocks between Bulla and 

 Keilor, and the occurrence of the igneous rocks in 

 this area, including basalt and kaolin. 



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THURSDAY, February 5. 

 RovAi. Institution of Oreat Rritain, at 3.— Prof. A. E. Conrady " 



Recent Progress in Applied Optics. 

 R-'YA' SociFTV, at 4.30.— J. H. leans, Prof A. S. EdHington, Sir 



F. Dyson, Prof. A. Fowler. E. Cunninsham, Prof. H. F. Newall. Prof. 



F. A. T.indemann, and possibly Sir J. Larmor : Discussion on the Theory 



of Relativity. 

 LiNNEAN SociF.TV, at 5. -Dr. R. RtieRles Gates: The Existence of Two 



Fundamentally Different Types of Characters in Organisms. 

 Royal Institute of Public Health, at 5.— Dr. E. C. Morland: 



Climate in Tuberculosis. 

 Chemical Society, at 8.— (Ordinary Meeting, followed by an Informal 



Meeting.) .... 



Royal Socifty of Medicine (Obstetrics and Gynsecology Section), at 8. — 



Dr. Goodall: The Origin of Tumours of the Ovary.-^G. Ley : A 



Statistical Report of Carcinoma of the Ovary as met with in the Patho- 



