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indicate, in Tasmania, but so far not known in Victoria. Mr. 

 Teppee also showed the eggs of a Phasma. Mr. A. H. C. 

 ZiETZ, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., exhibited four species of mullet — 

 Mugil peronii, M. dohulus, At/onosioma iliemantnsis, and 

 Mi/xus elongatus. The first of these, the jumping or 

 flat-tailed mullet, is found in estuarine waters, and 

 is sometimes mistaken for M. dobulus or sea mullet, 

 which has not been found on the South Australian 

 coast. The fresh-water mullet is found in Lake Alex- 

 andrina and the lower Murray. A mullet is also found in 

 the Patawalonga Creek. The President (Dr. Verco) ex- 

 hibited a young mutton bird (Xectris hrevicaiidus) from the 

 West Coast, and a bottle of oil taken from several of these 

 young birds. The oil, which is of a bright-pink colour, had 

 been strained through muslin. The young bird, after being 

 fed by the parent birds, is distended into a globular shape. 

 Dr. Verco estimated that an ounce and a half of oil could 

 be obtained from each chick. The crop of a mature bird 

 was found to contain bits of seaweed and broken pieces of 

 the carapaces of crustaceans ; to tlie latter he was disposed to 

 attribute the colour of the oil. 



Library. — The President called the attention of mem- 

 bers to the notice on the agenda-card requesting that all 

 librar)'^ books might be sent in. 



Papers. — ''Further Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with 

 Descriptions of New Genera and Species," No. xxxix., by the 

 Rev. Canon Blackburn, B.A. : 'Description of Australian 

 CurculionidiE," etc., by A. M. Lea, Government Entomolo- 

 gist, Tasmania: ''Analysis of Mount Gambler Basalt, with 

 Petrographical Descriptions," by Evan R. Stanley, commu- 

 nicated by W. HowcHTN, F.G.S. Mr. Stanley, having been 

 introduced by Mr. Howchin, by the consent of the meet- 

 ing, read his joaper and exhibited rock specimens. 



Ordinary Meeting, June 1, 1909. 



The President (J. C. Verco, M.D., F.R.C.S.) in the 

 chair. 



Ballot. — Charles F. Johncock, teacher, Orroroo, was 

 unanimously elected a Corresponding Member, and Edgar 

 J. Bradley, civil engineer, a Fellow. 



Exhibits. — Dr. Verco exhibited the head of a penguin, 

 and showed the peculiar structure of the tongue and beak. 

 The tongue and palate are covered with barbs pointing back- 

 wards. These barbs, conjointly with longitudinal grooves 

 along the edges of the beak, enable the penguin to firmly grip 

 the fish it preys. Dr. Pulleine exhibited the nest of a trap- 

 door spider found at Myponga. This spider, in addition 



