52 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
ORDINARY MEETINGS. 
March 7th, 1922.—The President, Miss A. A. Brewster, in 
the chair, and 41 members present. The following were duly 
elected members:—Misses Rose Carlin, Doreen and A. Black, 
Messrs. R. H. Anderson, B.Se. Agric., and F. A. Perkins, B.Se. 
Agric. Miss Thistle Harris exhibited some fine specimens which 
were determined by Mr. Cheel as the “jew’s-ear fungus” (Hir- 
neola polytricha). Mr. L. Gallard a very fine cluster of a coral- 
like fungus identified by Mr. Cheel as Hydnum laciniatum a 
rare species in this State, also three species of lepidopterous 
larvae showing beautiful colouring. Mr. Foster fruiting speci- 
mens of Pittosporum revolutum and P. undulatwm. Miss Win- 
some Hall read notes on “The storage tracheids of stem of Val- 
larsia.”’ Miss McAnene a note on “Cup Moth.” Acting Pro- 
fessor Harrison being unable to be present owing to illness, Miss 
Helen Chase very ably lectured on “The life history of the 
frog.” 
April 4th, 1922——The President, Miss A. A. Brewster, in 
the chair, and 55 members and friends present. The following 
were elected members:—Mrs. Jenkins, Miss P. Sigal and Mr. 
Elliot Reid. The main business of the meeting was a lecture 
by Mr. G. A. Waterhouse on:—‘‘The experimental breeding of 
butterflies.” The lecture was a most interesting account of Mr. 
Waterhouse’s extensive experiments on the breeding in captivity 
and crossing of different species of the Satyrine genus Tis?- 
phone, in which the lecturer has obtained results of great scientific 
interest and importance. The lecture was illustrated with a 
magnificent series of exhibits. 
Mr. EH. L. Hayes read a note on the occurrence of aboriginal 
stone implements at Cronulla. Mr. L. Gallard exhibited with 
notes Psychopsis mimica and other entomological specimens. Mr. 
G. HE. Stinson a note on the life history of the Carpet Snake 
(Python variegatus). 
New Guinea Seeds.—Specimens illustrating the methods of 
dispersal of several New Guinea seeds were exhibited by Miss 
le Plastrier at the May meeting. One of these (Pithecoctenium) 
of the family Bignonia, has a wing diameter of 6 inches. The 
name Pithecoctenium means “monkey comb.” 
Quaint also are the fruits of Gyrocarpus asiaticus where 
the two upright wings make the fruit into a natural shuttlecock 
which gyrates to the ground. 
