THE 
QUEENSLAND NATURALIST 
JOURNAL OF THE QUEENSLAND NATURALISTS’ CLUB 
AND NATURE-LOVERS’ LEAGUE 
VOL VIII. SEPTEMBER 1933 No76 
PROCEEDINGS. 
EVENING MEETING, Monday, 15th May, 1933.— 
The President (Mr. F. A. Perkins) occupied the chair 
and 33 members and visitors were present. Miss M. 
Cooper was elected a member of the Club. Reports on 
the Easter excursion to Caloundra were given by Mr. 
J. E. Young (general), Mr. Ken Jackson (botany) and 
Mr. G. IT. Barker (birds). A report on the insects 
observed and collected by Mr. A. R. Brimblecombe was 
communicated in the author’s absence by the President. 
A general account of the marine plants of the Caloundra 
district was given by Dr. D. A. Herbert. Reports on the 
Labour Day (May 1st) excursion to the Samford Range 
were given by the President (entomology) and Mr. Ken. 
Jackson (botany). Mr. G. H. Barker gave a general 
account of the birds of the region. A report on the 
excursion to the Kingston Gold Mines was given by Dr. 
E. 0. Marks, and it was proposed to write a letter to Mr. 
Kussmann, who acted as leader on that occasion. Ex- 
hibits were staged by Mr. J. Nebe of photographs taken 
on excursion to Kingston; by Mr. J. E. Young of coral 
from Caloundra and blue chalcedony, from Widgee Creek; 
by Mr. J. H. Simmonds, geological specimens; by Mr. 
Kunze, a peculiar seed ; and by Mr. K. Jackson, geological 
specimens from Jolly’s Lookout, Samford Range. 
EVENING MEETING, Monday, 19th June, 1933.— 
The President (Mr. F. A. Perkins) occupied the chair and 
38 members and visitors were present. Miss N. I. Whiting 
and Mr. E. E. Gurney were elected as ordinary members 
and Mr. N. L. Reilly as a country member of the Club. 
A collection of plants made on the Club’s excursion to 
the Samford Range was staged by Mr. C. T. White. A 
lecture on “Tree Surgery” was delivered by Dr. D. A. 
Herbert. Exhibits were staged by Mr. J. H. Simmonds of 
photographs of Bella Sorabra Tree Phytolacca dioica) ; by 
Dr. E. 0. Marks of grains of gold from specimens obtain- 
ed during excursion to Kingston Gold Mine ; by Mr. F. O. 
Nixon of specimens of Abrus precatorius, Crab’s Eyes or 
Prayer Seeds, grown in his garden at Sherwood, near 
Brisbane; by Mr. J. Nebe and Mr. C. Dornbusch of photo- 
graphs ; by Mrs. Macdonald of spider and its egg case ; by 
Mr. J. E. Young of peculiar elongated swellings in 
branches of a lemon tree from Burleigh caused by the 
