22 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



Keartland, J. G. Luehmann, F.L.S., F. M. Reader (communi- 

 cated), D. Le Souef, J. Shephard, G. E. Shepherd, H. T. Tisdall, 

 and C. A. Topp, M.A., LL.B., F.L.S. We have to thank all 

 these gentlemen for their work, and to welcome the appearance 

 of the new contributors, from whom, we trust, we will have other 

 papers in the near future. Besides the above, Messrs. E. Ander- 

 son and F. Spry published in the Naturalist a description of a 

 new butterfly, Lycaena cyrilus, and Mr. J. A. Kershaw that of a 

 new moth, Pseudoterpna singularis. 



"Natural history items have been plentiful, and the reading 

 of explanatory notes on exhibits has lately been adopted, and 

 will, we trust, become more and more frequent. 



" Our journal, the Victorian Naturalist, now commences its 

 fifteenth year, with its popularity amongst kindred societies, 

 judging by recent sales and applications for exchange, ever 

 increasing. We have again to thank Mr. F. G. A. Barnard for 

 his excellent work in editing the journal. 



" The thanks of the Club are also due to those members who 

 contributed plates and engravings during the year — viz., Messrs. 

 E. Anderson, J. A. Kershaw, J. Shephard, and F. P. Spry. 



" Mr. Oswald B. Lower's ' Catalogue of the Victorian Moths ' 

 has been concluded and an index published, and, now that the 

 work is finished, your committee desire to express to him their 

 thanks and great appreciation of his labours. 



" We regret that the excursions have not been more numerously 

 attended, as we regard these meetings as giving the best training 

 ground for new members, and as affording to older members a 

 splendid scope for instructing, whilst increasing their own know- 

 ledge. The outings have been enjoyable and profitable to those 

 attending, and the thanks of the Club are due to the several 

 leaders. A social picnic was held at Beaumaris, which proved 

 a great success, despite threatening weather. Your committee 

 suggest that such a picnic be held annually. 



"There have been seven meetings for practical work, six under 

 the Rev. W. Fielder, as demonstrator, on various ' Elements of 

 Histology,' and one under Mr. R. S. Sugars (for Mr. J. Shep- 

 hard) on ' The Anatomy of a Land Planarian.' 



"The usual exhibition of wild flowers was held on the nth 

 October, and took the form of a memorial to our late patron, 

 Baron von Mueller. Wreaths and contributions of flowers were 

 invited and received from New South Wales, Western Australia, 

 and all parts of our colony, the numbers evidencing the love and 

 respect in which his name and memory are held. During the 

 evening Mr. Topp read an address on the Baron's life and work. 

 The following day the flowers and wreaths were deposited on the 

 deceased botanist's grave in the St. Kilda cemetery by our presi- 

 dent and other members. 



