240 The Queensland Naturalist. Vol. 1 
EVENING MEETING, 28th NOVEMBER, 1912. 
Chairman : H. A. Longman. 
Member elected : Miss H. Clark. 
Report : On the Botany of the excursion to Broadwater 
by C. T. White. 
Paper: Mr. H. A Longman gave a paper on ‘'The 
Fertilisation of Orchids,"' and exhibited a large number of 
specimens, including a great many beautifully dried and 
mounted specimens of our indigenous terrestrial kinds. 
Notes and Exhibits : Mr. R. Illidge exhibited a few rare 
insects collected at Currumbin, and read notes on same, 
and drew special attention to two pupae of a rare heteromerous 
beetle taken from under a log, one of which produced a perfect 
species of Cyphaleits. Mr. Illidge also read a few notes on 
and exhibited specimens of Papilio Sarpedon, a widely 
spread butterfly (Papilionidae), and drew attention to the 
fact that the Australian insect was much finer than the typical 
Indian form. Mr. R. Higgins exhibited a specimen of a 
new Phalloid {Clathrus Higginsii, Bail.) Mr. C. T. White 
showed specimens of Cheiranthera linearis and Moluccella 
laevis. 
EVENING MEETING, 12th DECEMBER, 1912. 
Chairman : R. Hulsen. 
Exhibits : By E. M. Shearwin — Specimens of living 
larvae of Antherea eucalypti \ also of wood-boring moth, 
Xyleutes cineraria, together with pupae cases and portion of 
bark showing where the young entered. By Dr. Butler- 
Wood — A climbing fish from Palm Island. By S. Ainsworth- 
Miscellaneous collection of butterflies and moths. 
