THE 
Fustralian Waturalist. 
Von. IV. JANUARY 8, 1918. ” Parr 1. 
NOTE.—Members having any matter of interest suitable for publication 
in these pages ave requested to communicate with the Editor. 
ORDINARY MEETINGS. 
2nd October, 1917.—Mr. W. W. Froggatt presiding, 
and about 380 present. Misses Winter, Somerville and 
Manning, Mrs. Fitz-John, and Mr. R. J. Nocross were 
elected membérs. 
Miss Busby contributed a fine description of the Flora 
and Birds of Mount Penang, near Gosford, in a paper en- 
titled ‘‘Jottings from the Bush.’’ Mr. T. Steel, ‘‘Zoolog:- 
cal Notes,’’ and an account of an interesting experiment ~ 
with the saltwater mosquito, Culex vigilaw. Mr. W. W. 
Froggatt read a vivid account of an armed raid on a vil- 
lage in Papua, contributed by Mr. Murray, an entomolo- 
gist, one of the officers of the Expeditionary Forces, and 
exhibited a collection of beautiful butterflies from Papua. 
Mr. Froggatt also contributed a paper on the ‘‘Game 
Birds of the Lachlan River country, showing the vast num- 
bers of quail and pelicans at present breeding on the river 
flats. 
6th November, 1917.—Mr. E. 8. Edwards, President, 
in the chair, and about 30 present. 
Mr. E. Zeck read a paper, “‘Observations on a Myrme- 
cophilous Histerid (Chlamydopsis epipleura, Lea.). Mr. 
A. A. Hamilton gave a lecture on ‘‘Shore-Line Vegeta- 
tion,’’ being Topographical, Ecological, and Taxonomic 
notes on the ocean shore-line vegetation of Port Jackson 
district. 
4th December, 1917.—Mr. E. S. Edwards, M.A., Pre- 
sident, in the chair, and about 40 present. 
Mr. H. EB. Finckh exhibited a flowering specimen of 
Elodea densa, a water weed. Mr. B. Zeck, a fine series of 
Buprestidae. Master White, a couple of lizards which he 
had completely domesticated. Mr. F. W. Carpenter de- 
livered an address on ‘‘Photography as an Adjunct to 
Nature Study,’’ having special bearing on entomology. Mr. 
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