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The Queensland Naturalist. Vol. I. 
Reports'. Excursion to Ferney Flat — (a) Bota'ny, 
by C. White ; (//) Entomology, by H. Tryon ; (c'i Pond 
Life, by W. R. Colledge. 
Paper : “ The Name Glass Houses,” by David O wen, 
M.A. {vide Transactions, p. 184). 
Exhibits : By C. White— Plants from Ferney Flat 
accompanying reiiort. By H. Tryon— Insects from Ferney 
Flat, accompanying rejoort. By W. R- Colledge — Draw- 
ings of Rotifers taken at Ferney Flat. By J. Wedd — 
Plants from Xew Zealand. By W. Weatherill — Lily 
Walker — Jakana— and egg (Hydralector gallinaceus). By 
R. Hiilsen — Larva of case moth. By Mrs. T. Pattinson — 
Christmas'” Beetle (Anoplognathus Olivieri — Scarabseidae j, 
of .which H. Tryon described the habits, etc. By H. Tryon — 
A' New Book W A Research on the Pines of Australia” (by 
R. T. Baker and H. G. Smith), vide Transactions, p. 191). 
By W. R. Colledge, under the microscope — Living Rotifers 
{Notops davtdata). 
EVENING MEETING, 15th DECEMBER, 1910. 
Chairman'. W- R. Colledge. Attendance, 11. 
Paper : “ Field Notes on Birds observed about midway 
between Terror’s Creek and Mt. Mee,” .by W. Weatherill ; 
read by Mr. Tryon for the author {vide Transactions, p. 186. 
In the discussion which ensued, R. Illidge remarked of 
Orthonyx that the female is much larger and more brilliant 
than the male, and builds a dome-shaped nest in steep, 
. mossy banks, of the moss itself, the nest being therefore 
difficult to detect. 
Paper : Strange Idiosyncrasies of a Corella — Lie- 
metis nasicaN (vide Transactioiis, p. 189). 
Address -. On British Moths, by Dr. T. P. Lucas. 
Exhibits ; By Dr. T. P. Lucas— Moths of various fam- 
ilies collected in England, in illustration of his address. 
By R. Illidge— Brilliant Beetles (Buprestidc^) from Java, 
Borneo and Madagascar. By E. H. Shearwin— A rare 
plant bug (not then identified). By Mrs. T. Paltinson— 
Beetle (Xylotrupes australis — Dynastidse.) By W. R- Col- 
ledge Beetle from Tambourine Mountain, identified as 
Piesarthrius marginellus. 
