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Vol. XIV.— No. 8. DECEMBER 9, 1897. No. 168. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, 15th November, 1897. Mr. 

 C. French, F.L.S., the president, occupied the chair, and about 

 80 members and visitors were present. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



From the Hon. Sec. Australasian Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, enclosing programmes of the meeting to be held 

 in Sydney in January, 1898. 



REPORTS. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Transactions of the New Zealand 

 Institute," vol. xxix., 1896, from the Institute; "Proceedings of 

 the Linnean Society of New South Wales," vol. xxii., parts 1 and 

 2, from the Society ; " Botanical Contributions to the Flora of 

 Queensland," by F. M. Bailey, F.L.S., from the Department of 

 Agriculture, Brisbane ; and " Ornithological Papers," by Mr. A. J. 

 North, from the author. 



Owing to the inclement weather, the excursion to VVerribee, 

 arranged for Saturday, 23rd October, did not take place. 



A short report of the social picnic held at Beaumaris on 

 Saturday, 30th October, was given by Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, who 

 stated that it had been a great success. Over 50 ladies and gentle- 

 men, members and friends of the Club, had sat down to tea, after 

 which some time was spent in recitations, music, and singing, the 

 party returning by special tram about 9 p.m. Hopes were 

 expressed that such a gathering might become an annual event. 



A report of the Club excursion to Frankston on Tuesday, 9th 

 November, was given by the leader, Mr. C. French, F.L.S., who 

 said that a really profitable outing had been spent. Among the 

 plants obtained were — Drosera binata, D. glandidigera, D. 

 pygmaea, Lycopodium latercde, Comesperma calymega, and Sebaea 

 albidijlora. Insects were somewhat scarce ; among those obtained 

 was a larva of the butterfly Hypochrysops delicia, taken on a black- 

 wood sapling. Specimens of Epinephile abeona, the Mountain 

 Brown, were seen, but not captured. 



GKNERAL BUSINESS. 



A report on the progress of the Mueller Memorial Fund was 

 made by Mr. C. Frost, F.L.S., who stated that the committee of 

 the Club had withdrawn its delegates from the original Memorial 

 Committee, and had joined with the Royal and other societies in 



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