116 The Queensland Naturalist. Vol. 1. 
EVENING MEETING, 24tli FEBRUARY, 1010. 
Chctirma7i : W. R. Colledge, Attendance, 23, 
Election : J. Lamb. 
Reports : One Tree Hill Excursion^— Entomology, by 
H. Tryon and E. Jarvis ; Botany, by C. White. 
Address : “ On a recent investigation of the marsh- 
lands at the month of the Nerang Iliver,” l)y H. B. J. 
Skertchly, who stated that die found the low lands are 
part of an old land surface such as is found at intervals 
all along the Queensland coast, sometimes in stretches 
of a couple of hundred miles. As these old terrestrial 
deposits go down far below sea level, and as their eastern 
boundary is cut off by the. present coast, Ave have in them 
an additional proof that in quite recent geological times 
Australia extended many miles outAvards ' into Avliat is 
nOAV the ocean. This old surface AA'as subsequently cut 
into by the sea in places, and a tine series of suli-fossil 
marine shells Avas exhibited. He also shoAved that the 
Nerang River once hoAved through the centre of the 
marshland, and entered the sea near Little Burleigh Head, 
Paper : “ Shells procured by S. B. J. Skertchly in the 
marine deposits of the Lower Nerang District,” hy 
H. Tryon. 
Exhibits : Maps and shells illustrating his address, 
by S. B. J. Skertchly. Insects from One Tree Hill, by 
H. Tryon. Grasshoppers from One Tree Hill, and some 
from Victoria, by E. Jarvis. Plants from One Tree Hill, 
bv C. White, including Richardsonia stellaris. This plant, 
an introduction from South America, Avas found by tlie 
(Jhil) in great quantity betAveen Northgate Junction and 
Nudgee, in November last, and agaih^ on the top of One 
Tree Hill, in February. Previously it had only been found 
in Australia at Mosman’s Bay. N.S.W. Fruit of Solamim 
aculeastrum, by C. White. This plant, a native of South 
America, Avas introduced into Queensland for hedge-making, 
and is now spreading over many localities. Beetles 
{Cetonidae), by R. Hlidge. Living Rotifers {Trochosph mrr 
aequatorialis), under the microscope, by W. R. Colledge 
(vide note in Quee^island Naturalist, Vol. I., No. 2, p. 52g 
EXCURSION, I2th MARCH, 1910. 
Sandqate : Eight mem])ers present. Leaders : W. R. 
Colledo'o, H. Tryon, G. H. Barker, and R. Hlidge. 
