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responded on behalf of his fellow ofifice-bearers, whom he said had 

 all been animated with the desire to keep the Club to the front. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Mr. J. A. Leach drew attention to the desirability of inducing a 

 larger number of young people to join the Club, and gave notice 

 of motion that, subject to the committee calling a special meeting 

 for the purpose, on the night of the next ordinary meeting he 

 would move that certain alterations be made in rule 4, as 

 follows : — In rule 4, line 2, after " country " add " (d) associates." 

 Instead of the present section {d), read — " (d) Associates shall 

 be under the age of 20 and over the age of 16 years. They shall 

 not be entided to vote or to the Club's journal, and shall pay an 

 annual subscription of five shillings, (e) Junior members shall 

 be under the age of 16 years. They shall not be entitled to vote, 

 or to the Club's journal, or to borrow books from the library, and 

 shall pay an annual subscription of one shilling." 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Mr. Barnard called attention to an early map of Victoria, 

 evidently printed about 1860, exhibited by Mr. VV. Scott, which 

 was interesting, as it was very similar to the map in " Proeschel's 

 Atlas," referred to in his paper, in the June Naturalist, on the 

 journeys of the late Dr. Mueller. This map seems to be the 

 only one which records all the names given by Dr. Mueller to 

 prominent landmarks in the Alps, and amongst others shows 

 Mt. Leichardt, now omitted from our maps. 



Mr. H. T. Tisdall asked for information regarding the 

 occurrence of the common pond plant Spirogyra. Mr. A. D. 

 Hardy mentioned several localities in which he had found it 

 during this season. 



In reply to a question by the president, Mr. O. A. Sayce, 

 regarding the prevalence of the destructive Cabbage Moth, Lita 

 solanella, Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., gave some details con- 

 cerning its habits, &c. 



Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., referred to an ancient tapeworm, and 

 said that it had recently been announced that the tapeworm, 

 genus Linstowia, is confined to the marsupials and monotremes of 

 Australia and to the marsupials of South America. Some rather 

 peculiar conclusions may be inferred from this. It is almost 

 certain that our marsupials and monotremes are derived from 

 South America forms, and yet the families now found in the two 

 regions are quite distinct. Hence it follows that the tape- 

 worm invaded the marsupials before they were differentiated into 

 the families of to-day. There is no direct way of estimating the 

 geological age of such a soft-bodied creature as a tapeworm, for 

 it leaves no fossil remains, and yet we have here clear evidence 



