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Some discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Frost, French, 

 Thomas, and Coles took part. 



A vote of thanks was accorded Mr. J. Searle for his kindness 

 in providing and managing the lantern. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Mr. R. Hall read a supplemental list of birds found in the 

 Swan Hill — Kerang district, being the result of several years' 

 observations, and comprising upwards of 50 species of birds in 

 addition to those recorded by Mr. C. French, jun., in his paper 

 read at the January meeting (Vict. Nat., vol. xiii., p. 133). He 

 also read a short note on the mode of attack made upon a Tree 

 Sparrow by the larvae of a fly which had come under his 

 observation at Myrniong. 



Mr. G. E. Shepherd read a note on a pair of Orange-winged 

 Sittellas which he had observed feeding a young Pallid Cuckoo, 

 being the first time he had observed those birds acting as foster 

 parents to the cuckoo. 



Mr. E. Anderson announced the discovery of a butterfly, not 

 only previously unrecorded from Victoria, but also probably new 

 to science. The discovery was made near Melbourne, in the 

 course of concerted investigations now being carried on into the 

 life-histories of the rarer Lycaenidae by Messrs. Anderson and Spry. 

 A series of the insect, for which the name of Lyccena cyrilus, 

 And. and Spry, MS., is proposed, was exhibited, and it was 

 mentioned that a full description and figures would appear in the 

 Club's magazine at an early date. 



EXHIBITS. 



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

 Mr. E. Anderson. — A new Victorian butterfly, Lyccena cyrilus, MS. 

 By Mr. A. Coles. — Straw-necked Ibis, Geronticus spinicollis. By 

 Mr. C. French, sen.. F.L.S. — Six Australian beetles new to science, 

 viz. : — Anatasis Muelleri, Cape York ; Gallirhipis Cardwellensis, 

 North Queensland ; Distichocera Frenchi, Aphileus ferox, Cape 

 York ; Strigoptera Australis, Mallee, Victoria, and S. marmorata, 

 Murray, Victoria. By Mr. C. French, jun. — Eggs of Collared 

 Sparrowhawk, from Central Australia. By Mr. J. Gabriel. — Ferns 

 from the Dandenong Ranges, viz., Aspidium hispidum and 

 Davallia dubia, var. cristata. By Mr. R. Hall. — Skins of eight 

 species of Victorian birds, young and mature. By Rev. J. S. 

 Hart, M.A. — Stones from glacial conglomerate, Carisbrook. By 

 Mr. J. A. Kershaw. — Australian Lepidoptera, including Anthercea 

 j arietta (showing variation), Ialmenus eubulus (light variety), /. 

 cvagoras (very light variety), and Agarista casuarince (rare). By 

 Mr. D. Le Souef — Specimens from North Queensland, in illus- 

 tration of paper. By Mr. J. G. Luehmann, F.L.S. — A new 

 Eucalyptus, E. lorquata, from near Coolgardie, W.A., collected by 



