THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 91 



Phylum Ccelenterata — Class Hydrozoa ; ord. Leptolinse ; gen. 

 Hydra (living and sections). 



Phylum Vermes — Class Rotifera ; ord. Rhizota ; fam. Melicer- 

 tadae ; gen. Limnias, Lacinularia, and CEcistes. Order Bdelloida ; 

 fam. Philodinadse ; gen. Philodina and Rotifer. Order Pioima ; 

 fam. Asplanchnadse ; gen. Asplanchna and Asplanchnopus ; fam. 

 Euchlanidae ; gen. Euchlanis. 



Phylum Podaxonia — Class Polyzoa ; sub-class Ectoprocta ; 

 order Phylactolsema ; gen. Plumatella. 



Phylum Arthropoda — Class Crustacea ; ord. Copepoda ; gen. 

 Cyclops ; ord. Cladocera ; gen. Daphnia. Class Insecta ; ord. 

 Coleoptera ; fam. Dyticidae ; gen. Dyticus (larva). 



Haematococcus (motile and resting forms). 



Volvox. 



EXHIBITS. 



The general exhibits of the evening were : — By Mr. F. G. A. 

 Barnard. — Normal and abnormal flowers of garden Geranium. 

 By Mr. A. Campbell, jun. — Nest and eggs of Tricoloured 

 Chat ; also eggs of White-fronted and Orange-fronted Chats, 

 from Riverina. By Mr. A. Coles. — Funereal Cockatoo ; also 

 Flame -breasted Robin with rich yellow breast, shot at Elstern- 

 wick. By Mr. R. Hall. — 21 species of Australian Flycatchers. 

 By Mr. G. A. Keartland. — Birds obtained at Melton on 9th 

 November ; also eggs of Sombre Minah, Western Goshawk, and 

 Rust-coloured Bronzewing Pigeon, all from Western Australia. By 

 Mr. F. M. Reader. — Dried specimens of Tlllaea acuminata, sp. 

 nov. ; also Myosotis Australis, Gahnia articulata, and G.filum, 

 new for the north-west of Victoria. 



After an extended conversazione and inspection of objects 

 under the microscopes, the meeting terminated. 



EXCURSION TO MELTON. 



Half a dozen members took part in the excursion to Melton on 

 Wednesday, 9th November. After leaving the station a north- 

 westerly course was taken over the same ground which has been 

 traversed on previous occasions. Much to our regret we found 

 that the trees on the heavily timbered box land near the station 

 had all been killed or cleared off, and one of the few nice 

 hunting grounds easy of access thus destroyed. In vain we 

 searched for the Red-capped Robins and many other old friends 

 which we expected to find there. The whole of the country 

 was very dry, and several oat crops passed were too short to 

 cut, and are being utilized as cow pastures. Whilst our ento- 

 mologist was busy turning over logs and stripping bark in 

 search of beetles, &c., the rest of the party devoted their 

 attention to the birds. The harsh, grating notes of the Restless 



