S6 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



EXHIBITION OF SPECIMENS. 



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

 the Agricultural Department (Entomological Branch). — Rare bird 

 from Dandenong, Minute Bittern, Ardetta minuta, presented by 

 Dr. Moore. By Mr. C. French, F.L.S. — Australian timber- 

 feeding moths, Charagia Ramsayi (male and female), C. daph- 

 nandrw (males and females), Rhytia Nypermnestra (new for 

 Australia), and Glycodes cosmarcha (male and female) ; also, 

 Australian beetles — Stigmodera Carpentaria; (new sp.), Stig- 

 modera (new sp. from West Australia), S. Frenchi (new sp.) 

 Chariotheca Besti (new sp.), Platyphanes superbus (new sp.), 

 Calodema Wallacei (new for Australia), C. regalis, Cyphogastra 

 Macfarlanei (new for Australia), Typhocesis (new sp.) ; also, rare 

 Victorian Longicorn, Bimia femoralis, and Buprestis, Astraus 

 navarchis, both reared from timber by Mr. H. Giles of Nar-Nar- 

 Goon. Exotic Lepidoptera — Urania rhipheus (Madagascar), 

 U. Sloanus (W. Indies), U. leilns (W. Indies), and U. fulgens 

 (U.S. of Columbia). By Mr. C. French, jun. — Eggs of the fol- 

 lowing Australian birds, viz. : — Red-backed Kingfisher, Cinnamon- 

 breasted Kingfisher, Orange-fronted Ephthianura, Australian 

 Shoveller, Allied Kite, Grey Falcon, Jardine's Harrier, Winking 

 Owl ; also, the very rare egg of the Princess of Wales 

 Parrakeet, from Central Australia ; and a form of the orchid 

 Pterostylis cucullata, from the Dandenong Ranges. By Mr. 

 H. Gundersen. — Whalebone obtained during the cruise of the 

 whaler Antarctic. By Mr. G. A. Keartland. — Skins of the 

 Princess of Wales Parrakeet, Polytelis Akxandrce; Western Black 

 Cockatoo, Galyptorhynchus Banksii ; White-bellied Bronzewing 

 Pigeon, Lophophaps leucogaster ; Painted Finch, Emblema picta ; 

 Red-lored Pardalote, Pardalotus rubricatus ; Crested Bronze- 

 wing Pigeon, Ocophaps lophotes ; Port Lincoln Parrot, Platy- 

 cercus zonarius ; also, native shield, spears, and womera or 

 thrower, from Central Australia. By Mr. A. E. Kitson. — 

 Vesicular basalt from Lancefield Junction; Dolerite from 

 Malmsbury ; Diorite from Mt. William, Lancefield ; Limonitic 

 Conglomerate from Romsey ; Siliceous Nodule from Balmoral ; 

 common Opal from Essendon ; Kaolin from Ringwood ; 

 auriferous Stibnite, Cervantite, and Limonite from Ring- 

 wood ; also native axe from River Murray. By Dr. A. 

 Morrison — New species of Micro-Fungi. By Baron von 

 Mueller. — Plants collected by Sir \V. Macgregor in New 

 Guinea, viz. : — Carpodetus, Anthobolus, and Patersonia, genera 

 new to New Guinea ; a second Coprosma, a third Clematis with 

 very small flowers, Rhynchosia Cunninghami (not before found in 

 New Guinea) ; also, a giant moss, Dawsonia superba, var. 

 Papuana. By Mr. G. J. Page. — Slide of fossil Foraminifera from 

 Williamstown, containing So forms. By Mr. F. Spry. — British 



