118 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Messrs. H. West, Alf. Tadgell, and 

 E. D. Crellin were unanimously elected members of the Club. 



PAPERS. 



1. By Mr. Geo. Lyell, entitled " Life-Histories of two Vic- 

 torian Hesperidas." 



The paper consisted chiefly of observations made by his friend 

 Mr. E. Jarvis, of Macclesfield, which Mr. Jarvis claimed to bring 

 conclusive proof of Hesperilla omata and //. perornata being 

 distinct and separate species. 



In the discussion which followed Mr. F. Spry combated this, 

 and held that a good specimen had been submitted to Mr. Kirby ; 

 while Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., sided with Mr. Jarvis, whom he 

 praised for conscientious work, and stated that only by watching 

 the life-history and rearing the butterflies could these disputed 

 points be settled. 



2. By Messrs. W. Stickland and J. Shephard, entitled "A New 

 Rotifer, Melicerta Jimbriata." 



The paper was read by Mr. J. Shephard, and by the aid of 

 diagrams the technical description of this new addition to the list 

 of Victorian Rotifers was easily followed. 



3. By Mr. H. T. Tisdall, entitled " Facilities for Botanical 

 Studies in Victoria." 



The author pointed out the many easily available sources of 

 information, existing principally in Melbourne, which are apt to 

 be overlooked, or not used to their full extent, and showed what a 

 wealth of botanical knowledge is stored up in the National 

 Herbarium. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Mr. R. Hall contributed notes on some birds recently received 

 from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, which he stated were un- 

 recorded for that locality. 



Mr. F. M. Reader contributed the " Description of a New Grass, 

 Stipa Macalpitiei," found by him in the Wimmera District. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — Lithographed portraits of Sir James 

 E. Smith, founder of the Linnsean Society of London, and of Sir 

 Joseph Banks, F.R.S. By Mr. A. J. Campbell. — 20c original 

 water-colour drawings (by Mr. C. C. Brittlebank) of Australian 

 birds' eggs, being illustrations for his forthcoming work. By Mr. 

 A. Coles. — Pair of Snowy Owls, sent from Lapland for Dr. Chas. 

 Ryan ; Australian Roller-bird, shot at Frankston on 26th Decem- 

 ber, 1898. By Mr. C. French, F.L.S. — 13 parts (is.) of new illus- 

 trated work by R. F. H. Rippon on the butterflies belonging to 

 the genus Ornithoptera. By Mr. C. French, jun. — Buprestid 

 beetles, Cyria im.perialis, from Cheltenham, showing variations 



