162 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



PAPERS. 



i. By Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., entitled "What's in a Name?" 



The author briefly stated the present system of zoological 

 nomenclature, and offered some remarks on the question of 

 priority, and pointed out the trouble caused to workers by the 

 publication of manuscript names. 



In the discussion which followed Mr. J. G. Luehmann gave 

 some account of botanical nomenclature, and Mr. J. Shepherd 

 congratulated the author on the practical manner in which the 

 question had been brought before the meeting. 



2. By Mr. J. F. H. Haase, entitled " Life- History of the 

 Butterfly, Xenica achanla, Don." 



The author, having succeeded in rearing the perfect insect from 

 the egg, was able to place on record, for the first time, descriptions 

 of the larvae and their habits, with particulars as to the duration 

 of the different stages. 



Mr. J. Kershaw and others complimented the author on his 

 careful observation, and trusted that the paper would be the 

 precursor of other life-histories. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. A. Coles. — African Kingfisher, with bill measuring four 

 inches in length. By Mr. C. French, F.L.S., on behalf of the 

 Entomological Branch of the Department of Agriculture, 132 

 species of Australian Coccidae or scale insects, 32 species of 

 which have been only recently described ; also, Ceratitis Tryoni 

 and Halterophora capitata, both being amongst the worst enemies 

 of the fruit-grower, the latter species of fly having been reared 

 from peaches introduced into Victoria from New South Wales. 

 By Mr. C. French, jun. — Longicorn beetles, Uracanthus trian- 

 gularis, very destructive to the black wattles in the -vicinity of 

 Melbourne ; also eggs of the following birds : — Spalding's 

 Orthonyx, Queensland ; Red-kneed Dottrel, Riverina, N.S.W. ; 

 Ground Graucalus, Emu Plains, N.S.W. By Mr. R. Hall.— 

 A living fern, Asplenium, sp., from Kerguelen Island. By Mr. 

 G. A. Keartland. — Skins of Many-coloured Parrakeet, Red-winged 

 Lory, Oriental Pratincole, Pheasant Coucal, Banded Myzomela, 

 Black-cheeked Falcon, Uniform-coloured Honey-eater, Red- 

 backed Warbler, Red-throated Honey-eater, Yellow Honey-eater, 

 Keartland's Honey-eater, Black-tailed Tree Creeper, Red-tailed 

 Finch, Phaeton Finch, Painted Finch, and Sulphur-crested Cock- 

 atoo, all from North-west Australia. By Mr. F. M. Reader. — 

 Dried specimens of Cynoglossum Atistrale, Crantzia lineata, 

 Schoenus nitens, Loysia pungens, and Styphelia rufa, from Wim- 

 mera, all new for north-west Victoria. By Mr. A. E. Rodda. — 

 Eggs of Pectoral Rail. By Mr. G. E. Shepherd. — Eggs of Blood- 

 stained Cockatoo, Australian Dottrel, and White-fronted Falcon. 

 After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



