THE 
Australtan Paturalest.” 
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Vou. II. JULY 1, 1913. 
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ORDINARY MEETINGS. * O° 
Ist April, 1913.—Mr. E. 8. Edwards (presidént) in the 
chair. The following were duly elected members :—Misses 
K. Clarke, A. E. Hurst, Mr. and Mrs. Fincham Turner, 
Messrs. F. W. Carpenter, M.A., W. Lockhardt, L. -Abra- 
hams, D. R. Fleming, Master M. Pell. 
Mr. W. W. Froggatt exhibited a general collection of 
insects captured on the flowers of Angophora, between 
Como and Sutherland, during 1912. Mr. A. A. Hamilton 
contributed notes on some interesting plants from the Na- 
pean River. Mr. H. Cheel delivered a lecture on ‘‘Varia- 
tions in Plant Life,’’ and exhibited a series of specimens in 
illustration. These included specimens of the so-called vivi- 
parous growth in grasses, showing the plantlets in various 
stages of growth, a number of legume seeds showing varia- 
tion in the colour of the seed-coats, seedling plants, together 
with herbarium specimens of the ‘“‘Kangaroo grass’’; also a 
living hybrid Callistemon acuminatus. C. lanceolatus, 
raised from seed sown in September, 1912. 
6th May, 1913.—Royal Society’s House, Mr. E. 8. Ed- 
wards, M.A. (president) in the chair. Miss E. Upfold was 
elected a member. Mr. D. G. Stead, F.L.S., exhibited ex- 
amples of minnows, Glalaats scriba Cuv. et Val., from Pater- 
son River; @. Coaw, Macleay, from Ourimbah Creek; G. 
planiceps, Macleay, from Cudgegong River, and made critical 
remarks thereon; preserved specimen of, Dacelo gigas with 
descriptive note, and presented a note on Dolphins and 
Sharks. Mr. A. A. Hamilton, some interesting species of 
Goodeniaceae with notes. Mr. E. Cheel, herbarium speci- 
mens of Tetratheca pilosa var denticulata and Boronia poly- 
galifolia var robusta, together with 7. cricifolia and B. poly- 
galifolia for comparison. Miss Busby, specimens of fungi 
which Mr. Cheel explained were Phosphorescent Agarics 
(Pleurotus candescens). Mr. C. HW. Wickham, a series of the 
life histories of moths. Mr. W. W. Froggett, F.L.S., flow- 
ers of Oleander, with trapped insects, chiefly tlies. Mr. H. 
J. Carter, B.A., a box of. beetles from the British Museum 
collections. Mr. A. Musgrave, a twig having attached ger- 
minating seeds of mistletoe (Loranthus). Mr. Cheel showed, 
on behalf of Miss C. le Plastrier, an Agaric having a strong 
iodoform-like odour, and on behalf of Mr. Carruthers, speci 
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