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India, mentioned so often by Mr. E, Knight in " Where Three 

 Empires Meet." These were grown from roots forwarded to 

 him through the post, packed inside potatoes scooped out, and 

 all received had been grown successfully. 



Fat-tailed Pouched Mouse. — Mr. G. A. Keartland reported 

 the recent capture near Bulla of four specimens of this little 

 marsupial, which had lived for some time in captivity. 



Whales. — Mr. D. Le Souef gave some information with 

 reference to the movements of whales, contributed by Capt. 

 Thompson, of the s.s. Aramac. 



conversazione. 



The President announced that Mrs. M. Bage had invited the 

 members, after the inspection of the exhibits, to partake of light 

 refreshments in the lower hall, in celebration of her twenty-first 

 anniversary as a member of the Club. On adjournment a very 

 pleasant half-hour was spent, during which Mrs. Bage was the 

 recipient of many hearty congratulations. 



EXHIBITS. 



The following were the principal exhibits of the evening : — 



By Miss F. Bage. — Spirit specimens : Pennatula phosphorea, 

 Photos crispeta, Pyrasoma elegans. Under microscope : Pyro- 

 soma elegans, ThalassicoUa. In illustration of paper. 



By Mr. A. Coles. — Pair of Pratincole, Stiltia Isabella, from 

 North Queensland ; Plumed Bronze-wing Pigeon, Lophophaps 

 plumifera, from Mackinley, North Queensland. 



By Mr. J. E. Dixon. — Twenty-eight species Coleoptera, col- 

 lected recently, including Carenum elongatum, Caladromus 

 lacordairei, Bolboceras prohocidium, Chlgenius, sp. ; also curious 

 flowers of the common Yellow Jonquil. 



By Mr. C. French, jun. — Pitcher Plant, Cephalotus follicularis, 

 Labill., from King George's Sound, W. Australia ; remarkable 

 Brachyscelis, sp. (galls), on Eucalyptus, sp., collected by G. E. 

 Shepherd at Somerville, Victoria ; clutch of three rare eggs of 

 Blue-billed Duck, from Riverina, N.S.W. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher, on behalf of the Director, Botanic Gardens, 

 Melbourne. — Flowers of the following Acacias now blooming in 

 the Gardens : — Acacia acinacea, armata, crassii(scula,cidtrifor7nis, 

 cyanophylla, jonesii, juniperina, longifolia, longifolia var. Jiori- 

 hunda, longifolia var. sophora, lunata, macradenia, melanoxylon, 

 montana, myrtifolia, oxycedrus, pravissima, prominens, pycnantha, 

 saligna, spectabilis, stricta, vermiciflua, and verticillata. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel. — The following shells : — Pecten subno- 

 dosus, from North America ; P. purpuratus, from Peru. 



By Mr. G. A. Keartland. — Fat-tailed Pouched Mouse, Sminth- 

 opsis crassicaudata, from Bulla, Victoria. 



