Jour. Roy. Soc., Western Australia, Vol. XXVII. vii. 
ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, 1940-1941. 
9th July, 1940 — 
Annual General Meeting in Gledden Hall. Presidential Address : “ The Ceramic 
Resources of SoutliAVestern Australia” by Mr. H. Rowley. 
ISth August, 1940 — 
Papers — “ Further Permian Corals from Western Australia.” Dr. Dorothy Hill, com- 
municated by Dr. C. Teichert. 
“ The Results of a Microscopical Examination of Some Soil Colloids,” Mr. W. F. Cole. 
“ The Granite-('arduj) Series Contact at Armadale.” Dr. R. T. Prider. 
10th September, 1940 — 
Paper — “ Some Kyanite-bearing Rocks from the Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia.” 
Mr. K. R. iVIiles. 
Talks — " His life work in Ornithology.” Mr. Gregory Mathews. 
“ Criticism of Motor Head-lights Regulations illustrated with Models and Demonstra- 
tions.” Professor A. D. Ross. 
8th October, 1940 — 
Papers — “ Permian Productinae and Strophalosiinae of Western Australia.” Dr. K. 
Prendergast, communicated by Professor E. de C. Clarke. 
“ New Forms of Western Australian Birds.” Mr. Gregory Mathews, communicated by 
Mr. Glauert. 
Talks — “ Chemistry of Strategic Materials.” Professor N. S. Bayliss. 
“The Habits of the Mallee Fowl.” Mr. F. Lewis. 
12th November, 1940 — 
Papers — “ A Note on Fossil Corals from Langley Park Bore, Perth.” Dr. J. W. Wells, 
communicated by Dr, Dorothy Carroll. 
“ Some Basalts from the North Kimberley.” Dr. A. B. Edwards, communicated by 
Professor E. dc C. Clarke. 
Talk — “ Some Phases of the Work of the Commonwealth X-ray and Radium Labora- 
tory.” Dr. C. K. Eddy. 
10th December, 1940 — 
Paper — “ Foraminifera and a Tubicolous Worm from the Permian of the North-Western 
Division of Western Australia.” Mr. W. J. Parr, communicated by Dr. R. T. 
Prider. 
Talks — “Night Photography.” Mr. B. L. Southern. 
“The Work of the Perth Observatory.” Mr. H. S. Spigl. 
11th March, 1941 — 
Papers — “ Notes on the Vegetation of the North-Eastern Goldftelds.” Miss N. Bur- 
bidge. 
“ Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, No. XI.” Mr. C. A. Gardner. 
“ Seeds of Strychnos lucida and their Alkaloid Content.” Dr. E. M. Watson. 
Talk — “The History and Development of King’s Park.” Mr. J. E. Watson. 
8th April, 1941 — 
Papers — “ Beraunite from Dandaragan.” Mr. C. R. Le Mesurier, 
“Marine Copepods from Western Australia, Part I.” Dr. A. G. Nicholls. 
“ New Leaf-Hoppers (Homoptera Jassoidea) from Western Australia.” Dr. J. W. 
Evans, communicated by IMr. C. F. H. Jenkins. 
Talk — “ Development of Western Australian Fisheries.” Dr. A. G. NiehoUs. 
Exhibits — Mr. L. Glauert exhibited three rare specimens of Cirripedes or Barnacles, 
Lepas fascicularis Ellis and Solander, from Albany together with Poecilasma fissa 
Darwin and Alepas tuhulosa. (Quoy and Gaimard) found on crayfish Panulirus 
longipes A.M. Ed. caught at Houtinan’s Abrolhos. All are additions to the Western 
Australian list. 
