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The Hon. Secretary announced the gift by the Presi- 

 dent to the Society of a handsome presidential chair. 



Exhibits. — Mr. S. Dixon (on behalf of Mr. G. G. 

 Mayo) showed a specimen of dimorphism in Pittosporum 

 undulatum, which was, he believed, now recorded for the first 

 time. Mr. A. M. Lea showed seed-vessels of the tree, Pisonia 

 brunoniana, the "Ahmmoo" of the Queensland natives. 

 These seeds exude a kind of bird-lime, which entraps insects 

 by the thousand, and has been known to catch nutmeg 

 pigeons, sparrows, and silver-eyes. A species of pirate bug, 

 however, which preys on the trapped insects, suffers no incon- 

 venience from the exudation, and even lays its eggs on the 

 seeds. Mr. Lea had obtained many curious specimens of 

 insects by removing the bird-lime with turpentine. Dr. 

 Pulleine showed an aboriginal scraper, from Wilcannia, very 

 similar to two prehistoric scrapers from Zurich, which he 

 exhibited for comparison. 



Papers. — "Vocabularies of Three South Australian 

 Native Languages," by J. M. Black; "List of the Fishes of 

 Norfolk Island," byE. R. Waite, F.L.S.; "Additions to the 

 Fish Fauna of Lord Howe Island, No. 5," by^.. P. McCulloch 

 and E. R. Waite, F.L.S. ; "Geology of Mount Remarkable," by 

 Walter Howchin, F.G.S., with "Petrographical Notes on the 

 Basic Igneous Rocks of the Foot Hills of Mount Remarkable/' 

 by E. O. Thiele, D.Sc; "Notes on Some Miscellaneous 

 Coleoptera, with Descriptions of New Species, Part 2," by 

 A. M. Lea, F.E.S. 



Annual Meeting, October 10, 1916. 



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

 chair. 



The Annual Report and Balance-sheet were read and 

 adopted. 



Election of Officers. — President, J. C. Verco, M.D., 

 F.R.C.S.; Vice-Presidents, Professor E. H. Rennie, M.A., 

 D.Sc, F.C.S., and Lieut. -Colonel R. S. Rogers, M.A., M.D. ; 

 Hon. Treasurer, W. B. Poole; Members of Council, Professor 

 PL W. Chapman, M.A., B.C.E., and W. Howchin, F.G.S.; 

 Hon. Auditors, W. L. Ware, J. P., and H. Whitbread; 

 Representative Governor on Board of Public Library, etc., 

 Walter Howchin, F.G.S. 



Exhibits. — Mr. A. M. Lea exhibited larvae (recently 

 received from Mr. L. A. Beck) of a saw-fly (Perga dorsalis). 



