The Australian Naturalist 
Vol. IV. OCTOBER 1, 1919. : Part 8. 
NOTE.—Members having any matter of interest suitable for public- 
ation in these pages are requested to communicate with the Editor. 
ORDINARY MEETINGS. 
10th June, 1919—Mr. W. W. Froggatt in the 
‘chair, and 34 present. An apology for absence was re- 
ceived from the President. The following were elected 
members: Miss F. C. Hutton, Rev. J. Thomas, Messrs. 
W. A. Miller and J. Hopson, jun. 
The Chairman announced that Mr. T. Steel, F.L.S., 
had presented a large number of valuable books on 
natural history subjects to the library. 
The following papers were read: Mr. Froggatt, “On 
a Parasite of the Red-backed Spider” and “Re-discovery 
of a Saw Fly.” The Rev. Archdeacon Haviland, 
“The Stomata of the Leafless Plants of the Interior.” 
Mr. A. A. Hamilton, “Abnormal Branching of a Palm.” 
Miss A. Brewster, “Germination of the Choko Seed.” 
Mr. T. Steel, “An Old British Herbal.” Miss Busby, 
““\ Trip to Gosford.” 
Mr. Hugh Dixson sent for exhibition scales of the 
so-called “Nile Salmon,” an edible fish from the River 
Nile. On these Mr. D. G. Stead furnishes the follow- 
ing note:—‘The scales, which are cycloid, appear to me 
to be those of one of the Cyprinoids, closely related to 
the Barbel. There is a number of Carp-like fishes of the 
Barbel group in these waters, and without additional 
data I cannot make the identification more specific.” 
Mr. W. W. Froggatt exhibited a series of speci- 
mens of destructive insects, comprising the “White Grub 
Beetle” (Scilala pruinosa), the larvae of which have 
been doing much damage to grass roots at the Leura © 
and Blackheath golf links, and in vegetable gardens 
about Sydney. The Lantana Fly (Agromza sp.), the 
grub of which has been found by Messrs. Bryce and 
