162 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



Mr. A. W. Howitt, F.G.S., the Mueller medal, which was awarded 

 him for distinguished work in natural science, by the Australasian 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, at the Dunedin 

 session in January last. He had been asked by the Royal 

 Society to bring the' matter before that meeting of the Club, with 

 a view to holding a joint meeting with the Royal Society for 

 that purpose. He mentioned that Mr. Howitt was one of the 

 honorary members of the Club, and is the first recipient of the 

 Mueller medal, and moved — " That, in conjunction with the 

 Royal Society of Victoria, a special meeting of the Club be 

 called on the occasion of the presentation of the Mueller medal 

 to Mr. Howitt." Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., seconded the motion, 

 which was carried unanimously. 



Mr. G. A. Keartland drew attention to an announcement in 

 the daily press that tiie Government had decided to revert to the 

 old dates for the close season for quail and ducks. In December 

 last, owing to the representations made by sportsmen and others, 

 and against the strong protestations made by representatives of 

 the Club, the Minister of Public Works altered the dates for the 

 opening of the shooting season from ist February to 27th 

 December for ducks and for quail divided the State into two 

 divisions, and altered the date from ist April to ist February 

 north of the Dividing Range, and 7th March on the south. The 

 numerous protests from all parts of the State against this 

 alteration have compelled the (jovernment to revert to the former 

 dates, which were adopted by a former Minister from a list 

 submitted by this Club. 



The chairman remarked that in view of the active interest 

 taken in this matter by the members, it was gratifying to learn 

 that the Government, acting on the advice tendered by this Club, 

 had decided to revert to the former dates. 



Mr. G. Coghill stated that the reference to Prostanthera 

 walteri in the botany of the Fuiffalo Camp-out (Vict. Nat., vol. 

 XX., p. 154) was incorrect, as he had noticed the shrub in several 

 localities on the mountain. 



PAPERS. 



By Mr. ]. A. Leach, entitled "On the Occurrence of the 

 Mosquito, ' Anopheles,' in Victoria." 



The author in a very interesting paper, illustrated by several 

 diagrams, detailed the life-history of a species of " Anopheles," 

 probably A. ammlipes, Walk., which he had found to occur 

 commonly in various parts of the State, and especially in the 

 vicinity of Melbourne. After describing the habits as observed 

 by himself, he drew attention to the statement in Theobald's 

 monograph that Victoria is the only district where malaria occurs 

 from whence collections have been received which contained no 

 " Anopheles." He was able to furnish evidence to prove that 



