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larger size in deep water south of Albany, Western Australia. 

 Mr. A. M. Lea showed two cases of large and beautiful 

 ■butterflies and moths from Northern Queensland. Also a 

 Marked Owl (Tyto alba) and its ejecta, shown by Captain 

 White at the last meeting. Upon careful examination these 

 proved that the bird consumed, not only sparrows and 

 starlings, but in still larger numbers mice, as well as bats, 

 frogs, and jew lizards. Steps were being taken to make widely 

 known the value of this bird to orchardists and agriculturists. 

 Mr. J. M. Black exiiibited Xantherium canaclense, Milt., a 

 noxious burr found near Renmark, and now spreading rapidly 

 down the Murray Valley. Mr. A. G. Edqutst showed some 

 photographs of lightning flashes. Owing to a slight movement 

 of the camera they showed clearly the phenomenon of multiple 

 flashes, the main discharge being followed by several residual 

 discharges, in the identical irregular path of the first. They 

 ;also showed in some cases the reversal from a positive to a 

 negative picture, caused by over-exposure. 



Paper. — Mr. E. R. Waite, F.L.S., read the paper, laid 

 •on the table at the last meeting, on "The Supposed Incidental 

 Occurrence of a Sucker Fish ( Remllegia australis) in South 

 Australian Waters," and exhibited the fish, a cast of the same, 

 and the mould from which the cast was prepared. This 

 animal is used by the aborigines in Torres Straits for fishing 

 by attaching a string to its tail. 



Ordinary Meeting, August 12, 1915. 



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



Late W. T. Bednall. — The President referred sympa- 

 thetically to the death of Mr. W. T. Bednall, who was from 

 1893 to 1903 a Fellow of the Society, and who had done good 

 work in Malacology. 



J. H. Maiden. — He also congratulated Mr. J. H. Maiden, 

 F.L.S., F.C.S., upon the receipt by him of the Linnean 

 Medal of the Linnean Society of London. 



Paper. — ''A List of Foraminifera and other Organic 

 Remains obtained from Two Borings on the Lilvdale Sheep 

 Station," by Walter Howchin, F.G.S. 



Public Lecture, August 12, 1915. 



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

 chair. 



A public lecture on 'The D^Entrecasteaux and Louisiade 

 Archipelago, South-eastern Papua," was given by Mr. E. R. 

 Stanley, Government Geologist, Papua. The lecture was 

 illustrated by lantern slides and specimens of native clothing 

 and implements. 



