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drawings of Peach Aphis and parasites, for lecturing purposes. 

 By Mr. C. French, sen. — Nyctalemon (sp.), from New Guinea. 

 By Mr. C. French, jun. — Eggs of Gilbert's Thickhead and 

 Olivaceous Thickhead (Victoria) ; eggs of Grey-tailed Thickhead 

 (Tasmania). By Mr. J. Gabriel. — Collection of Australian birds' 

 eggs. By Mr. G. F. Hill.— Case of Coleoptera. By Mr. G. A. 

 Keartland. — Two specimens of Iloplocephalus coronoides (green 

 specimen from King Island, and red one from Bayswater). By 

 Mr. J. A. Kershaw. — The following Lepidoptera, taken, though 

 rarely occurring, in Victoria: — Papilio erectheus (Don), Papilio 

 sthenelus (Mack), Papilio anactus (Mack), Tacht/ris ega (Boisd.), 

 Tachyris melania (Fab.), Elodina angidipennis (Luc), Oallidryas 

 pyranthe (Lin.), Holochila absimilis (Feld.), Holochila xanthospilos 

 (Hub.), Ogyris idmo (Hew.) ; also Chrysophanus cenea (Miskin), 

 Dandenong (first time recorded for Victoria, and mentioned by 

 Mr. Miskin in " Proceedings of Linnean Society of New South 

 Wales for 1890 " as " appearing to be entirely confined to Queens- 

 land." By Baron von Mueller. — Trachymene eatoniana from 

 Youndegin, Western Australia (new for Australia). By Mr. W. 

 Scott. — Fossil shells from Mornington. By Mr. J. Searle. — 

 Coleoptera and Lepidoptera from New South Wales. By Mr. 

 G. Sweet. — Charaxes sempronius (Fab.), from Bald Hills, Broken 

 River, near Mansfield. 



The monthly meeting of the Club was held in the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, nth July. Professor W. 

 Baldwin Spencer was in the chair, and there was an attendance 

 of about 80 members and friends. 



librarian's report. 



The hon. librarian reported the following donations to the 

 library: — "Annual Report, Mining Department of Victoria, 

 1 891," from the Department ; " Proceedings of Linnean Society of 

 New South Wales," second series, iv., part 4, from the Society ; 

 "Transactions of the Geographical Society, Victorian Branch," 

 ix., part 2, from the Society; " Victorian Earthworms," part 1, by 

 Professor W. B. Spencer, from the author; "Technics," March, 

 April, and June, 1892, from the School of Mines, Stawell ; 

 " Journal of Pharmacy," June, 1892; "Catalogue Marine Shells 

 of Australia and Tasmania, part 2 — Pteropoda," from the Australian 

 Museum ; Pamphlets (German), A. J. Campbell ; " Botany," 

 by Dr. A. Dendy, F.L.S., and A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc. (from 

 Messrs. Melville, Mullen and Slade). 



REPORT OF VISIT TO THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 



Mr. Dudley Le Souef handed in a report of a visit of 

 the members of the Club to the Zoological Gardens on 18th 



