THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 79 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. C. L. Barrett. — Young Copperhead Snake, Uoplo- 

 cephalus superbus. 



By Mr. J. E. Dixon and Mr. C. French, jun. — Longicorn 

 beetle, Uracant/ms sinndans, found breeding in wood of Correa 

 speciosa, at Kororoit Creek, Victoria, July, 1905. 



By Mr. J. E. Dixon. — Dried specimens of the plant, Marsilea 

 quadrij'olia, from same locality. 



By Mr. C. French, jun. — Gecko (lizard) with two-pronged 

 tail, collected at Horsham, Victoria. 



By Master C. French. — Live Blind Snakes, Typldops nigres- 

 cens, collected by Mr. H. W. Davey at Bright, Victoria, July, 



1905- 



By Mr. A. E. Kitson, F.G.S. — Dried specimens of Chinese 

 tea plant, showing foliage, flower, seed-pod, and seed ; guava 

 with leaves and ripe fruit; and licorice root, all grown by Mr. 

 Robinson, at Dutson, near Sale, Gippsland ; very large specimens 

 of land crayfish, Engamsfossor, from Moyarra, South Gippsland ; 

 skeleton, with skin attached, of a flying squirrel, Petauroides 

 volans, found on a barbed-wire fence at Allambee East, South 

 Gippsland. The animal had been caught by the foot on a barb, 

 and had slowly and miserably perished. 



By Mr. A. E. Kitson, F.G.S., and Mr. E. O. Thiele.— Three 

 specimens of young eels, 6 to 8 inches long, obtained at an " eel- 

 fare " at Mataura Falls, Mataura River, South Island, New 

 Zealand, January, 1904. 



By Mr. A. Mattingley. — Eggs of Cockatoo-Parrakeets, Calop- 

 sittacus novce-hollandue, laid that day in Melbourne. 



By Mr. E. B. Nicholls. — Short-nosed Bandicoot, Perameles 

 obesula, Sliaw ; Lesser Dormouse Phalanger, Dromicia concinna, 

 young in pouch ; Common Pouched Mouse, Sminlhopsis murina; 

 growing specimens of Western Australian Pitcher Plant, from 

 Albany, W.A. ; fruits of Zamia Palm, on which \Vallaby, Bandi- 

 coot, and numerous small birds feed ; also a number of Western 

 Australian bird-skins (exhibited at July meeting, the record over- 

 looked in last Naturalist). 



By Mr. F. M. Reader. — The following dried plants (two new 

 varieties) :— Cassinia acideata, R. Br., var. imbricaia ; Lejndium 

 papillosum, F. v. M., var. intermedium. 



By Mr. H. B. Williamson. — Dried specimens of plants 

 naturalized in Victoria : — Amaraiithus viridis, L., from Essendon 

 (waste places) ; Chenopodium bonus henricus, L., from Hopkins 

 mouth ; Senecio elegans, L., from Hopkins mouth ; Valerianella 

 microcarpa, from Portland (very common) ; Cakndida arvensis, 

 L. (Marigold), from near Geelong ; Chrysanthemum leucanthe- 

 mum, L. (Ox-eye Daisy), from Ballan and Strzelecki ; Crepis 

 tectoruvi, Sni., from Otvvay Ranges ; Zostera mariua, L., from 



