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FHustralian Waturalist. 
Vou. IIT. JANUARY 2, 1917. Parr 13, 
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ORDINARY MEETINGS. 
10th October, 1916—Mr. A. A, Hamilton President, 
in the chair, and ‘about 56 present. 
The following were elected members :—Misses Colling- 
ridge and Buckler, Mrs. McDonald, Messrs. H. E. Crane, - 
M.A., H. Reid, and G. W. Steinbeck. The President an- 
vanities that owing to the serious illness of Mr. W. H. 
Dudley le Sotef, of Melbourne Zoological Gardens, his _ 
lecture had to be held over. On the motion of Mr. Frog- — 
gatt, it was decided to send Mr. le Soiief a letter of sym- 
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The President announced that the Council had ap- 
pointed Mr. Froggatt, Mr. Shiress, and himself as Dele-— 
gates to the conference of Scientific Societies, to arrange 
to approach the Government to provide Nature Reserves 
and Sanctuaries for our Native Fauna and Flora. Mr. 
W. W. Froggatt exhibited a fine series of specimens of the 
genus Lamprima, with notes on their habits. Mr. W. B. 
Gurney, an Australian Bombycid, Pinara despecta, a large 
handsome reddish-brown moth, which spins a large cocoon 
attached to the leaves of gum-trees. Mr. A. A. Hamilton, 
specimens of four species of Cassimia, from Cook’s River, 
with remarks on geographical - vilignalnaton and environ- 
ment; two species of Scirpus, demonstrating differentiat- 
ing characters; Boerhaavia diffusa, a useful dry-country 
fodder plant; and Linaria elatine (Toad flax), a British 
hedge and road-side weed, the latter two collected in the — 
railway yard at Clyde. Mr. Hamilton also showed a series 
of ferns, representing the genus Aspleniwm, with notes — 
on fructification. 
7th November, 1916——The President, Mr. A. A. 
Hamilton in the chair, and 40 present. 
