38 THE VICTOKIAN NATURALIST. [Vol. XXVI. 



associates shall be entitled to receive the Club's journal monthly " 

 be added after the word " shillings." 



PAPERS READ. 



1. By Mr. J. C. Goudie, entitled " Notes on the Coleoptera of 

 North-Western Victoria, Part I." 



In this paper, which was taken as read, the author enumerated 

 the various species of beetles belonging to the families Cincin- 

 delidae and Carabidse, which he had met with in the Birchip and 

 Sea Lake districts, and included a note by Mr. T. G. Sloane on 

 the distribution of the Carabid groups dealt with in the paper. 

 Useful notes were given as to the habitats and months of 

 appearance of many of the species. As usual in Victoria the 

 Cincindelidae were poorly represented, only two species occurring, 

 but of Carabidse 102 were list, many of which appeared to be 

 extremely rare. 



2. By Mr. C. L. Barrett, entitled " A Naturalist in Bass 

 Straits." 



This took the form of a lecture illustrated by lantern slides, in 

 which the author briefly described the route and sights met with 

 by the Ornithologists' Union excursion in November last. He 

 then gave some account of die trip made in the same locality in 

 the Commonwealth trawler, Endeavour, and described the 

 methods of trawling and dealing with the fish and other objects 

 obtained. 



The president remarked on the interesting nature of the 

 author's communication, and several members discussed some of 

 the points mentioned. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTE. 



Mr. G. A. Keartland said that he had noted the Spiny-cheeked 

 Honey-eater, Acanthogenys rufigularis, at Preston a few days 

 before, which he considered a very early appearance. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. C. F. Cole. — Aboriginal tomahawk, found three feet 

 below surface when draining land in the Gardiner's Creek valley 

 at Malvern. About twenty have been found under similar cir- 

 cumstances in the same locality. 



By Mr. A. Coles. — Male and female Whistling Duck, Dendro- 

 cycna arcuala, Cuv., shot at Werribee, ist July, 1909. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel. — Marine shells, twenty-two species of 

 genus Ovula, from various localities. 



By Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S. — Living Gecko Lizard, Gymno- 

 dactylus milinsii, Bory., Victoria. 



By Master A. Pitcher. — A curious lichen, Ramalina calcicaris, 

 var. Eckloni, from Newlyn, near Daylesford. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



