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Vol. XXVI.— No. 4. AUGUST 5, 1909. No. 308. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, 12th July, 1909. 



•The president, Prof. A. J. Ewart, D.Sc, occupied the chair, 

 and about 70 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the visit to the National Museum on Saturday, 

 loth July, was given by Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., the Curator 

 of Zoology, who reported a fair attendance of members. 

 Attention was first of all directed to the collections of Victorian 

 insects, more especially the butterflies and moths, with their life 

 histories ; then the other orders were inspected, as well as the 

 Howitt collection of Coleoptera. The valuable Curtis collection 

 of English Lepidoptera, which contains many rarities and some 

 types, and which has been in the possession of the Museum for 

 more than forty-five years, was also inspected, and seen to be in 

 ^a splendid state of preservation. Some little time was also 

 devoted to the fine series of skeletons now displayed for the 

 instruction of students. 



A report of the visit of the junior members to the botanical 

 laboratory at the University on Saturday, 3rd July, was made. 

 Miss Jean White, D.Sc, one of the demonstrators at the 

 Biological School, took charge of the party, and a profitable 

 afternoon was spent in examining different forms of leaves, &c. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. J. F. Haase, Little Collins-street, 

 City, was duly elected an ordinary member ; and Miss V. 

 Crockett, 104 Charles-street, Seddon, Miss V. Flee, 3 Pickett- 

 street, Footscray, Miss V. Scott, 6 O'Farrell-street, Seddon, Miss 

 D. White, 54 Pickett-street, Footscray, Miss D. Wyatt, Hobbs- 

 street, Seddon, Master B. Coutts, Victoria-road, Camberwell, and 

 Master J. Graham, Studley Park-road, Kew, were elected junior 

 members of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Mr. G. Coghill said that he thought it would be to the advan- 

 tage of the Club if the associate members by a small extra charge 

 could obtain the Club's journal monthly, and that the Committee 

 had decided to call a special meeting for the next monthly 

 meeting to consider the following alteration of clause d, rule 4, of 

 which he gave notice, viz., that the words " provided that by 

 payment of an additional sum of two shillings and sixpence 



