July, 1925 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
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hibited (1) a few moths bred from larvae collected on a 
native tree — rnpania anacardioides, (2), a few, Pha.smids 
and (-S) a small collection of beetles made by Miss Wood, 
The (’aves, Eockhampton. Mr. E. Tllid^e exhibited speci- 
mens and read a few notes on “Insects of the Eiver ]\Tan- 
grove ( Aegiceras)/' and exhibited ata interesting set of 
specimens in illustration of his remarks. Mr. Tllidge 
also gave a few general notes on beetles. Mr. C. T, 
White exhibited two frnits (Parinarium laurinum and 
Barringtonia speciosa). and a seed (Chesalpinia Bon- 
dncella). sometimes picked up on the ocean beaches of 
Southern Queensland. The latter two are common in 
Tropical Queensland, but the first mentioned is not 
found in Australia, being a native of the Solomon Islands 
^ind Xew Guinea. 
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SOME AUSTRALIAN LIFE FORMS AND THEIR 
SIGNIFICANCE. 
By Prof, E, J. Goddard, B.A., D.Sc., (Queensland 
University. 
(Portion of Presidential Address, delivered before the 
Queensland Naturalists’ Club. 16th Feb., 1925.) 
I have chosen as the subject of my address, “Some 
Australian Life Forms and Their Significance.” In do- 
ing so, I have no intention of attempting so vast a task 
as surveying the general realm of the Australian fauna 
and flora, but imopose to limit my attention mainly to 
■certain representatives^ with the investigation of which 
I have had more or loss direct concern. 
Australia as a eoutinent is unique in that it lias 
been so long isolated from the other continental masses 
that it has developed a characteristic fauna and flora, 
and many of the ])robleins which arise in an attempt to 
elucidate the origin of these forms have a very deep 
interest directly for those concerned in the study of past 
:and present distribution of life forms in the other cou- 
t’neiits of the Southern Hemisphere. My object in this 
