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considered by the Council." Mr. J. F. Bailey showed a 

 native mat from the Gulf of Carpentaria, made of the fibre 

 of a marine sedge ; the fruit of a South American myrtaceou6 

 plant, growing in the Botanic Garden, Adelaide; and a nut 

 from Central Australia. Mr. W. Howchin, for Dr. Pulleine, 

 exhibited a piece of flexible sandstone from India. Mr. F. R. 

 Zietz showed a lizard from Port Darwin, Chelosaniu hnuinea, 

 Gray, being the second known specimen of this species. Dr. 

 J. B. Cleland, of Sydney, showed a beautiful set of water- 

 colour drawings of Australian fungi (Agarics). 



Mr. D. B. Laurie read an account of a Native Legend 

 of the Narrung district, South Australia (vide Miscellanea). 



Papers. — "Additions to the Flora of South Australia, 

 No. 11," by J. M. Black; "Studies in Australian Lepidop- 

 tera," by A. Jefferis Turner, M.D., F.E.S.; "On Some 

 Moths from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, in the South 

 Australian Museum," by A. Jefferis Turner, M.D., F.E.S. ; 

 "Notes on some Miscellaneous Coleoptera, with Descriptions 

 of New Species, Part III.," by Arthur M. Lea. 



Ordinary Meeting, July 12, 1917. 



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

 chair. 



The President reported that the question of protection 

 to rare palms and cycads was under consideration by the 

 Council; also that the balance (£250) of Mr. R. Barf Smith's 

 legacy had been received and steps taken to invest it. 



Exhibits. — Mr. Edwin Ashby showed skins of Hydro- 

 chelidon leucoptera grisea (eastern white-winged tern), 

 Lathamvs discolor (swift lorikeet), and a complete series of 

 Australian cuckoo shrikes (vide Miscellanea). 



Mr. A. M. Lea exhibited numerous insects and a scorpion 

 caught by the sticky seeds of Pisonia brunoniana, in Queens- 

 land ; also some large moths caught by the tongue by the 

 contraction of the flowers of a rubber tree, of which Mr. A. P. 

 Dodd, of Cairns, wrote: "The moths were caught by the 

 tongue in a species of rubber flower, and were unable to 

 extricate themselves. When caught they dash about in order 

 to free themselves, but it is only a very strong specimen 

 that is able to escape. We have frequently found two or 

 three of these moths caught in one flower. Once we secured 

 four, and once five. The name of the rubber tree is Taber- 

 naemontana crassa." Capt. S. A. White showed a bird 

 (Scopus umbretta) (vide Miscellanea). Mr. F. R. 

 Zietz showed the larva of a crustacean, of the family 



