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ORDINARY MEETINGS. 
6rH Fesruary, 1912. Ordinary monthly meeting, Royal 
Society’s House, the President, Mr. E. Cheel, in the chair. 
Dr. Lovell and Mr. Sherriss were nominated for membership. 
Mr. G. A. Waterhouse, B.Sc., B-E., read a paper entitled 
““A Second Account of the Winter Butterflies of North 
Queensland,’ which was followed by a most interesting and 
instructive discussion. Master T. P. Steel exhibited five liv- 
ing specimens from Leura, of a rare burrowing frog Phalo- 
cryphus flavo-guttatus, Fletcher, a note on which will be 
found under Notes and Comments. Miss Gladys Froggatt 
read an interesting note on Culea vigilaz, Skuse, the salt 
water mosquito. Miss Froggatt’s note, which supplies some 
important information, is printed in this issue. Mr. W. B. 
Gurney exhibited Podocanthus Wilkinsoni, a stick insect ; 
Scalidae, aquatic insects; Hepialidae, wood moths; and_ two 
insectivorous bats, all from Jenolan Caves. Mr. Horan 
showed a moth cocoon, Chelepteryx Colesii; Master Oliver 
Edwards complete life stages of butterfly Zalmenus evagoras ; 
Mr. Cheel, a collection of Australiati mistletoes ; Mr. Norman 
Witham, a collection of beetles from Kincumber; and Mr. H. 
i, Finckh, a live chameleon, the latter exhibit was most in- 
teresting, the projecting movable eyes being exceedingly well 
geen, 
’ 5ra Marcu, 1912. Mr. E. Cheel was in the chair and 
there was a crowded audience. Dr, Lovell and Mr. Sherriss 
were unanimously elected members. Misses N. Hudson, J. 
M. O’Dea, M. J. Wells, M. Dalby, and Mr. B. Breakwell 
were nominated for membership Mr. W. Mervyn Carne de- 
livered his lecture, ‘‘Botany through the Camera.” . The 
lecture was illustrated by a large series of beautiful coloured 
slides. The lecture proved extremely interesting, Mr.. Carne 
bringing out some quite novel ideas in Nature study, and was 
followed, by an animated discussion. The exhibits were a 
collection of varied insects from Blackheath by Mr. Hamblin, 
wasp’s nest, Polistes, Tasmaniensis, by Mr. Gurney, and Lar- 
vae of Papilio egeus by Master Oliver Edwards. 
The Secretary announced that the next excursion would 
