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takes place in the mature bird; also two specimens of Aus- 
. tralian Goshawk ( Urospiza fasciata ) showing the same change. 
Mr. A. M. Lea exhibited a drawer containing some insects 
whose sexes are strikingly different in pu appearance; in 
some cases the males are provided wit large wings, whilst 
the females are wingless, or almost so; in others the males 
are considerably smaller and differently DRE from their 
females, or are provided with processes on the head that are . 
ma 
DERS CHASE. — Capt. S. A. WHITE reported on the 
ibas nile towards the reservation of Flinders Chase. 
ParERs.—''Additions to the Flora of South Australia, 
No. 15," by J. M. Brack: and “ eview of the Genu 
Loricella (Order Polyplacophora) with Notes on Features 
previously unnoted and qp of a New Species," by 
DWIN Asupy, F.L.S., AU. 
OnpiNaARY MEETING, JUNE 12, 1919. 
add PnEsrpENT (Sir Joseph Verco, M.D., F.R.C.S.) in 
the 2M 
RENNIE, M.A., D. Sc, F.C.S., Vice- 
rendered the Society valuable service, both personal and 
financial. He moved—‘‘That this Society offers to Dr. Verco 
its heartiest congratulations upon the receipt by DON of the 
honour of knighthood.”  Lieut.-Col. R. S. Rogers, M.A., 
..D., Vice-President, seconded the motion, which was d PRES 
by acclamation. Sirm JosEPH VERCO suitably responded. 
Prof. Warrer Howcnin, F.G.S., laid on the table a 
progress report of the Australasian Association for the 
Advancement of Science. The biennial meetings, suspended 
during the war, oe now be resumed, the next being held 
in January at Hobar 
NOMINATION. Miss Helen M. Mayo, M.B., B.Sc., was 
nominated as Fellow 
PresrpEnt laid on the table correspondence referrin 
to the suggested establishment in Australia of a Nationa 
Research Council in. affiliation with the International 
Research Council recently inaugurated. In this connection 
the Royal Society of New South Wales proposed a conference 
Sydney in July. Resolved— "That the Hon. Secretary 
eie qae for phe Visas ty Pn : ied to as cepe of 
