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Vol. XVIIL— No. 6. OCTOBER 10, 1901. No. 214. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, 9th September, 1901. 

 Mr. O. A. Sayce (one of the vice-presidents) occupied the chair, 

 and about 80 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the visit to the Botanical Gardens on Saturday, 

 17th August, was given by Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, who said 

 that, in the unavoidable absence of Mr. F. Pitcher, Mr. C. 

 French, jun., had kindly acted as conductor. Attention was 

 principally devoted to the Australian plants, of which a fair 

 number were in bloom, but the majority of the Acacias, of which 

 the gardens contain a large variety, owing to the coldness of the 

 season, were still in bud. Among the plants and shrubs noticed 

 in bloom were Acacia cidtriformis, N.S.W. ; A. baileyana, N S.W. ; 

 Bauera rubioides, Vict. ; B. sessilijlora, Vict. ; Correct alba, Vict. ; 

 C. speciosa (red variety), Vict. ; Chorizema ilicifolitc7)i, VV.A. ; 

 Eriostemon myoporoides, Vict. ; Epacris longiflora, N.S.W. ; 

 Grevillea alpina, Vict. ; G. oleoides, Vict. ; Hakea verrucosa, 

 W.A. ; Kennedya nigricans, W.A. ; Styphelia virgata, Vict. ; and 

 Thryptomene ericcea, Vict. 



A report of the excursion to Sandringham on Saturday, 31st 

 August, was given by the leader, Mr. C. French, jun., who stated 

 that about thirty species of plants were noticed in bloom, among 

 which were Acacia acinacea, A. oxycedrus, A. suaveolens, A. 

 longifolia, Alyxia buxifolia, Bossicea cinerea, Correa speciosa, 

 Clematis viicrophylla, and the orchids Pterostylis vittata, P. 

 nana, P. curta, Acianthus exsertus, and Corysaidhes jjruinosa. 

 Several plants of the interesting Lycopod, Phylloglossuni drum- 

 mondi, were collected. Attention was also devoted to ento- 

 mology. Specimens of that remarkable scale insect, Frenchia 

 casuarina, which is destroying the She-oaks (Casuarinas) along 

 the coast, were obtained, and the larvse of several longicorn 

 beetles taken for rearing at home. Mr. J. Stick land reported 

 that the pond life section of the party had an interesting after- 

 noon, a fair variety of Entomostraca being met with. Among 

 them was one belonging to the Copepoda, which appears to be 



