Cbc Queensland naturalist. 
JOURNAL OF THE QUEENSLAND NATURALISTS’ CLUB 
AND NATURE-LOVERS’ LEAGUE. 
VOL. VI. APRIL, 1928 No. 4 . 
PROCEEDINGS. 
EVENING MEETING, 17th OCTOBER, 1927. The 
President (Mr. D. A. Herbert) occupied the chair. Mrs. 
Preston Day and Mrs. Corrie Smith were elected members 
of the Club. Native* Bear. — Mr. G. II. Barker moved: 
‘ ‘ That the time is now opportune to move in the direction 
of having the Native Bear totally protected, and that all 
interested bodies be asked to join in a deputation to the 
Minister controlling the Native Animals and Birds Pro- 
tection Act, with the above object in view.” The motion 
was seconded by Mrs. W. M. Mayo, and carried unanim- 
ously. .Mr. R. Illidge exhibited stuffed specimens of the 
Re gent Bird to show the differences in the plumage of 
the male, female, and young birds; also specimens of the 
Yellow-eared Honey eaters, once common around Bris- 
bane. .The specimens exhibited were obtained more than 
forty years ago, and were in an excellent state of pre- 
servation. Mr. H. Tryon exhibited specimens of (1) Dacty- 
lopius aurilanatus, an insect destructive to Bunya Pine 
(Araucaria Bidwilii) ; (2) Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, 
predatory on the Dactvlopius; (3) Xylopsocus gibbicollis, 
a timber borer (Family Bostrychidae) , that bored into 
lead and destroyed the insulation of telephone wires, etc. ; 
and (4) specimens from. Inverell, N.S. Wales, of the so- 
called “Vegetable Caterpillars,” i.e., caterpillars infected 
by the sclerotium of a fungus of the genus Cordyceps. A 
number of lantern slides of bird photographs by Mr. D. 
W. Gaukrodger were screened. In the unavoidable 
absence of Mr. Gaukrodger, the pictures were explained 
by Mr. G. H. Barker. 
EVENING MEETING, 21st NOVEMBER, 1927. The 
President (Mr. D. A. Herbert) occupied the chair. A 
letter was read from Mr. E. Sutton, Broadwater, Stan- 
thorpe, asking if any members would exchange beetles 
with him. Reports on the excursions to Chermside and 
