The Australian Naturalist 
Vol. V. APRIL 2, 1923. ‘Part 6. 
NOTE. —Members having any matter of interest suitable for public. 
ation tn these pages are requested to communicate with the Liditor, 
ORDINARY MEETINGS. 
September 5th, 1922.—The President, Mr. D. C. W. Shiress, 
in the chair. - The meeting was a member’s evening. Notes 
were contributed as follows:—Miss R. M. Winter, “A few 
observations on Trap-door Spiders’; Miss A. A. Brewster, = 
“Mucilage Cells and Raphides of Hibbertia”; Miss ‘Thistle 
Harris, “Fossils in Narrabeen Shale,’ and “Pseudo-fulgurites” ; 
Miss Steinbeck, “The Cocoon of the Cup-moth’; Mr. Cheel, 
“Notes on Cladonia retepora.” 
October 3rd.—The President, Mr. D. CG. W. Shiress, in the 
chair. Misses O’Shannessey and Dudley, and Mr. Bryce were 
duly elected members. ' ? 
Miss H. Drummond gave her lecture: “A Geological Ex- 
cursion to Mt. Kosciusko”’ The lecture was full of interest, 
and numerous geological features were explained in a clear and 
telling manner by Miss Drummond, who, though probably the 
youngest member who has given a lecture to the Society, gave 
unmistakable proofs of a thorough knowledge of her subject. 
The lecture was illustrated with lantern slides kindly lent by 
Professor Sir Edgeworth David. ; 
Mr. Gallard exhibited larvae of Thynnid wasps, and read 
a note thereon. Miss Steinbeck, a fine head of Doryanthes ex-— 
celsa; Miss Butler, fungi from Terrigal, including a fine speci- 
men of the Australian Morel (Morbella conica). Miss Crispo, 
larva found under bark of Angophora lanceolata, together with 
excellent photographs of same. The President read a note on 
Acacia elongata. 
November 7th.—The President, Mr. D. C. W. Shiress, in 
-the chair. Among the members present was Archdeacon Havi- 
land, who introduced Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Haviland. 
Bxlibits were the nest of \a Silver-Hye (Zosterops coeru- 
lescens) woven of threads from the shakings- of a mop, ex- 
hibited by Master T. Howell, it had been deserted by the birds. 
