Abstract of Proceedings of the Royal Society, April-May 1908

April-A Meeting of the Society for the transaction of ordinary business, and the reconsideration of the Balance-sheet submitted with the Annual Report for 1907, was held at the Museum on Wednesday evening, April 7, 1908.<br>Mr. T. Stephens, M.A., F.G.S., in the chair.<br>In reference to the question of the reconsideration of the Balance-sheet for 1907, the Chairman announced that Mr. Bernard Shaw, their recently-appointed Honorary Treasurer, had taken a great deal of trouble in going through the accounts of the Society for the last four years, and would now furnish any information that was required on the subject.<br>-The Monthly General Meeting of the Society was held at the Museum on Monday evening, April 13, 1908.<br>Mr. Russell Young in the chair.<br>The Secretary to the Council (Mr. Robert Hall) notified the receipt of valuable literature from kindred societies in all parts of the world, from Russia, Argentina, Canada, the Mediterranean countries, and Great Britain. The Smithsonian Institute, U.S.A., had sent books of very great value.<br>Mr. Hall then gave an account of the travels of himself and friend through Siberia to Moscow and St. Petersburg, and then on to London.<br>May-The monthly General Meeting of the Society was held at the Museum on Monday evening, May 11, 1908.<br>Mr. T. Stephens, M.A., F.G.S., in the chair.<br>The folowing paper was read.— Notes on a Chipped Boulder from near Kempton. By Fritz Noetling, M.A., Ph.D. Mr. R. M. Johnston said the specimen Dr. Noetling had exhibited to them that evening was one of the most interesting that had been found in Tasmania.<br>Mr.<br>R. M. Johnston exhibited a small specimen of a mountain trout (Galaxias truttaceus), captured by Mr. Tute at the Great Lake, which had an abnormal development in the shape of two mouths.<br>Air. A. J. Taylor made some remarks on the so-called bulrush caterpillar (Sphaeria robertsia). He said the caterpillar is interesting because of the peculiar way in which it becomes the host of a vegetable form of life, which uses up the animal structure of the caterpillar for its own nourishment.<br>Dr. Noetling exhibited two minerals found by him at Gad's Hill and at Barn Bluff