118 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
plentiful. Mr. Froggatt explained that although it had 
been imported, as mentioned by Mr. Gallard, it was indig- 
enous to New South Wales. Miss Gladys Froggatt ex- 
hibited a wasp, Hzirus lateritus, and its victim, a bur- 
row spider, Lycosa Godeffroyi, and read a most interest- 
ing note on the encounter between the two. Miss Hinder 
exhibited a chameleon and frog from Egypt, obtained 
by an Australian soldier, and read an instructive note 
on the former. Mr. Froggatt, a collection of ‘‘Police- 
man Flies’’ (wasps of the family Myssonidae), with des- 
criptive notes. Miss Sulman, a series of plants which she 
had collected at Mount Wellington, Tasmania. Mr. fj, 
Cheel, on behalf of Miss Irby, a fine series of Acacia from 
Gilgandra. Mr. EH. Cheel, peculiar and interesting Aus- 
tralian Lichens, together with examples of the Hygro- 
metric Club Moss, and the Syrian ‘‘Rose of Jericho,’’ 
illustrating the expansion of the thallus when moistened. 
Mr. A. Gale presented the Society with copies of his ‘‘ Aus- 
tralian Bee Lore and Bee Culture,’’ and ‘‘Nature and 
Aquarium Notes.’’ 
Mr. E. Cheel exhibited a seedling, Hucalyptus Smithii, 
R. T. Baker, raised from seeds collected near Mount Jel- 
lore in October, 1915. The plant is about 1%in. high, show- 
ing kidney or reniform-shaped cotyledons and three pair 
of linear-lanceolate leaves, the first pair not quite oppo- 
site, the two next pairs distinctly opposite. 
Twenty-three seedlings were raised together, and are 
being planted in a shallow gully at Hill Top for the 
purpose of making notes on the growth and quantity and 
weight of foliage for distilling purposes. 
It is interesting to note that the stems above the 
cotyledons are studded with minute tubercles, which are 
probably oil-glands, easily seen by an ordinary pocket 
lens. 
He also exhibited male flowers and upper leaves of 
Freycinetia sp., communicated by Mr. D. W. Shiress from 
New Guinea. The specimen is very similar in appearance 
to I’. Banksia, a New Zealand species, which produces 
large spathe-like bracts, which are fleshy and edible in 
a raw state, as well as being useful for making luscious 
jelly, having a strawberry flavour. 
March 7th.—Mr. H. E. Finckh in the chair, and about 
30 members and visitors present. 
