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members of llie (Jxyrliynclia ii^rowp dressed and disguised with sea- 

 weed. 



Amphipoda, &c. — Many of these sessile-eyed crustaceans were 

 taken, jjut as nona of our party knew anything of these groups, 

 they will he handed on to those working tlieni. 



'I'he Club meeting following so cl(;sely on the excursion, there 

 has r;ot been time lo go into the collections in detail, or identify 

 the result of our labours.— S. W. Fulton, 



M(JLLU.SCA. —The previous camp-out was so strikingly successful 

 from a conchologist's point of view that much additional material 

 could hardly have been expected on this occasion ; still the results 

 were good, but none of our favourite spots were at all up to their 

 usual standard. 'I'he effect of wind and tide in sorting out and 

 washing up shell material is strikingly illustrated in this neighbour- 

 hood, and our favourite beach, s(;me two or three miles from 

 Shoreham, and generally referred to as "Shelly iJeach," was this 

 time little more than a barren stretch of sand. .Several of our 

 friends might have been overheard saying — " Is this the Shelly 

 Beach ? Well, I don't think much of it," &c. In fact, some of us 

 were looked upon as having drawn the long bow in our descrip- 

 tion of this splendid gathering ground. To these sceptics our 

 only wish is that they may some day have the opportunity of 

 .seeing these beaches in their best attire, and then, if they are not 

 fully satisfied, well, all I can say is they ought to be. Some of 

 the more interesting species o'^tained and most worthy of note 

 were as follows: — Murex umbilicala, T. Woods; Purpura 

 baileyana, T. Woods ; Lyria mitraeformis, Lamarck ; Cancellaria 

 maccoyi, Pritchard and Oailiff ; Conus segravei, (jatliff ; Adeorbis 

 vincentiana, Ang;js ; Astralium fimbriatuni, Lamarck ; Oibbula 

 tiberiana, Crosse ; Calliostoma legrandi, T. Woods ; Asiele sub- 

 carinata, .Swainson ; Subemarginula emarginata, lilainvillc ; 

 Aspergillurn strangei, A. Adams, —G. li. Pritchaki). 



EcuiNODEK.MA. — Western Port is an ideal locality for 

 Echinoderms, the sea floor of the channels being in most parts 

 covered with these |>retty and intere-ting animals. liut since the 

 collecting was perforce confined to the reefs at Shoreham, owing 

 to the fishermen, whose boat was engaged for dredging, 

 disappointing us, the number of species collected was somewhat 

 restricted. Since it is my intention, at some future date, to give 

 a paper on some of the Western Port P^chinoderms, I will now 

 give but a brief reauiHK of the work done on the reefs at Shoreham 

 during the " camp-out." The method of collecting on the reefs 

 for Echinoderms is by turning over the rocks close to the water's 

 edge when the tide is out. One will then find Asteroids or 

 Common Starfish, Echinoids or Sea-eggs, Holothurians or Sea- 

 slugs clinging to the under parts of the rocks, whilst the 



