THE 
Australtan pPaturaltst. 
Vou. 1. APRIL, 1907. Part 6, 
NOTE.—Members having any matter of interest suitable for publication 
in these pages are requested to communicate with the Editor. 
Tue OrpinaAry Montuty Meetina was held at 82 Pitt Street 
on Thursday evening, February 7,1907, the President, Mr. G. A. 
Waterhouse, B.Sc., F.H.S., in the chair. 
Eteorrons to Mempursuip.—Miss J. Donnelly and Miss L. 
Patterson, Dilga, N.S.W.; Miss Crouch, Metropolitan Road,° 
Enmore; Messrs. J. and ©. Donnelly, and John Patterson, 
Dilga, N.S.W.; F. C. Morse, Coonamble; A. G. Fox, Boggabri; 
Mr. — Grassick, Technical College, Sydney ; Hugh Rayson, 
Stanmore; Dr. EH. S. Stokes, Water and Sewerage Board, Syd- 
ney; and T. Harvey Johnston, B.Sc., Sydney University. 
ANNOUNCEMENT.—The President announced his intention of 
offering a prize for junior members, the details of which are 
announced on another page. 
Parer.—Mr. W. J. Rainbow read a paper entitled “'The 
Ancient Hgyptian and his Sacred Beetle,” in which he referred 
to the veneration in which the Sacred Beetle, Scarabeeus sacer, 
Linn., was held, and how its figure appears constantly in 
Egyptian literature and sculpture, and the use to which it was 
applied as a design for seals, etc. 
THe Orpinary Montuty Meeting was held at 82 Pitt Street 
on Thursday evening, March 7, 1907, Mr. Chas. Hedley, F.L.S., 
in the chair. 
Etuctions to Mempursuip.—Messrs. W. Cook, Annandale ; 
A. L. Oschatz, Darlinghurst; ©. J. Baur, North Sydney ; 
A. J. Ralph, Bowning; D. Mitchell, Mosman; S. Alexander, 
Bond Street, Sydney; and A. R. McCulloch, Australian 
Museum. 
Appresses.—Addresses, illustrated by lantern slides, were 
delivered by Messrs. H. J. Goddard, B.Sc., and H. I. Jensen, 
B.Sc. The first of these was entitled “Notes on a Collecting 
Trip in Fiji,” and the second “The Recent Volcanic Eruptions 
in Savii (Samoa).” In addition to the lantern, both speakers 
illustrated their remarks by a series of interesting exhibits. 
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