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Rosella Parrots eating the scale insects on the oaks in the 

 Fitzroy Gardens. 



Messrs. R. Hall, C. Frost, and the president spoke on the 

 matter, the latter saying it was time something to the credit of 

 the Rosella Parrot could be advanced. 



Mr. A. J. Campbell contributed a note on the Large Brown 

 Petrel, Priqfinus cinereu*, Gmel., with a description of its eggs, 

 and stated that the Night Parrakeet, Geopsittacus occidentalis, had 

 been reported from the Mallee, Victoria 



Mr. C. M. Maplestone reported some early occurrences of 

 orchids, &c, near Eltham. 



EXHIBITS. 



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

 Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — Graptolites, from Keilor excursion ; 

 Lhotzkya (native shrub) in bud, habitat Grampians. By Mr. A. 

 Coles. — Pair Tippet Grebe, Pod iceps Australis, young and old, 

 the former without tippet. By Mr. C. French, F.L.S. — Aus- 

 tralian Lepidoptera — Epinephile Rawnsleyi, E. Helena, E. 

 Joanna, Hyblma purea. Coleoptera — Rhytiphora latifasciata, 

 Penthea (n. sp.), N.VV. Australia; and photographs of Queensland 

 scenery in illustration of his paper. By Mr. R. Hall. — 20 species 

 North Australian bird skins. By Mr. W. H. F. Hill. — Living 

 specimens of Phrealoicopsis terricola, from Otway Forest, and 

 coloured drawings in illustration of his paper. By Mr. A. E. 

 Kitson. — Mounted specimen of Rosella Parrot (with enlarged 

 upper mandible), oak twigs infested with scale, showing state 

 before and after the parrots had visited them, in illustration of note. 

 By Mr. F. M. Reader. — Dried plants from Dimboola, Galocephalus 

 lacteus, Less., Thelymitra epipactoides, F. v. M., new for N.W. 

 Victoria. By Mr. J. Shephard. — Embryo Lepidurus (under 

 microscope). 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF VICTORIA. 



No. III. 



By F. M. Reader, F.H.R.S. Communicated by C. Frost, F.L.S. 



{Read before Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, l±th June, 1897.) 

 Tiluea exserta, sp. nov., F. M. Reader. 



A dwarf, slightly decumbent or erect annual, from under 



i^-inch to about 2 inches high, usually of a reddish hue ; oftener 

 simple than branched. Leaves short, T *g of an inch long, y 2 line 

 broad, very concave, thick, broadly oblong, obtuse, connate at 

 the base. Flowers pentamerous, solitary or a few together, 

 mostly short-pedicellate, developed pedicels often recurved, 

 spreading. Sepals ovate, hardly acute. Petals broadly lanceolate, 



