136 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



Promethis nigra, from the larva to the adult male and female, 

 together with portion of tree from which they were all taken 

 simultaneously at Ascot Vale ; also, Little Penguin, Eudyptida 

 undina, young in different stages, and egg, collected during the 

 ornithologists' trip to the Nobbies, Phillip Island. 



By Miss S. W. L. Cochrane. — Sponges and fossils from Warr- 

 nambool. 



By Mr. G. Coghill. — Flowers of Batiksia serrata, from Bairns- 

 dale. 



By C. French, jun. — Two varieties of White-lipped Snake, from 

 Dandenong Ranges and Ringwood. 



By Mr. J. F. Haase. — Specimens of Entomostraca, Daphnia 

 carinata and Simocephahis elizabethce. 



By Messrs. G. A. Keartland and C. French, jun. — Clutch of 

 four eggs of Princess of Wales Parrakeet, Polytelis alexandrce, 

 taken in December, 1902 ; also, eggs of Gilbert's Thickhead, 

 Scrub Robin, Yellow-rumped Pardalote, and Graceful Honey- 

 eater, from the Mallee District, collected in November and 

 December, 1902. 



By Mr. D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S.— An egg of the extinct Tas- 

 manian Emu, collected about forty years ago in the St. Mary's 

 district, on the east coast of Tasmania. 



By Mr. D. M'Alpine. — The so-called petrified mushroom 

 found by Mrs. Gray, of Hamilton, on the beach at Bridgewater, 

 Victoria. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher. — Flowers of the Scarlet-flowering Gum, 

 Eucalyptus Jicifolia, from Western Australia, showing floral 

 development. 



By Mr. G. B. Pritchard. — Eocene fossils from Flinders lime- 

 stones, including Plectroninia halli, Hinde ; Bactronella australis, 

 Hinde : Tretocalia jiezica, Hinde ; and Lepas pritchardi, 

 Hall. 



By Mr, E. O. Thiele. — Some minerals, rocks, and fossils from 

 the New South Wales coast, near Kiama. 



By Mr. H. T. Tisdall. — A collection of marine shells from San 

 Remo, Victoria. 



By Mr. S. P. Townsend. — Specimens of rare Limicolse, shot in 

 Port Phillip Bay, around Mud Island : the Knot, Tringa 

 canutus ; the Turnstone, Arenaria hiterpres. 



By Mr. H. B. Williamson. — The following plants from 

 Victoria: — Erophila vulgaris, naturalized in Victoria; Helio- 

 tropitim europoiuin, L., new for N.E. Victoria ; Xanthosia 

 atkinsonia, F. v. M., new for S.W. Victoria ; Gnaphalium pur- 

 pureum, L., new for Victoria; and Ilakea sericea, new for S.W. 

 Victoria. 



After the usual conversazione, the meeting terminated. 



