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JOURNAL OF THE QUEENSLAND NATURALISTS' CLUB 
AND nature-lovers’ LEAGUE. 
VoL. IV. 
May, 1924. 
No. 4. 
PROCEEDINGS. 
February — April, 1924. 
ANNUAL MEETING. IStk FEBRUARY, 1924.— Ilis 
Excellency the Governor (Sir Matthew Nathan), Patron 
of the Gluh. presided, and there was a good attendance 
of members and visitors. The retiring president (Mr. 
.j C. T. White. P.L.S.), delivered an address on the 
^‘Myrtaceous Trees of the Brisbane District.'’ The 
address was illnstrated by a large series of lanttom 
slides mostly depicting the trees in the field. The 
: officers for the ensuing twelve months were elected 
as set out on the cover page of this issue. The 
? honorary treasurer (Mr. G. H. Barker), jmesented the 
financial statement for the year. The receipts totalled 
£94/7/7-, and the expenditure £74/8/7/, showing a credit 
balance of £21/19/-. The honorary librarian reported 
that 107 publications had been added to the library 
during the year, most being receiAmd as exchanges. 
EVENLNG MEETING. 17th MARCH, 1924.— The 
president (Prof. E. J. Goddard), oceii]hed the chair, and 
there Avas a good attendance. The principal business 
of the eAmning Avas a number of exhibits by Mr. R. 
Tllidge, Mr. fllidge read notes on the laee-Avings, on a 
rare neuro])terouK insect from Tambourine Mountain, 
and on noteAvorthy coleoptera from the National Park. 
Mr. Illidge also read a paper on the bronzeAAung pigeon. 
Dr. Shaw and Messrs. Alexander and Barker discussed 
the papers. Mr. Illidge commented on several small 
collections of insects made by Misses Baird and Geiss- 
mann and Messrs. J. C. Smith and R. L. Higgins 
and himself respectively. These were: — 
By Miss Baird. — A spiral ehiton-like ease of larva of 
a very pretty moth known as Aristeis hepialella. (See 
