2 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. [Vol. XXV. 



and December, 1907, from the Wilson Ornithological Club, 

 U.S.A. ; " Bulletin of New York Botanical Garden," vol. iv., part 

 14, from the Director ; Knowledge, February, 1908, from the pro- 

 prietors ; and Nature Notes, January and February, 1908, from 

 the Selborne Society, London ; also, " A Guide to the Study of 

 Australian Butterflies," by W. J. Rainbow, F.E.S., purchased. 



ELECTION. 



On a ballot being taken. Master Frank Coomer, " Corio," Bent- 

 street, Northcote, was duly elected a junior member of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Professor A. J. Ewart took the opportunity of conveying the 

 congratulations of the members to Dr. T. S. Hall on his attaining 

 the degree of D.Sc. 



Dr. Hall expressed his thanks and appreciation of the cordial 

 manner in which the members had received the announcement, 

 and mentioned the benefit he had derived from being associated 

 with the Club. 



PAPERS. 



1. By Mr. G. Lyell, F.E.S., entitled " Lepidoptera of the 

 Victorian Alps ; two New Butterflies for Victoria." 



The author gave a very interesting account of a collecting trip 

 to Mts. Hotham and St. Bernard in February last, where, during 

 a stay of twelve days, he succeeded in taking 22 species of 

 butterflies and 86 species of moths. Among these were two 

 species of butterflies and three species of moths new to Victoria, 

 besides many rarities. 



Mr. F. G. A. Barnard congratulated the author on the highly 

 successful results of his trip, and expressed the opinion that a 

 collector of Orthoptera would do well in the same localities in 

 the early autumn. 



2. By Mr, A. H. E. Mattingley, C.M.Z.S., entitled "Wild Life 

 of the Murray Swamps." 



A highly interesting account of the bird life of this favourable 

 locality was given by the author, his remarks being illustrated 

 with a splendid series of lantern slides. 



Dr. W. Macgillivray offered some remarks on the paper, and 

 congratulated Mr. Mattingley on the exceedingly fine series of 

 photographs shown. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Mr. R. W. Armitage gave some particulars regarding his ex- 

 hibits of modern pottery from the N.E. coast of Papua ; a neck- 

 lace composed of the thoraces of a species of ant ; and pearl 

 shells from the Trobriand Islands, Papua. 



Mr. C. French reported that whilst at Mooroolbark on Saturday, 



