Symposia, congresses, societies, meetings

Please submit your announcement to this Bulletin as early as possible! Several were received too late for interested readers to make use of. After the event please send a summary of the doings and/or the Proceedings, if any. Systematics and Biogeography of the Austral Biota, Canberra, Australia, August 1990. The ninth meeting of the Willi Hennig Society will take place in Canberra, Australia, 24-27 August 1990. The invited and contributed papers will be a mix of theory, methodology, and practice with the special theme of the systematics and historical biogeography of the Austral Biota. Sessions planned include: Molecular biology and systematics (W. WHEELER, J. WEST); Use of phylogenetic information in ecological and evolutionary studies (D. FAITH); Austral flora and fauna: systematics and evolution (M. CRISP; R. RAVEN); Austral biogeography (P. LADIGES; C. HUMPHRIES); Coevolution of plant and animal groups (R.T. O’GRADY); Phylogenetic computing software (P. WESTON); Poster session (P. CRANSTON). Excursions to Eastern New South Wales and Queensland are planned. For suggestions, questions, and preliminary registration forms for the meeting write to E.S. NIELSEN, Division of Entomology, CSIRO, GPO Box 1700, Canberra City, ACT 2601, Australia.