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VoL.XE.-No.il. FEBRUARY, 1895. No. 135. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held in the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, nth February, 1895. 

 The president, Mr. H. T. Tisdall, F. L.S., occupied the chair, and 

 there were present some 40 members and friends. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the excursion to VVdliamstown, on 9th February, 

 was received from the Rev. VV. Fielder, who acted as leader on 

 the occasion. 



PAPER. 



By Mr. H. T. Tisdall, F.L.S., entitled " Walhalla as a 

 Collecting Ground." 



This district was recommended by the author as one of the 

 best collecting places in Victoria. The township itself is situated 

 in the narrow valley of a tributary of the River Thomson, 

 hemmed in with the Gippsland mountains on either side, and 

 is best known from the great richness of its gold mines. The 

 different routes to it were mentioned, and the vegetation to be 

 met with along them graphically described, and, as the result of 

 a recent trip in search of cryptozoic fauna, much information on 

 the distribution and habitat of Planatian and Nemertine worms 

 was given. The paper was illustrated by drawings of most of the 

 species of Planarians described. 



Some discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Prince, Barnard, 

 Frost, and Ashworth took part, Mr. Prince referring especially 

 to the very interesting geological features of the district. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTE. 



An interesting note was read by Miss. S. W. L. Cochrane on 

 the effect of a strong north wind carrying insect life out to sea 

 on the eastern side of Port Phillip Bay. When the wind changed 

 the shore was found to be lined with immense numbers of 

 drowned and dying beetles, dragon flies, &c. 



VISITOR. 



The Rev. \V. Howchin, F.G.S., of Adelaide, was introduced to the 

 meeting by the Rev. G. Rammage. He was cordially welcomed 

 by the president, and in responding gave a brief account of his 

 researches for some years regarding the distribution of recent and 

 fossil Foraminifera, which had resulted in the addition of a large 

 number of species to the Australian list, and which had been 

 described belore the Royal Society of South Australia. 



