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continue the work, especially the description of the intermediate 

 stages, the accomplishment of which would be much appreciated 

 by all workers in this branch. 



3. By Mr. A. G. Campbell, entitled "Notes on the Geology of 

 King Island." 



The author gave the results of some geological observations 

 made on a recent trip to King Island, and pointed out the 

 relations between the geology and the pastoral products of the 

 island. 



Mr. F. Chapman made a few remarks on the paper. 



4. By Mr. D. M'Alpine, entitled " The Micro-Fungi of 

 Australian Lobelias." 



The author recorded the finding of nine different kinds of 

 fungi on a single species of Lobelia, and stated that eleven 

 different species of fungi are to be recorded as occurring on 

 Lobelias for Australia alone, each species of which belongs to a 

 different genus, 



Messrs. F. G. A. Barnard and the chairman made some 

 remarks on the paper. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Mr. Fred. S. Bryant contributed a note on " Minahs as Vermin 

 Destroyers," in which he stated that he had seen a pair of 

 Minahs (no doubt the introduced Indian Black-headed Minah 

 Temenuchus pagodorum) destroy two mice, and afterwards found 

 a third mouse apparently killed in the same manner. 



Mr. F. Chapman, A.L.S., read an extract from a recent paper 

 on some Foraminifera collected on the South Australian coast, 

 and asked collectors to be on the watch for the species here. 



Mr. A. D. Hardy made some remarks on his exhibit of the 

 skins of the Rattlesnake, Crotalus conjluentus. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — Coleoptera, including Schizorhina 

 besti, collected during Launching Place excursion. 



By Mr. C. French, jun. — Two rare Victorian beetles — viz., 

 Tragoceriis spencei, from Mordialloc, and Ghalcojjhora albivittis, 

 from South Gippsland ; also a beetle, Cnemoplites (Malladon) 

 edulis, very destructive to the Banksias on the coast near 

 Cheltenham, Mordialloc, &c. 



By Mr. A. D. Hardy. — Skins of Rattlesnake, Ci'otalus 

 conjluentus, Mexico. 



By Mr. G. A. Keartland. — Skins of Polytelis barrahandi, 

 P. melanura, and Spathopterus alexandrce, in illustration of his 

 paper. 



After the usual conversazione, the meeting terminated. 



