Cbc Uictorian naturalisi 



Vol. XXVIII. -No. 9. JANUARY IL 1912. No. 337 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, nth December, iqii. 



The president, Mr. F. Wisewould, occupied the chair, and 

 about 50 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report ol the whole-day excursion to Healesville on Saturday, 

 25th November, was forwarded by Mr. R. Kelly, one of the 

 leaders, who said that eight members had gone from town, and 

 had been joined at Healesville by the leaders and two or three 

 friends. It was decided to visit the Myers Creek and Falls, 

 which proved an excellent botanical collecting-ground, but the 

 entomologists were very poorly rewarded. The feature of the 

 outing was the floral display made by Prostanthera melissifolia, 

 which, though a little past its best, was good enough to excite 

 the admiration of the whole party. Some notes were added 

 of an extension of the excursion to Mount St. Leonard on the 

 following day. and !\Ir. E. B. Nicholls contributed a list of the 

 birds seen. 



A report of the excursion to Fairfield on Saturday, 9th 

 December, was given by the leader, Mr. J. Searle, who reported 

 a rather small attendance of members. The pools visited were 

 found to be in good condition, and a number of interesting 

 specimens of pond-life were taken. 



A report of the junior excursion to Hampton on Saturday. 

 2nd December, was forwarded by the leader, Miss J. Raff, 

 M.Sc. who reported an interesting afternoon spent in the 

 study of shore-life. 



ELECTION' OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. C. E. Isaac, State school, Coburg, 

 and Mr. Atherstone O. Archer, Trinity College Hostel, Park- 

 ville. were duly elected members of the Club. 



P.\PERS RE.'\D. 



I. By Mr. J. Searle, entitled " Some New \^ictorian 

 Copepoda." 



The author briefly referred to the mode of occurrence and 

 the distinguishing characters of three undescribed species of 

 fresh-water crustaceans belonging to the order Copepoda. 

 These he named BritncUa hingicornis, BoeckcUa nvoraensis, and 



