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way Department had, at the instance of the Chib, agreed to 

 leave certain portions of the railway cuttings {Vict. Nat., vol. 

 xxiv., p. 158) near Melbourne, where interesting geological 

 features occurred, in their natural state, but recently he had 

 noticed that three of these places were being improved by the 

 planting of creeping and other plants. He thought that 

 another effort should be made to have boards erected indicating 

 the particular features of each place, and moved that the 

 Railway Commissioners be asked to receive a deputation with 

 regard to the matter. This was seconded by Mr. G. A. Keart- 

 land, with the addition that the committee communicate with 

 kindred societies, and arrange a strong deputation. 



PAPERS READ. 



1. By Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., entitled " Additions to 

 the Fish Fauna of Victoria, No. III." 



The author recorded the occurrence in Victorian waters of 

 the Long-finned Boar Fish, ZancHstius elevatus. Rams, and 

 Ogil., the Pilot Fish, Naucrates ductor, L., and one of the 

 coral fishes, Chcetodon sexfasciatiis. Rich., and gave some 

 description of each species, and exhibited specimens of them. 



2. By Mr. C. J. Gabriel, entitled " Notes on Some Exotic 

 Mollusca Found at Coode Island." 



The author stated that, attracted by the remark in l\Ir. 

 Tovey's recent paper on the flora, that he considered a conch- 

 ologist would probably do well there, he had visited the 

 island, and examined some of the ballast heaps, with the result 

 that he had collected about one hundred and twenty species 

 of shells, ninety of which were in sufficiently good condition 

 to be identified as having come from South Africa or the 

 Pacific Coast of North America. He considered this fact of 

 sufficient importance to be worth recording, in order to save 

 confusion at some future time. 



Mr. A. H. E. Mattingley, C.M.Z.S., suggested that some 

 action should be taken to prevent ships' ballast being deposited 

 on the island, but it was generally thought that some definite 

 place for its deposition was better than allowing shipmasters 

 to lighten their vessels anywhere, and so cause further con- 

 fusion of species. 



3. By Mr. F. P. Dodd (communicated by Mr. J. A. Kershaw, 

 F.E.S.). entitled " A Collecting Trip to the Herberton District, 

 North Queensland." 



The paper was read by Mr. Kershaw, and, though dealing 

 principally with insect life, incidentally mentioned a variety 

 of subjects, and particularly drew attention to the tendency 

 of collectors to exaggerate their experiences. He alluded to 

 the remarkable appearance of the large day-flying moth, 

 Nydalemon orontes, in countless numbers. Its flights did not 



