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of Piper from Papua, used in native sorcery and strings 
of shell money from the New Hebrides. 
EVENING MEETING, Monday, 22nd July, 1930.— 
The president (Mr. C. T. White) occupied the chair, and 
37. members and visitors were present. Miss M. Robinson, 
Miss S. Poott, and Mr. T. B. Stevens were elected members 
of the Club. Mr. L. F'ranzen exhibited various specimens 
of Neuroptera, including a rare notiobiella and a Sisyra, 
of which only the two in the exhibitor’s collection were 
known. Mrs. Estelle Thomson screened coloured lantern 
slides of a number of Queensland wild flowers. Mr. J. E. 
Young screened a number of miscellaneous natural his- 
tory slides. Dr. D. A. Herbert exhibited specimens of (a) 
Equisetum sp., a “ Horsetail” grown at Brisbane, and 
(b) Myrmecodia sp., an 6 6 Art Plant.” Mr. J. H. Sim- 
monds, Jr., showed (a) specimens of Balanophora fungosa 
collected at Kin Kin, S.E. Queensland, and (b) specimen 
of wood picked up on the beach, showing polishing effect 
of sand. Mr. J. H. Simmonds, Senr., showed specimens 
of (a) two seeds of Trapa bicornis, the water chestnut, 
and (b) fruit of a South-Sea Island Ivory Nut (Metroxy- 
lon sp.). Mr. J. E. Young showed specimens of the nest 
of the Magnificent Spider (Dicrostichus magnificus) ; 
these were commented on by the Director of the Queens- 
land Museum (Mr. II. A. Longman), who had made a 
special study of this spider. Mr. C. T. White exhibited a 
fruit and seeds of Macrozanonia macrocarpa from the 
Aru Islands. 
EVENING MEETING, Monday, 18th August, 1930. 
— The president (Mr. C. T. White) occupied the chair, 
and about 33 members were present. A report on the 
birds seen at Sunnybank on the occasion of the Club’s 
visit was given by Mr. G. II. Barker. Mr. J. E. Young 
gave a general report on the excursion to Blunder Creek, 
and remarked on the wonderful growth of Boronia 
rosmarinifolia and Pultenaea villosa seen. Considerable 
discussion ensued on the effects of heavy picking of wild 
flowers in the Sunnybank and Blunder country. 
The principal business of the evening was a lecturette 
by Mr. C. E. Hubbard, a visiting botanist from the Royal 
Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, on “The Grasses and 
Grass Lands of the Moreton District.” Considerable 
discussion followed the lecture, and Mr. Hubbard pro- 
mised later to prepare a paper on the subject for printing 
in the “Queensland Naturalist.” 
Exhibits included -(1) by Miss Cook, a peculiar 
placental growth from the fruit of a Papaw (Carica), 
giving the impression of a fruit within the friv.t; (b) 
