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Vol. XV.— No. 9. JANUARY 12, 1899. No. 181. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, 12th December, 1898. Mr. 

 J. Shephard, one of the vice-presidents, occupied the chair, 

 and about 30 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the excursion to Heidelberg on Saturday, 19th 

 November was read by the leader, Mr. J. Shephard, who recorded 

 some interesting facts regarding Lacinularia reticulata, a rather 

 uncommon Rotifer. 



An extended account of the excursion to Lower Ferntree 

 Gully on Saturday, 3rd December, was read by the leader, Mr. J. 

 A. Kershaw, who reported the capture of several interesting 

 insects, though the district was suffering severely from the 

 prevailing dry weather. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following donations 

 to the library : — " Proc. of the Boston Soc. of Nat. Hist.," vol. 

 xxviii., parts 6 and 7 ; "Proc. Academy of Nat. Science, Phil.," 1897, 

 part 3 ; " Proc. Nova Scotian Ins. of Science," vol. ix., part 3. 

 Field Columbian Mus. Pub. — Zool. Series, vol. i., Nos. 8, 9, and 

 10 ; Anthrop. Ser., vol. ii.. No. 2 ; Bot. Ser., vol. i., No. 4 ; 

 Report Ser., vol. i.. No. 3. " List of Vernacular Names for Aust. 

 Birds ; " " Notes and Observations of Some Vict. Coccidae," by 

 Jas. Lidgett ; "Report of Trustees Aust. Museum for 1897;" 

 " Notes on Gold Dredging," Dept. of Mines, N.S.W. ; " Palaeont- 

 ology," No. 6, Dept. of Mines, N.S.W. ; " Mineral Resources," 

 No. 4, Dept. of Mines, N.S.W. ; " Fourth International Cong, of 

 Zoology," 1898, Journals i and 2 ; " Proc. Linnean Soc. of 

 N.S.W.," part 3, 1898 ; Nature Notes, Oct. and Nov. ; American 

 Monthly Micro. Journal, Sept. and Oct. ; Journal New York 

 Micro. Soc, Jan., 1898 ; " Contributions to Flora of Queensland," 

 reprinted from Queensland Agricultural Journal, Sept., Oct,, 

 Nov., F. M. Bailey, F.L.S. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hunt and Mr. 

 Dudley Newport were elected members of the club. 



