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by the same authors. Exhibits : 1. Dr. T. S. Hall showed an 

 Obsidianite from Mortlake, Victoria. 2. Mr. F. Chapman ex- 

 hibited a fossil fish from Mansfield, Victoria. 3. Professor 

 Skeats exhibited a series of rock specimens from Macedon district. 

 July 8th. — Papers read : 1. "The Structure of the Blood-vessels 

 of Australian Earthworms, Part 1.," by Miss Gwynneth Buchanan, 

 B.Sc. 2. " Notes on the Structure of Asymmetron bassanum, 

 Giinth,," by Mrs. Ethel Remfrey Morris, M.Sc, and Miss Janet 

 Eaff, B.Sc. 3. "Contributions to the Flora of Australia, No. 12," 

 by Professor Ewart, D.Sc, Ph.D., and Dr. Jean White. Exhibits : 

 1. Mr. P. Baracchi exhibited and explained an interesting series 

 of Astronomical slides, illustrated by the lantern. 2. Professor 

 Baldwin Spencer exhibited a number of sub-fossil remains of a 

 small extinct Emu {Droinaens ininor^ Spencer) from King 

 Island, Bass Strait, and gave an interesting description of their 

 occurrence on parts of King Island and of an allied species from 

 Kangaroo Island, South Australia, pointing out the chief 

 characters which separate them from the existing mainland 

 .species. 3. J. A. Kershaw showed, on behalf of the National 

 Museum, albino and melanistic varieties of the Rufous-bellied 

 Wallaby {Macropiis billardieri)^ both from Tasmania, and a 

 normally coloured specimen of the same species from Victoria. 

 A number of specimens were also shown in illustration of the 

 papers read. 



August 12th. — Professor J. A. Gilruth delivered a lecture 

 entitled "Stock Diseases in Victoria and Tasmania." Exhibits: 

 1. Professor Baldwin Spencer exhibited a pair of Aboriginal 

 Kurdaitcha shoes from Central Australia. 2. Dr. Hall showed 

 photographs of rocks showing ripple markings, and of a 

 Virginian Creeper, illustrating extraordinary growth. 3. Mr. 

 Baracchi exhibited and described a series of photographs of 

 notable C«)mets. 



September 9th — Papers read : 1. " New or little-known 

 Victorian Fossils in the National Museum, Part X. — Some 

 Palaeozoic Woinis and Crustacea," by F. Chapman, A.L.S. 2. 

 " Australian and Tasmanian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new 

 species. Part I.," by Arthur M. Lea, F.E.S. Exhibits: 1. 

 Professor R. J. A. Berry exhibited specimens in illustration of a 



