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Sept. 30, 1908. The Queensland Naturalist. 
announced that the Council had accordingly nominated 
■Mr. C. W. Holland, Hon. Sec., etc., and the meeting con- 
firmed its action. 
Reports : (1) On the Insects collected during the excur- 
sion to Moreton Island (12, 14-8), by R. Illidge* ; (2) 
On the Fish collected during the excursion to Moreton 
Island, by Mr. D. Ogilby* ; (3) On the Birds collected during 
the excursion to Moreton Island, by H. Tryon* ; (4) On the 
Marine Shells, etc., collected during the excursion to Moreton 
Island, by H. Tryon* ; (5) On the Plants collected during 
the excursion to Moreton Island, by C. White.* 
Notes Supplementary to (1), relating to the Insects 
collected by Messrs. H. Tryon and E. Jarvis, were held over. 
Paper : “ Description of a New Pseudogerygone from 
South-east Queensland,” by W. E. Weatherill*. 
Lecturette : By Mr. H. Tryon, on the Siphonophora 
Physalia and Vdella, illustrated by drawings and by speci- 
mens [Portuguese Man of War] — the latter from Moreton 
Bay. 
Exhibits : (1) Insects obtained during excursion to 
Moreton Island, by Mr. R. Illidge ; (2) Insects obtained 
during excursion to Moreton Island, by H. Tryon and E. 
Jarvis, (Including an example of a butterfly previously 
unknown as occurring in Queensland — Mesodina halyzia 
[Lycsenidee]) ; (3) Marine Shells obtained during excursion 
to Moreton Island, by H. Tryon ; (4) Fulgurites, Iron Sand, 
etc., obtained during excursion to Moreton Island, by H. 
Tryon ; (5) Plants obtained during excursion to Moreton 
Island (held over) ; (6) Preparations, illustrative of the 
tinctorial principle contained in the mollusc, lanthina, 
furnished by Moreton Bay specimens, by F. Smith, B. Sc. ; 
(7) Dissection of Typical Insects for nature study purposes, 
by E. Jarvis ; (8) Gerygone cantator, sp. nov., birds, nest, 
and eggs, by E. Weatherill. 
* Vide Transactions. 
