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The Queensland Naturalist, 
EXCURSION, 6th AUGUST, 1910. 
Northgate Junction. Attendance, 8. Leaders : W. R. 
Colledge, H. Tryon and J. Wedd. 
EVENING MEETING, 25th AUGUST, 1910. 
Chairman : W. R. Colledge. Attendance, 15. 
Congratulations : The Chairman alluded to the appoint- 
ment of F. M. Bailey, F.L.S., Colonial Botanist, as Presi- 
dent of Section D. (Biology) of the Australasian Associa- 
tion for the Advancement of Science, and it was decided 
to congratulate Mr. Bailey on the event. 
Reports ; Pond Life of Northgate Junction Excursion, 
by W. R. Colledge {vide Transactions, p. 162) ; Notes 
on the Bird Life of the same excursion, by G. H. Barker 
{vide Transactions, p. 162). 
Exhibits : By S. B. J. Skertchly, Diamond in Matrix ; 
by J. Lamb, Precious Opal from the vicinity of Brisbane ; 
by E. H. Shearwin, Ichneumon Fly ; by R. Illidge, Butter- 
flies and Moths, with Notes {vide Transactions, p. 164) ; 
by the President, on behalf of J. D. Ogilby — a curious 
fish {Centriscus scutatus, Linn.) and Crabs, from the 
Barrier Reef ; by Cyril White, Two Specimens of Carrion 
Fungi — ^Phalloidei {Aserde rubra and A. poculiforma), the 
latter a new species, so named by F. M. Bailey. It differed 
from all previous plants of this genus in its having no very 
distinctly marked stem, the goblet shape of the whole 
plant, and its upright — not spreading — lobes. Collected 
at Toowong by Miss Muriel I. Gregory. 
EVENING MEETING, 22nd SEPTEMBER, 1910. 
Chairman : W. R. Colledge. Attendance, 23. 
Delegate : Prof. S. B. J. Skertchly was appointed the 
Club’s representative at the next meeting of the Australasian 
Association for the Advancement of Science, to be held in 
Sydney. 
Paper : “ An Insect Importation under an Unusual 
Mode of Occurrence,” by H. Tryon {vide Transactions, 
p. 165). “ List of Birds seen at Enoggera,” by G. H. 
Barker {vide Transactions, p. 167). 
Exhibit : By R. Illidge, Fig Parrakeet, from vicinity of 
Brisbane ; by W. R. Colledge — under the microscope — 
x^renaceous Foraminifera, dredged off the coast of Queens- 
land. 
Ornithologists'' Union : H. Tryon, Organizing Secretary 
in connection with the Tenth (Brisbane) Session of the 
