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Australian Paturalist. 
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ORDINARY MEETINGS... 
3nd Ocrosrr, 1911. Ordinary monthly meeting, Royal 
Society’s House, the President, Mr. E. Cheel, in the chair. 
The following were unanimously elected members :—Misses 
M. Deasy, Pattinson, Clark, Brown, Reilly, K. Phillips, 
B.A.; Messrs. H. 8. Milne and James Kellick. It had been 
arranged that Mr. G. A. Waterhouse, B.Sc., would deliver 
a lecture, but owing to the regretted illness of that gentleman 
he was unable to do so and Mr. W. W. Froggatt gave in- 
stead a very interesting illustrated lecture on ‘‘Insectiverous 
Birds.’’ The lecture was greatly appreciated, and Mr. Frog- 
gatt was heartily thanked for filling Mr. Waterhouse’s place 
at short notice. 
Tru November, 1911. Ordinary monthly meeting, the 
President, Mr. E. Cheel, presiding. Messrs. L. Hindmarsh 
and Nichol were nominated for membership. Mr. W. 5. 
Dunn, Government Palaeontologist, delivered a lecture on 
“The Geography and Botany of Gondwanna Land.’’ . The 
lecture, which was copiously illustrated with lantern slides, 
was listened to with close attention by the large audience. 
The lecturer reviewed in a very lucid and convincing manner 
the evidences on which Australia, South Asia, Africa, and 
South America are grouped togethe# under the collective 
title of Gondwanna Land, The exhibits were as follows:— 
Miss Mabel Brewster: Mud cells of a species of wasp, also 
life stages, larva, pupa and adult of the spotted lady-bird 
Leis Conformis. Mr. Wickham: A fine series of grass-green _ 
larvae and pupae of the Brown and Yellow Butterfly, Tist- 
phone abeone, with the adult insect, all of which were col- 
lected at Brookvale, near Manly, in October, the larvae being 
taken on their food-plant, the common sword grass. 
Mr. Wickham also brought duplicate beetles for 
exchange, these being distributed amongst those interested. 
Master Oliver Edwards: Living beetles, Phyllotocus, Mr. 
Gallard a fine collection of miscellaneous insects from various 
parts of New South Wales, and from New Guinea. Mr. A. 
D. le Souef: Living examples of snakes and lizards. Mr. E. 
Gheel exhibited specimens of six species of grasses, collected 
