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THE , | 
Hustraltan Maturalist, 
Vou. III. OCTOBER 6, 1914. Part 4. 
NOTE.—Members having any matter of interest suitable for publication ~ 
in these pages ave requested to communicate with the Editor. 
ORDINARY MBETING. } 
July 7th, 1914.—Mr. W. W. Froggatt (Vice-President) 
in the chair, and about 42 members and visitors pre- 
sent. Mr. W. J. Rainbow, F.E.S., gave an interesting 
lecture on ‘‘The Spider: Builder, Engineer and Aviator.”’ 
The lecture was illustrated with a fine series of lantern 
slides, showing structure of webs and the habits of vari- 
ous species. A great deal of information on distribution, 
life history, and methods of constructing webs and shelters 
was communicated, and altogether, the lecture was most 
instructive. Miss Busby exhibited beetles from the Solo- 
mon Islands, and Mr. Froggatt commented on the dam- 
age caused by some of these to the cocoanut palms. Miss 
Gladys Froggatt exhibited specimens of the Nardoo plant 
collected in the Brewarrina district; also aboriginal stone- 
axes and Nardoo seed grinding stone. Mr. A. A. Hamil- 
ton rare plants, including Actinotus Forsythii, Rupicola 
sprengelioides and Epacris Hamiltoni; also Pultenaea 
glabra and Mimulus repens, with notes. Mr. HE. Cheel 
flowering specimens of Hardenbergia, from Hill Top; also 
H. monophylla var rosca and Wild Oats (Avena fatua) 
badly infested with uredo or rust, with notes. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
August 4th, 1914—Mr. A. G. Hamilton (President) 
in the chair, and about 80 members and_ visitors present. 
The following were elected members:—Mesdames Brake 
and W. Burley Griffen, Misses Clamp and F. M. Irby. 
The Annual Report of the Council was read by Mr. 
Cheel and adopted. Mr. Finckh submitted the Annual 
Financial Statement, which was duly passed. 
A ballot having been taken, the office-bearers, as given 
on page ii., were declared duly elected. The President 
