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try member ; and Dr. Gwynneth Buchanan, Mr. Aubrey Reader, 

 and Mr. Alister Burns, associates. 



May I2th: — Papers: (i) "The AustraUan Species of Carex 

 in the National Herbarium, Victoria," by J. R. Tovey; (2) 

 "Notes on Amycterides, with Descriptions of New Species," 

 Part III., by Eustace W. Ferguson, M.B., Ch.M. ; (3) "The 

 Specific Name of the AustraUan Aturia and Its Distribution," 

 by Frederick Chapman, A.L.S. 



Mr. Howard R. Archer, B.Sc. was elected an associate. 



July 9th: — Paper: "New Australian Coleoptera, with Notes 

 on Some Previously Described Species," Part L, by F. Erasmus 

 Wilson (communicated by J. A. Kershaw). A lecture was de- 

 livered by Professor Or me Masson on "The Structure of the 

 Atom." 



July 14th: — Papers: (i) "An Intercomparison of Important 

 Standard Yard Measures," by J. M. Baldwin, M.A., D.Sc. ; (2) 

 "The Petrology of the Ordovician Sediments of the Bendigo Dis- 

 trict," by J. A. Dunn, B.Sc. (Howitt Natural History Research 

 Scholar in Geology) ; (3) "On an Inclusion of Ordovician Sand- 

 stone in the Granite of Big Hill, South of Bendigo," by J. A. 

 Dunn, B.Sc. (Howitt Natural History Research Scholar in 

 Geology); (4) "The Euclidean Geometry of Angle," by D. K. 

 Picken, M.A. 



Messrs. F. E. Wilson, J. Cronin, and N. Rosenthal were 

 elected associates. 



August nth: — Paper: "An Alphabetical List of Victorian 

 Eucalypts," by J. rl. Maiden, I.S.O., F.R.S., F.L.S. A lecture 

 on "The Development of Horticultural Varieties of Various 

 Plants," was given by Mr. J. Cronin. A series of botanical 

 specimens were exhibited to illustrate the lecture. 



Mr. Stanley S. Addison was elected a member. 



September 8th : — Papers : (i) "The Rotifera of Australia 

 and Their Distribution," by J. Shephard ; (2) "Local Rain Pro- 

 ducing Influences in South Australia," by E. T. Quayle, B.A. ; 

 (3) "On a New Type of Barometer," by T. H. Laby, M.A. ; (4) 

 ^'On a Gravity Metre," by T. H. Laby, M.A. Mr. F. Chap- 

 man delivered a lecture on "The Importance of Fossils in 

 Regard to Oil-Finding in Australia." The lecture was illus- 

 trated by a series of lantern slides. Exhibits : Professor T. 

 H. Laby showed, (i) "Standard Nickel Metre, which has been 



