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EVENING MEETING, 28th SEPTEMBER, 1911. 
Chxirman ; H. Tryon. Attendance, 8. 
Reforts : On Excursion to Rosewood — -Pond Life, 
by W. R. Coliedge ; Geology, by S. B. J. Skeitchly. 
Exhibits : By Mrs. Pattinson — Shells collected on the 
Great Barrier Reef and Islands in Torres Straits. By H. 
Tryon — ^Thread Fungus {Murasmius e.quicrinus') from Rose- 
wood. By Cyril White — -Specimens of the small Grass-tree 
(Xunthorrhcea pumilio) ; and a root parasite (Balunophora 
fungosa)^ concerning which Notes were read by the 
exhibitor. 
EVENING MEETING, 26th OCTOBER, 1911. 
Chairman : H. Tryon. Attendance, 16. 
Members elected : Mrs- and Miss Garraway, Dr. T 
Harvey Johnston and Hr. E. W. Bick. 
Reports-, (a) On Excursion to Rosewood — -Entomology, 
by H. Tryon ; Botany, by Cyril White, (b) On Excursion 
to Goodna.— Entomology, by H. Tryon; Geology, by 
S. B. J. Skertchly ; Botany, by Cyril White. 
Exhibits : By H. Tryon. — ^Insects collected at Rose- 
wood and Goodna. By Cyril White — -Plants collected at 
Rosewood and Goodna. By H. A. Longman — -A’ new 
Queensland Buttercup [Ranunculus muricatus), which he 
found at Toowoomba about a year since, and which he had 
again collected in Brisbane recendy. By R. Illidge — ^ 
Foreign Beetles. By H. Tryon— Gordius worm. 
EVENING MEETING, 18th NOVEMBER, 1911. 
Chairman : H. Tryon. Attendance, 31. 
This was the second Microscopical Evening held 
during the year and it proved to be as successful as the 
first one held in June. Specimens were shown under the 
microscope by W. R. Coliedge, Dr. John Harris, W. M. 
Tanner. E. H. Shearwin, C. T. White, H. Tryon and C. W. 
Holland. 
EVENING MEETING, 23rd NOVEMBER, 1911. 
Chairman-. S. B. J. Skertchly. Attendance, 12. 
Members elected : F. Burtt and A. A. Girault. 
Reports : On Excursion to Sandgate.— Geology by 
S. B. J. Skertchly ; Pond Life, W. R. Coliedge ; Botany 
(Vril White. 
Exhibits : By Cyril White and Miss Fortescue— 
Plants collected at Sandgate. By I^. Illidge- — -Foreign 
