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Vol. XVIIL— No. 2. JUNE 6, 1901. No. 210. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held in the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, 20th May, igor. 

 Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A. (one of the vice-presidents), occupied the 

 chair, and about 50 members and visitors — included amongst 

 whom was Mr. J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., of Sydney — were present. 



REPORTS. 



The hon. librarian acknowledged the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Mineral Resources of New South 

 Wales," by Edw. F. Pittman, Government Geologist, from the 

 Department of Mines, Sydney ; " Report of the Trustees of the 

 Australian Museum, Sydney," for 1899, from the Trustees ; " Pro- 

 ceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland," vol. xvi. (1900), 

 from the Society ; Queensland Agricultural Journal, April, 1901, 

 from the Department of Agriculture, Brisbane; Nature Notes, April, 

 1901, from the Selborne Society ; Bulletin of the American Museum 

 of Natural History, vol. xi., part 3, from the Museum ; and Boletin 

 Inslituto Geologico de Mexico, No. 14 (1900). 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. H. J. Grayson, University, Mel- 

 bourne, was duly elected a member of the club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Nominations of office-bearers for 1 901-2 were made, and 

 Messrs. R. Hall and F. Pitcher were elected to audit the accounts 

 for the year 1 900-1. 



A committee, consisting of Messrs. F. Wisewould, F. G. A. 

 Barnard, and J. F. Haase (with power to add to their number) 

 was appointed to arrange for a social gathering to commemorate 

 the twenty-first anniversary of the foundation of the Club. 



PAPERS READ. 



1. By Mr. J. F. Haase, entitled " Notes on Collecting Lepi- 

 doptera." 



The author briefly related some of his experiences when 

 collecting, mentioning that on a hot day he had found a damp 

 spot in a shady situation a great attraction to butterflies. 



2. By Mr. A. W. Milligan, Perth, VV.A. (communicated by 

 Mr. F. G. A. Barnard), entitled " A New Species of Mirafra 

 (Bush-Lark) from Western Australia." 



