July 30, 1910. The Queensli^nd Naturalist. 
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reference to two— or more — ^tailed lizards adverted to by H, 
Tryon at the last evening meeting, mentioned an instance 
of a lizard (Egernia striolata) developing a new’ tail in place 
of one that was bitten off, on 13th April, 1910, by another 
lizard {Tilqiva scincoides). On 20th June, after an interval 
of little over 2 months in our winter season, the new tail 
was 33 m.m. in length. 
Mrs. Compton Andrews and Mr. Edward Colclough 
exhibited a large number of sketches made by them during 
the Club’s excursion to Glass House Mountains, 
EXCURSION, 11th JUNE^.^,_. 
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Upper Ithaca Greek. — -Attendance, Leaders, G. H. 
Barker and C. White. 
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EVENING MEETING, 23rd J^NE, 1910. 
Chairman-. W. R. Colledge. Atte^i^c^ 
Election : Mrs. Compton Andrews, MiStrd^rd^Tuetey, 
Miss W. Dickson, Miss B. Ludgate, B. Blake, K. Swanwick, 
R. Varney. 
Report ; Excursion to Upper Ithaca Creek, by C. White. 
Exhibits : Ten different kinds of Eucalypts from 
Upper Ithaca Creek, by H. Tryon, who described their 
chief characteristics. Plants frotn Upper Ithaca Creek, by 
C. White. Fossils and limestone from vicinity of Yar- 
rangobilly Caves, by Miss R. Phillips. Aquatic plant 
{Azolla rubra) from lagoon near Seventeen Mile Rocks, by 
S. B. J. Skertchly. Fruits of the Queensland Nut {Maca- 
damia ternifolia, F. v M.) and a new species M. minor. Bail., 
Queensland Agricultural .Journal, Vol. XXV., p. 11, for com- 
parison, by C. White. The fruits of this latter species have 
a somewhat bitter taste, which Mr. Tryon remarked was 
propably owing to the presence of hydrocyanic (prussic) 
acid, yielding glucoside, which has been found by .1. C. 
Brunnich in large quantities in the kernels of M. Whelani, 
Bail., a North Queensland species. 
