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Lobodon carcinophaga, caught at Portland in 1894, and again 

 recently at St. Kilda. This species is known as the " Crab- 

 eating " or " White Antartic Seal," and has not previously been 

 recorded so far north. 



Mr. A. Coles contributed a short account of a case of longevity 

 in the Butcher Bird in captivity, and exhibited the skin of a bird 

 that had been caught before 1870, and had lived until June 

 last. 



The Chairman announced that Mr. H. T. Tisdall had promised 

 to present the Club with mounted specimens of the Alga; 

 mentioned in his paper, for which he was unanimously accorded a 

 vote of thanks. 



EXHIBITION OF SPECIMENS. 



The following were the principal exhibits of the evening : — By 

 Mr. A. Coles- — Skins of two Butcher Birds, Cracticus torquatvs, 

 one 3 years and the other 28 years old, in illustration of his note. 

 By Mr. C. French, F.L.S. — Coloured drawings of life-history of 

 Ayarista conlorla, by Mr. C. C. Brittlebank. By Mr. C. French, 

 jun. — Rare eggs of Regent Bird from Queensland, first time 

 exhibited in Victoria. By Mr. J. Gabriel — Shells dredged at 

 Western Port. By Mr. R. Hall — Short-billed Smicrornis skins, 

 nest and eggs ; Little Cormorant, Graculus melanoleucus, skins, 

 eggs, and photograph of a rookery. By Mr. Jas. A, Kershaw — 

 Specimens of butterfly, Pieris perimale, Don., from New South 

 Wales and Queensland, in illustration of his paper. By Mr. J. G. 

 Luehmann, F.L.S. — Hydroida collected by the late Mr. H. Watts, 

 and recently determined by Professor Kirchenpauer. By Mr. F. 

 M. Reader — Dried plants from the Wimmera, Lepidosperma 

 longitudiuale, Lab., Poa syrtica, F. and M., both new for N.W, 

 Victoria. By Mr. J. Shephard — Mounted Rotifers, Lacinularia 

 ettiptica, in illustration of his paper, also fossil diatoms from South 

 Yarra. By Mr. H. T. Tisdall, in illustration of his paper — A 

 volume containing 170 species of Victorian seaweeds, being vol. 

 xxviii. of his "Flora Victoriensis ;" 16 mounted Algae and 

 coloured drawings of 104 diatoms copied from a microscopic 

 slide of J. D. Moller. 



After the usual conversazonie the meeting terminated. 



Orchids near Eltham. — I found last month, on a bank on 

 the side of the old road between the Plenty River and Eltham, 

 within a distance of thirty yards or so, the following orchids in 

 flower : — Pterostylis nutans, P. aphylla, P. concinna, Corysanth.es 

 pruinosa, Acianthus exsertus, and Prasophyllum despec/ans.— 

 C. M. Maplestone. 12th July, 1897. 



