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was devoted to marine mollusca, of which about fifty species were 

 noted. Many interesting forms were taken ahve, including 

 Philine angasi, Crosse. 



The hon. Ubrarian acknowledged the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Expedition to Islands of Bass Strait 

 by the Australasian Ornithologists' Union, 1908," album of photo- 

 graphs and map, from Mr. A. H. E. Mattingley, C.M.Z.S. ; 

 " Descriptive Guide to the Melbourne Botanic Gardens," by W. 

 R. Guilfoyle, F.L.S., Director, from the author; "Victorian Hill 

 and Dale," by T. S. Hall, M.A., D.Sc. (purchased) ; " Animals 

 of Australia," by A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc, and W. H. Dudley 

 Le Souef (purchased) ; " Confessions of a Beachcomber," by E. 

 J. Banfield (purchased) ; The Microscope, Nos. 11 and 12, from 

 Watson and Sons ; The Geelong ]^ aturalist, second series, vol iv.. 

 No. I (August, 1909), from the Geelong Naturalists' Club ; 

 " Report of Trustees of Public Library, Museum, and National 

 Gallery of Victoria," for 1908, from the trustees; "Memoirs of 

 the Geological Survey of Victoria," Nos. 7 and 8, from the 

 Department of Mines, Melbourne ; Journal of Department of 

 Agriculture, Victoria, August and September, 1909, from the 

 department; The Australian Naturalist, \o\. i, part 15 (July, 

 1909), from the New South Wales Naturalist Club ; " Proceedings 

 Linnean Society of New South Wales," vol. xxxiv., part i, from 

 the society ; " Records of Australian Museum, Sydney," vol. xii., 

 part 4, from the trustees ; Agricultural Gazette of Neio South 

 Wales, August and September, 1909, from the Department of 

 Agriculture, Sydney ; Report of Public Library, Museum, and 

 Art Gallery of South Australia, for 1908, from the trustees ; The 

 Qusensland Naturalist, vol. i., No. 3 (September, 1909), from 

 the Queensland Naturalists' Club. 



ELECTION OF MEMBER. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. Alex. D. Selby, National Park, 

 vid Yanakie, was duly elected an associate member. 



PAPERS READ. 



I. By Messrs. G. A. Waterhouse, B. Sc, F.E.S., and G. Lyell, 

 F.E.S., entitled " New and Rare Butterflies of the Genus 

 Miletus." 



The authors remarked that in the Lycgenid genus Miletus are 

 now placed some of the butterflies formerly included in the genus 

 Hypochrysops. They gave a full description of Miletus apollo, 

 formerly known only from a single damaged male specimen in 

 the Queensland Aluseum, from specimens obtained at Cape 

 York, North Queensland ; Miletus pancetha, a new species, of 

 which both sexes were taken at Cape York by Mr. H. Elgner ; 

 Miletus elgneri, a new species from Prince of Wales Island, 

 Torres Strait, also captured by Mr. Elgner; and Miletus 



