August, 1941 
The Queensland Naturalist 
127 
It is proposed to name the fern as a new species after 
Mr. C. T. White, Government Botanist, who in conjunc- 
tion with Mr. L. J. Brass, was the first to collect it. In 
accordance with the International Rules of Nomenclature, 
the original description which follows is given in Latin. 
Hymenophyllum Whitei sp. nov. affinis H . raro R. Br. 
sed indusio usque ad basin truncatam bipartito, frondibus 
minoribus, stipitibus brevissimis, segmentis primariis saepe 
confluentibus indivisis vel bilobatis, differt. 
Rhizoma repens, elongatum, filiforme, ramosum, 
nudum vel parce fibrillosum; frondes sparsae, breviter 
stipitatae ; stipites filiformes, praeter basin fibrillosam 
glabri, exalati, usque ad 5 mm. longi; frondes cum stipiti- 
bus 1.5 — 2.5 cm. longae, circa 1 cm. latae, lineari-oblongae 
vel ovato-oblongae, falcatae, membranaceae, pallide glauce- 
scentes, in 5-10 segmenta profunde divisae; segmenta 
lineari-oblonga, plana, obtusa, indivisa vel nonnulla 
inaeque bilobata, lobo adaxiali circa duplo breviore sorum 
saepe gerente; segmenta media subaequalia, circa 5 mm. 
longa et. 2-3 mm. lata, terminate longius, jugum infinum 
saepe distinctum et brevius; sori solitarii, loborum apice 
siti; indusium lobo plus minusve aequilatum, late ovatum 
vel suborbiculare, usque ad basin truncatam bipartitum, 
valvis late rotundatis, integris; receptaculum breve, in- 
clusum. 
North Queensland . — Thornton Peak, 19th Sept., 1937, 
C. T. White & L. J. Brass, No. 226, “epiphytic.” (Type 
in Herb. Brisbane). 
This species would come under the subgenus Mecodium 
as understood by Dr. E. B. Copeland in his revision of the 
genus Hymenophyllum, and is figured in the accompanying 
Plate. 
SOME BIRDS AND MAMMALS OF THE 
GLASSHOUSE MOUNTAINS DISTRICT 
By N. Jack. 
As the above title suggests, the following list of Birds 
and Mammals, noted during a four months’ sojourn, be- 
tween August and December last year, in the Glasshouse 
Mountains District, does not pretend to be comprehensive. 
The possibilities of such an area obviously could not be ex- 
hausted in so short a time ; but the following species, ex- 
cept where otherwise indicated, have been definitely identi- 
fied, and can always be added to on any future occasion. 
