THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 159 
acquiring knowledge of habits and economy, dates of appear- 
ance, range and distribution, variation, seasonal changes and 
the like, and in each of these directions there is scope and 
kudos for the willing worker. 
Avustrattan Mussum.—The work of building the extension to 
the Australian Museum is proceeding apace, and should be out 
of the hands of the contractor long before the middle of the 
year. When completed and furnished, many valuable, rare, 
and interesting exhibits, which for some time have had to be 
kept under cover owing to lack of exhibition space, will be 
displayed, and will no doubt be appreciated,*not only by 
students, but also by thousands of Australian citizens and 
visitors to our shores. One of the features in connection with 
the new wing, is an up-to-date lecture hall. 
AUSTRALASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.— 
This Association met at Brisbane this year, and was well repre- 
sented by scientists from Sydney. Our old colleague and ex- 
President, Mr. Chas. Hedley, F.L.8., Assistant Curator to the 
Australian Museum, filled the position of President of the 
Biological Section. Other members of the Club who attended 
the session were Mr. A. H. 8S. Imcas, M.A., one of our former 
Presidents, Mr. A. R. McCulloch, and Mr. 1. J. Goddard, B.A., 
B.Sc. P 
Lirrerary Work purina 1908.—The year that has just closed 
has been, from a biological standpoint, an exceedingly busy 
one, and in this respect some of our own members have played 
a conspicuous and important part. In the zoological field of 
research, Mr. H. J. Carter, B.A., F.H.S.; stands prominently 
forward with his papers, “ Revision of the Australian Species 
of Adelium”; Mr. 8. J. Tillyard, M.A., F.E.S., has continued 
his studies of our indigenous Odonata; and Mr. H. J. Goddard, 
B.A., B.Se, who is now one of the Linnean Macleay Fellows, 
has commenced a series of papers under the title of ‘‘ Contri- 
bution to our Knowledge of Australian Hirudifea.” Messrs. 
Hedley, Rainbow, and McCulloch have also contributed their 
quota to the year’s work. Mr. W. W. Froggatt, F.U.5 , who has 
returned from an official tour round the world, has been too 
busy to put much matter through the press, but the current 
year will show that, in addition to travelling and investigating, 
he has been far from idle with his pen. In the domain of 
botany, Messrs. J. H. Maiden and R. 'T. Baker, have each con- 
_ tributed papers. 
Locusts Anp Turin Foop.—At a meeting of the Entomolog- 
ical Society of London, the President, Mr. C. O, Waterhouse, - 
F.E.S., exhibited photographs of a large locust (Cantacanthacris 
rubella) from the Congo Free State, which was captured holding 
a small mouse (Leggada ?) with its front and middle legs, and 
swas apparently devouring it. He read the following note from 
