21G 'Fhe Queensland Naturalist. Vol, I 
EVENING MEETING, 25th MAY, i9il 
Chairman : H. Tryon. Attendance, 15. 
Members elected ; Miss M. Armstrong, H. Hacker and 
J. H, Parry. 
Reports : On Excursion to BuderiBi Mountain — -(a) 
Entomology, by H. T. yon ; {h) Botany’, by Cyril White. 
Mr. Tryon spoke of the recent so-called “ shower ot 
shrimps” at Buderim Mountain, specimens of which had 
been secured by the party, and one, mounted by W. B. 
Oolledge, was displayed for the information of members. 
He said the animals were not shrimps, but belonged to the 
Isopoda and to a common terrestrial genus Tuiitrus. He 
thought there had been no “ showei ” as had been supposed 
by local residents, but that in accordance wiih their usual 
habit of travelling by. night, these Crustaceans were cross- 
ing the road where they were found, when they experienced 
unusual cold, which caused their death. 
Notes ; On a Geological Trip to Moogerah, near Cunning- 
ham’s Gap, by R. C. Hamilton (mde. Transactions, p. 222). 
Exhibits ; By H. Tryon ~ Insects from Buderim 
Mountain. By Cyril White — -Plants from Buderim Moun- 
tain. By Dr. Hamlyn Harris, D. Sc.— Two Storm Petrels 
and Eggs ; (a) Pelagodroma marina, collected On Broughton 
Island, near Newcastle, which was the most northern limit 
at which it had been taken ; (?>) CEstralata leucoptera, Go\- 
lected at Cabbage Tree Island, near Broughton Island, 
the first instance of its capture since Gould’s record about 
fifty years ago. By H. Tryon — -A bottle full of ^ local Ant 
(Pheidole omnivora), received from E. B. Kellaway, who 
had estimated (by weight) that it contained 983,466 
individtials. The exhibitor gave an interesting account 
of the insect and dwelt upon the significance of its occur- 
rence in Queensland Transactions, p. 224). By Ralph 
Higgins ^ — Geological Specimens, Aboriginal Implements, 
eto^, from Mt. Wilson. By Mrs. T. Pattinson— Two interest- 
ing books ; Albin and Derham’s Natural History of 
English Insects,” published in London in 1735 ; and “ Eggs 
of our British Birds,” by Hewitson. By R. C. Hamilton ■ 
Geological Specimens in illustration of Notes. By Mrs. T. 
Pattinson^ — -A Spider from Tambourine Mountain. By 
H. Tryon — -Geological Specimens from near Boonah. 
evening meeting, 8th JUNE, 1911. 
A special meeting was held on the above date for the 
display of microscopical specimens. The meeting took 
the form of a Conversazione, and there was an attendance 
of forty-five. Much interest ivas taken by members and 
