THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. S7 



lantern and services at the disposal of the Club free of cost, the 

 committee had appointed him honorary lanternist. 



PAPERS READ. 



I. By Mr. A. E. Kitson, F.G.S., entitled " On the Occurrence 

 of Older Cainozoic Marine Fossils near Hexham, Western 

 Victoria." 



The author recorded the occurrence of marine fossils near 

 Hexham, and pointed out the geological features of the district. 

 The fossils were discovered in a bed of clay, when boring for 

 water, at a depth of 56 feet from the surface. Few entire shells 

 were found, but from the fragments obtained upwards of twenty 

 species were identified, and the deposit is closely related to the 

 well-known beds at Mornington, Port Phillip, and Muddy Creek, 

 Hamilton. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



>Mr. T. S. Hart, M.A., contributed a note on some specimens 

 of a Pimelea collected at Canadian, 3 miles S.E. of Ballarat 

 which he forwarded for exhibition. 



Mr. G. Lyell, jun., forwarded a note on the time of appearance 

 of the butterfly Una agricola, concerning which some discussion 

 had taken place at the August meeting of the Club. 



Mr. A. D. Hardy called attention to the fact that some of the 

 leaves on an Oriental Plane tree in Collins-street, Melbourne, 

 which were in close proximity to an electric light, had remained 

 on the tree all the winter, and were still green. 



Mr. F, G. A. Barnard read a letter from Mr. Robt. Hall, dated 

 Mouth of the Lena River, Siberia, 15th July last, in which he 

 mentioned some of the more interesting features which attract the 

 attention of an Australian in those regions. 



EXHIBITS. 



The evening was specially set apart for exhibits of wild flowers, 

 but owing to the great heat of the weather on the two previous 

 days, the display suftered to some extent. 



The principal exhibits were : — 



By Miss S. W. L. Cochrane, about 35 species collected at 

 Beaumaris and Gembrook, including Bauera rubioides, Grevillea 

 alpina, G. rosmarini/olia, Thelymitra ejnpactoides, 2\ ixioides, 

 T. aristata, and Calycothrix tetragona and Swainsona 2)rocumbens 

 from Stawell. 



By Mr. G. Coghill. — Over 100 species from Point Lonsdale, 

 Tunstall, Emerald, &c., including Tetratheca ciliata (white), 

 Correa wmula, Sphcerolobium vimineum, Swainsona lesserti/olia, 

 Calochilus robertsoni, Prasophyllum j^cttens, Caladenia suaveolens, 

 C. tnenziesii, Pterostjlis barbata, &:c. 



