■'"'j'g'l Pield Naturalists' Club — Proceedings. 4_t 



Sheoke, Casiiarina distyla, Vent., from Belgrave ; young and 

 mature specimens of fungus known as Native Bread, Polyporiis 

 mylitta, from Warburton and Somerville ; dried specimen of 

 foliage of Long-leaved Box, Eucalyptus elceophora, F. v. M., 

 some leaves measuring lo inches in length, from Beechworth. 



By Mr. A. L. Scott. — Granite under microscope — (a) ordinary 

 light, {h) under polarized light between cross nicols. 



By Mr. J. Searle. — -Drawings of fresh-water Crustacea ; 

 fresh-water Crustacea, &c., under microscope. 



By Mr. F. Spr3^ — Cabinet drawer of Australian ants ; also 

 moth, Stathmopoda melanochra, Meyr., the larva of which is 

 very destructive to scale insects ; Victorian aboriginal weapons. 



By Mr. J. Stickland. — Various objects under microscope. 



By Mr. A. C. Stone. — Aboriginal implements, &c. 



By Mr. P. R. H. St. John. — Essential oils prepared from 

 Victorian trees and shrubs. 



By Dr. C. S. Sutton. — Flowering examples of the " Sandring- 

 ham Flora " from Langwarrin, including Correa alba, Melaleuca 

 squarrosa, &c. 



By Mr. J. Wilcox. — Under microscope, tube-building rotifer, 

 Melicerta ringens. 



By Mr. H. B. Williamson. — Fifty photographs of Victorian 

 trees, also drawers of fruits of eucalypts. 



By Mr. F. E. Wilson. — Case of Victorian Coleoptera. 



By Mr. F. Wisewould. — Flowering specimens of Native 

 Heath, Epacris impressa, pink, &c., from Pakenham. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



The Dodd Insect Exhibition. — It is gratifying to know 

 that Mr. F. P. Dodd's enterprise in bringing his splendid 

 collection of North Queensland and New Guinea insects to 

 Melbourne has been appreciated by southern folks, the attend- 

 ance having been so good that Mr. Dodd has arranged, after 

 a visit to Adelaide, to reopen the exhibition on the 5th August 

 next. So unique a display has never been seen in Melbourne 

 before, and should certainly not be missed by any nature-lover, 



A New Elephant. — The Illustrated London News of 2nd 

 February last contains an illustration, from a photograph 

 taken on the spot, of an unidentified species of dwarf elephant 

 recently shot in the Congo State by Mr. J. R. Evans. Two 

 specimens, a male and female, have been received in London 

 by Messrs. Rowland Ward, the famous taxidermists, for 

 mounting. They stand between 5^ feet and 6 feet high, being 

 thus only half the height of the ordinary African elephant, 

 while the tusks are very much smaller in proportion. They are 

 called by the natives the " swimming " or " water " elephant. 



