62 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



Mr. J. Stickland drew attention to the necessity of again taking 

 some action for the protection of the wattles. Mr. J. Shephard 

 also spoke on the subject, and the Chairman undertook to send a 

 letter to the newspapers drawing attention to the matter. 



PAPERS. 



1. By Miss K. Cowle, entitled "Notes of a Visit to Mount 

 Roland, Tasmania." 



In an interesting paper the authoress mentioned the various 

 specimens of natural history met with during her visit, and gave 

 some account of the geology of the district. A number of the 

 botanical specimens collected were exhibited, together with 

 photographic views and other objects of interest from the locality. 



Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., congratulated Miss Cowle on the interest- 

 ing and useful work she had accomplished during her visit. 

 Messrs. R. A. Bastow, G. Coghill, and F. Wisewould spoke on 

 the paper, and the latter mentioned the difficulties to be met with 

 in collecting in such rough country. 



2. By Mr. J. H. Gatliff, entitled " Additions to the List of 

 Victorian Marine MoUusca." 



This paper consisted of a list of additional species of Victorian 

 Gastropod shells, which have been identified during the publica- 

 tion of the " Catalogue of Marine Shells of Victoria," by Messrs. 

 G. B. Pritchard and J. H. Gatliff, in the " Proceedings of the 

 Royal Society of Victoria." The author explained in detail certain 

 characters in several species of shells, by which they could be 

 readily identified, and illustrated his remarks with specimens of 

 the shells. 



Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., in complimenting the author on his 

 work, mentioned that Mr. Gatliff, in conjunction with Mr. G. B. 

 Pritchard, had been working for some time on a " Catalogue of 

 the Marine Shells of Victoria." They had finished the Gastropods, 

 and were now working on the Lamellibranchs. He spoke of the 

 close resemblance of many of the shells exhibited by Mr. Gatliff 

 to fossil species, and stated that their work will throw much light 

 on the identification of our tertiary fossil shells. He stated that 

 there were now about 800 recent Victorian shells described, while 

 of our tertiary shells there were quite 800 described, and yet 

 not half had been dealt with. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Mr. T. S. Hart, M.A., writing from Ballarat, says :— " It may 

 interest some of the members of the Field Naturalists' Club to 

 know that the rare orchid Prasophylhim archeri was collected in 

 flower about ist May by Mr. R. Copeland in the Ballarat New 

 Cemetery, Ballarat North. I only remember it being recorded in 

 Victoria from near Maryborough, though, of course, it may be 



