Xli. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected as ordinary 

 members of the Society: — 



Prof. W. E. Cooke, m.a., f.r.a.s., The Observatory. 



F. A. Coombs, f.c.s., 55 Willoughby Road, Crow's Nest, 



North Sydney. 



G. I. Hudson, "Gudvangen,"ArdenSt.,Ooogee, Sydney. 

 The Rev. T. Roseby, m.a., ll.d., f.r.a.s., "Tintern," 



Mosman. 

 W. H. Tibtkens, "Upna," Eastwood. 



The President made the following announcements: — 



1. That a Popular Science Lecture entitled " The Grand 

 Canon of Colorado and its Lessons," by E. C. Andrews, b.a., 

 would be delivered in the Society's Hall, on July 17th, 1913. 



2. That Dr. Quaife had generously presented £20 towards 

 the expenses of the library. 



3. That donations consisting of 4 volumes, 174 parts, 19 

 reports and 3 maps were laid upon the table. 



A letter of thanks from His Honour Judge Docker in 

 acknowledgment of the Society's letter of sympathy in his 

 recent accident was read. 



THE FOLLOWING PAPERS WERE READ : 



1 . "Notes on Eucalyptus, (with descriptions of new species) 

 No. I," by J. H. Maiden. 



E. tesselaris, F.v.M. var. Dallachiana, Benth. is shown 

 to be a variety of E. clavigera, A. Ounn., and the imper- 

 fectly known species E. leptophleba, F.v.M. a Box, and E. 

 drepanophylla an Ironbark, are clearly defined. 



Four species are described as new. (1) A tree from 

 Concord, near Sydney, which possesses characters inter- 

 mediate between the Grey Ironbark (E. paniculata) and 

 the Grey Box (E. hemipliloia). (2) A Mallee-like tall shrub 

 or small tree from Ticketty Well, near Wallangra, which 

 goes under the name of "Mallee-Box," a remarkable nar- 



