590 



OR])liNARY MOiNTHLY MEl^yHNCi. 



Octouku .'JOth, 1912. 

 Mr. W. \V. Froggatt, F.L.S., President, in the Cliair. 



The President Mninnmced : — 



(1) That tlie Couneil was prepared to receive applications f- ;• 

 three liiiiiiean Macleay Fellowships, tenable for one year fioni 

 April 1st, 1913, from qualified Candidates. Applications should 

 he in the hands of the Secretary, who will afford all necessary 

 information to intending Candidates, on or before 30th Novem- 

 ber, 1912. 



(2). That a Special General Meeting would be held on AVednes- 

 day evening, 27th November, 1912 (after the Ordinary 

 Monthly Meeting at 7.30 p.m. on the same date). Business : To 

 consider certain proposed amendments in the Rules, submitted 

 by the Council. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting (25th September, 1912), amounting to 25 Vols., 

 79 Parts or Nos., 8 Bulletins, 5 Pamphlets, and 4 Reports, 



received from 64 Societies and 3 Individuals, were laid 

 the table. 



upoi 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Dr. Kesteven reported that, on several days in last week, when 

 the weather conditions were favourable, he had noticed remark- 

 able mirage-effects in Hyde Park, looking towards Liverpool- 

 street. 



Mr. Tillyard exhibited the larval skin and freshly-emerged 

 male imago of the very rare dragonfly, Austrocordnlia refracta 

 Tillyard, together with the type male and female for comparison. 

 The latter were taken at Cooktown in January, 1907, and onl\' 

 one other specimen is known. The larva was taken in Februarv, 



