Vol. XXVI ir. 



igii 



"I Field Naturalists' Club — Proceedings. 103 



however, that could be dealt with later, when more data as to 

 the prevalence of certain species was available. 



Mr. G. Coghill drew attention to the singular beauty of the 

 Grampian flora, and urged members to visit the mountains in 

 spring, when they were decked with flowers unequalled in any 

 other part of the State. 



Mr. J. A. Leach, M.Sc, considered that the scenery and floral 

 wealth of the Grampians were more attractive than those of 

 the Buffalo Mountains, and said that the causes which pro- 

 duced such an attractive landscape had not yet been satis- 

 factorily accounted for. He remarked that residents of the 

 plains surrounding the mountains greatly exaggerated the 

 difficulties of exploring their fastnesses, which, however, would 

 not be thought much of by visitors used to hilly country. 



Mr. F. G. A. Barnard said that the peculiar name. Mount 

 Zero, given to the most northerly peak of the mountains, 

 recorded the fact that when Major Mitchell spent a night on 

 Mount William in July, 1836, the thermometer fell below 

 freezing point, in consequence of which one of his party 

 suffered severely from frost-bite. 



2. By Mr. J. C. Goudie, entitled " Notes on the Coleoptera 

 of North-Western Victoria, Part III." 



The author dealt with the beetles belonging to the family 

 StaphylinidcE, of which he recorded twenty-six species. The 

 members of the group are generally of an unattractive character, 

 and little is known of their life-histories. He gave, however, 

 some account of the habitats of the different species. 



Mr. F. G. A. Barnard congratulated the author on the 

 useful work he is doing, and wished that similar observations 

 for other portions of the State would be undertaken. 



3. By Mr. Reginald Kelly, entitled " From Healesville to 

 Mount Donna-Buang." 



The author described a ride taken in midwinter along the 

 range from the Badger River to Mount Donna-Buang (4,080 

 feet), when, owing to the amount of snow on the ground, only 

 shrubs and trees could be noted with any degree of certainty. 

 He remarked on the great resemblance between the young 

 forms of E. globulus and E. goniocalyx, the latter being easily 

 mistaken for the former — the common blue gum. From his 

 observations he considered the district would provide ample 

 work for investigation at a more propitious time of year. The 

 author also gave some account of the origin and meaning of 

 the name Donna-Buang, about which there is some uncertainty. 



Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S., remarked that in the Otway Forest 

 E. goniocalyx was often sold as blue gum by the sawmillers, 

 who maintained that it was an equally good timber. 



