190 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
great Harpoon taken from the carcase of the Finback Whale 
‘(Balaenoptera physalus), ete. ‘ , 
Master Oliver Edwards, an interesting collection of beetles 
from Mount Wellington, Hobart.. : 
Mr. A. Musgrave, a box of miscellaneous insects taken 
during a three days’ visit to Kurrajong, N.S.W. 
Mr. Musgrave also contributed a note on Insects occurring 
on wattles. : 
Mr. 8. J. Moreau, mud nests of wasps, probably Pelopaeus 
laetus, attached to the foliage of a pine tree from Fairfield ; 
described on p. 107 of Froggatt’s Australian Insects. The 
nest contained small jumping spiders. 
Specimen of a lizard from Mundooran, on the Castlereagh 
River, locally called ‘‘Wood-adder,”’’ and greatly feared ; 
really a harmless ghecko, probably Ocdura robusta, p. 213, 
Lucas and Le Souef’s Animals of Australia. (See this Vol., p. 
168.—Kd.) 
Mr. W. M. Carne, an apparent natural graft of Jasminum 
lineare, R.Br., growing on Hucalyptus hemuphloia, var al- 
beus, White Box. 
Miss Mabel N. Brewster contributed a note on the Silver- 
Stripe Hawk-Moth. 
4th March, 1913.—Mr. E. 8. Edwards, M.A. (President), 
in the chair. There was again a very large attendance of 
members and friends. 
The President announced the resignations of the two Hon. 
Secretaries, Mr. W. G. Davies, on account of his having re- 
‘ceived a country appointment, and Mr. W. B. Gurney, on ac- 
count of pressure of official duties. These had been accepted 
with much regret by the Council, and steps were being taken 
to fill the vacancies. It was announced that the projected 
Easter excursion had to be abandoned on account of the very 
small number who notified the Secretaries of their intention 
_ to attend. This was unfortunate, as it now transpired that a 
party of 30 or 40 could have been made up, and considerable 
disappointment had resulted through members not letting the 
Secretaries know in time. . 
Mr. W. M. Carne read interesting ‘‘Notes on some forms 
of association among plants’ ’and ‘The secretion of nectar by 
extra-floral glands in the Genus Acacia.’’ A paper by Miss 
M. Campbell, “‘Observations on Moth Pupation,’’ was read. 
The exhibits were as follows:—Mr. Sherris, ivory nut and 
fine photo of the trees yielding same, and indicated the value 
of the nuts commercially for the manufacture of buttons, studs 
etc. Mr. Froggatt, a collection of Australian Ruby-tail Flies 
(Chrysididae), which are chiefly parasitic on other wasps, etc. 
