118 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST, 



proslrata, Acacia armata, Hahea sericea, Utricularia dichotoma, 

 Epac7-is microphylla, Sprengelia incarnata, Gastrodia sesamoides, 

 Caladenia congesta, Diplarrhena morcea, &c. Among the 

 Coleoptera taken were Stigmodera kirbyi, S. cruentata, 

 Trichomesia newmani, the rare Aphenope serricata, and about 

 twenty other species well known in similar country. 



In the absence of the leader, Mr. J. Shephard, the hon. 

 secretary reported that the third excursion for juniors to 

 Brighton Beach on Saturday, 3rd December, had been well 

 attended. The leader, in a clear and interestincr way, briefly 

 explained the habits of some of the more common forms of life 

 found on the sea-shore. The afternoon was rather warm, and 

 many of the juniors availed themselves of the opportunity to 

 have a paddle, and soon filled the bottles they had brought 

 with a varied assortment of marine life for observation at 

 home. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library since September : — " Birds of the Lena 

 River," by Robert Hall, C.M.Z.S. (reprinted from Ibis), from 

 the author ; " Proceedings Royal Society of Victoria," vol. xvii., 

 new series, part i, from the Society; Umn, iv., part 2, October, 

 1904, from the Australasian Ornithologists' Union ; " Bulletin 

 Geological Survey of Victoria," 1904, No. 13, from the Depart- 

 ment of Mines, Victoria ; " Report of Trustees Public Library, 

 &c., Victoria," for 1903, from the Trustees; Journal of Agricul- 

 ture of Victoria, vol. ii., 9, 10, September-November, 1904, and 

 "Bulletin Department of Agriculture," Nos. 16, 17, 18, from 

 the Department ; " Official Guide and Plan, National Park, 

 New South Wales," from the Chairman of Trustees ; " Proceed- 

 ings Linnean Society of New South Wales," 1904, vol. xxix., 

 parts I, 2, 3, from the Society ; " Forest Flora of New South 

 Wales," by J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., Government Botanist, vols, i., 

 Index, and ii., parts i and 2, from the author ; " Revision of 

 Genus Eucalyptus," by J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., part 5, from the 

 author ; Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, August, 

 September, October, and November, 1904, from the Department 

 of Mines and Agriculture, Sydney ; " Year-Book of Western 

 Australia," 1900-3, from the W.A. Government; "Journal of 

 the Western Australian Natural History Society," vol. i., No. i, 

 May, 1904, from the Society; "Proceedings New Zealand 

 Institute," vol. xxxvi., 1903, from the Institute ; " Bulletin New 

 York Botanical Garden, vol. iii., Nos. 9 and 10, from the 

 Director ; " Minnesota Botanical Studies," part 3, October, 1904, 

 from the Director ; " Action of Snake Venom," and " Contribu 

 tions to Stellar Statistics," from the Carnegie Institute, U.S.A. ; 

 Nature Notes, July, August, September, October, and November, 

 1904, from the Selborne Society, London; and Nature Stti^dy, 



