1 84 Field Naturalists' Club — Proceedings. \_vol%\\\\\ 



By Mr. H. B. Williamson.— Dried specimen of Acacia lineo- 

 /(j/rt," Fitzgerald (determined by Mr. P. H. Maiden, F.L.S., Sydney), 

 collected' by Mr. D. C. Trainor at Roscbery (Wimmera), 

 September, IQ13. 



By Mr. E. Wilson. — Seventeen species of longicorn beetles 

 taken on a Manna Gum, Eucalyptus viminalis, at East Malvern. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Orchids. — Mr. R. W. Armitage, M.Sc, Beechworth, \vrites : — 

 " The attached list of orchids grown or collected by Mr. A. B. 

 Braine, head teacher of the Cravensville State School (about 30 

 miles south-east of Tallangatta), and his pupils is noteworthy 

 as showing the interest evinced in these singular plants in an 

 out-of-the-way corner of Victoria. It comprises 51 species 

 belonging to 17 genera. Mr. Braine remarks that his finding 

 of Drakea Huntiana was the first record for Victoria ; Praso- 

 phyllum intricatum, first time sent to Dr. Rogers from Vic- 

 toria ; Chiloglottis Pescoitiana — new species, 1916 ; C. trapezi- 

 formis — recorded for Victoria first time in IQ16 ; Thelymitra 

 'canaliculata— recorded for Victoria 1917, but specimen found 

 in Gippsland about three weeks before his : Ptcrostylis— several 

 apparent hybrids sent to Dr. Rogers : possibly some new species 

 may be listed in 1918. The complete list is : — Acianthus 

 exsertus ; Caladenia carnea, ccerulea. congesta, deformis, 

 dilatata, Patcrsoni, testacea ; Calochilus Robcrtsoni ; Chilo- 

 glottis diphylla, Gunnii, Pescottiana, trapeziformis ; Corysanthcs 

 pruinosa ; Cyrtostylis reniformis ; Dipodium punctatum ; Diuris 

 maculata, pedunculata, punctata, sulphurea : Drakea Huntiana ; 

 Eriochilus autumnalis ; Gastrodia sesamoides ; Glossodia major ; 

 Microtis minutiflora, porrifolia ; Prasophyllum album, flavum, 

 intricatum, nigricans ; Pterostylis acuminata, alpina, barbata, 

 curta, cycnocephala, falcata, longifolia, nana, nutans, parvi- 

 folia, pedunculata, praecox, reflexa, revoluta ; Spiranthes 

 australis ; Thelymitra aristata, canaliculata, epipactoides, 

 ixioides, longifoha, paucifllora. Mr. Braine has a most beauti- 

 ful school garden, and his orchids are doing splendidly." 



The Late Colonel W. V. Legge.— By the death, at the 

 end of last month, of Colonel W. V. Legge, R.A., at the age of 75, 

 the Field Naturahsts' Club has lost another of its honorary mem- 

 bers. He was elected in September, 1889, in recognition of his 

 researches in Tasmanian ornithology, but he never contributed 

 to the Club's proceedings. He was a native of Tasmania, and 

 entered Woolwich as a cadet, passing into the Royal Artillery. 

 As a military olificer he had many important works entrusted to 

 him. During his military life he spent some years in Ceylon, and 

 became an authority on the birds of that island. 



