THE 



Vol. IX.— No. 12. APRIL, 1893. No. 112. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the Field Naturalists' Club was held in 

 the Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, 13th March. Mr. 

 D. Best (one of the vice-presidents) occupied the chair, and there 

 was an attendance of some sixty members and friends. 



LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. 



The hon. librarian reported the following donations to the 

 library : — " Catalogue of Australian Mammals," by J. Douglas 

 Ogilby, F.L.S., from Australian Museum ; " Records of the 

 Australian Museum," ii., 4, from Australian Museum ; " Con- 

 tributions to Queensland Flora," Bulletins 6 and 7, by F. M. 

 Bailey, F.L.S., Department of Agriculture, Brisbane; "Journal 

 of Pharmacy," January and February, 1893, from Society. 



MEETING FOR PRACTICAL WORK. 



The hon. secretary reported that a successful meeting for 

 practical work was held on Monday, 27th February, when Mr. 

 Barnard, sen., laid before those present a few notes on the 

 mounting of micro-fungi. His remarks were chiefly confined to 

 the class of fungi known as epiphyllous, the first example taken 

 being a form (CEcidium senecionis) commonly found on the under 

 surface of the leaves of the common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) 

 as a group of yellowish cups (cluster cups) filled with bright yellow 

 spores. For a dry mount the use of the card or paper cell 

 method was advocated whilst carbolic acid was mentioned as a 

 good medium for preparing transparent objects. A useful series 

 of mounts for each fungus was proposed, as the leaf as found, 

 detached spores as found, and sections of the leaf through the 

 affected part. Plants affected with fungi were distributed at the 

 meeting for examination, and altogether Mr. Barnard may be 

 congratulated on having furnished an interesting and profitable 

 subject for consideration. 



PAPER READ. 



By Messrs. Ernest Anderson and Frank Spry, entitled " The 

 Rhopalocera of Victoria," part i. Four families of butterflies are 

 represented in Victoria, but only two families claimed the attention 

 of the authors on this occasion. Of these the "swallow tails" 



