Feb., 1913. The Queensland Naturalist. 2.19 
EVENING MEETING, 26th SEPTEMBER, 1912. 
Chairman : R. Hulsen. 
Member elected : Miss M. Parker. 
The President referred to the fact that the Government 
had purchased Mrs. Rowan’s pictures, and satisfaction was 
expressed at this having been done. 
Reports : On excursion to Currumbin— (a) Pond and 
shore-life by W. R. Colledge ; (b) Botany by C. T. White. 
Lecturette : Prof. S. B. J. Skertchly delivered a lecturette 
on “The Geology of the Boyne Valley,” illustrating his 
remarks by maps and diagrams. 
Exhibits : By W. R. Colledge — Slides of Brittle Stars, 
etc., collected at Currumbin. By C. T. White— Plants from 
Currumbin. By R. Illidge— Specimens of the Cottony 
Cushion Scale (Icerya Purchasii). 
EVENING MEETING, 24th OCTOBER, 1912. 
Chairman : R. Hulsen. 
Members elected : Dr. Butler Wood, Geo. Smith. 
Reports : On excursion to Ashgrove— (a) Pond- life by 
W. R. Colledge ; (b) Botany by C. T. White. 
Exhibits : By R. lUidge— A case of Euploea spp. Prof. 
S. B. J. Skertchly drew attention to the migratory habits 
of these butterflies, and mentioned having seen when off 
the coast of Queensland, numbers of them making due north, 
apparently for New Guinea, though strange to say none 
had ever been found there. By C. T. White— Photographs 
(published in the “Queenslander” for October 19th) of a 
large kauri pine [Agathis robusta) growing on the southern 
slopes of Mt. Cooroy, and representing the last big Kauri 
of the district. Mr. H. Tryon mentioned that he had seen 
reference in the same number to the last aboriginal of the 
district, and spoke on the desirability of the State possessing, 
drawings and casts representing as near as possible all the 
aboriginal tribes of Queensland. Dr. F. Hamilton Kenny 
communicated specimens and notes on aerial roots in the 
common Tea-tree (Melaleuca leucadendron) and on the root- 
cap of Pandanus pedunculatus. 
Presentation : The special business of the evening was 
the presentation of illuminated addresses to Messrs. Tryon 
and Holland, before their departure on a board of inquiry 
into the methods of eradication and utilisation of the 
prickly-pear, in recognition of the valuable services they each 
had rendered the club. 
