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identification as Romulea rosea, Eckl., which they considered to 

 be the same as R. bulbocodium, Seb. and Maur. The South 

 African Museum identified it as 7^. rosea, Eckl., var parviflora, 

 Baker. Mr, Spencer le Moore, of the British Museum, and Dr. 

 Rendle, one of the leading authorities on monocotyledons, con- 

 sidered it to be identical with Ker-Gawl's figure of Trichonema 

 cTuciatum, but followed Baker in classing it as Romulea longifolia, 

 Baker, to which the former name is a synonym. Prof. Ewart 

 remarked that Bentham described the plant as Triclionema 

 ochroleuca 3.nd that the Romulea [Triclionema) bzilbocodium of the 

 " British Flora," with which Baron Mueller identified it, was now 

 R. columnoi, Seb., and that the confusion was further increased 

 by the difficulty of tracing the plant through the various genera — 

 Ixia, Trichonema, Romulea — in which it had at different times 

 been placed. He asked members to search for large, many- 

 flowered specimens with the stigma overtopping the anthers, and 

 remarked that the characters Kew considered to be quite incon- 

 stant appeared to be remarkably constant under Australian 

 conditions. 



Some Hawthorn Birds. — Mr. C. F. Cole said that a nest of 

 White-backed Magpie, Gymnorhina leuconata, Gld., and one of 

 Striated Tit, Acanthiza lineafa, Gld., had been found at Hawthorn 

 on 5th July. During July several flocks of Noisy Minahs, 

 Manorhina garrula, Lath., had visited the district, and on 8th 

 August a fine specimen of the Wedge-tailed Eagle, Uroaetus 

 audax, Lath., measuring 7 feet 6 inches from tip to tip of wing, 

 had been shot. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. G. Anderson. — Young lampreys (alive), about three 

 inches long, taken from the Yarra some six months ago. 



By Mr. H. H. Baker. — Under the microscope, permanent 

 mounted specimens of the tube-building rotifer Melicerta 

 ringens, and of Amoeba. 



By Mr. C. F. Cole. — Nest and egg of Satin Bower-bird, 

 Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, Vieill., taken at Lang Lang, South 

 Gippsland, 12th November, 1907 ; also three male birds from 

 same locality, showing plumage at about twelve months, two 

 years, and maturity (several years). 



By Mr. J. G. Dixon. — Beetle, Xylonychus eucalyptus 

 (Scarabidae), taken that day at Sandringham ; also nine species 

 of Victorian longicorn beetles with their food-plants. 



By Mr. C. French, F.L.S. — Specimens of a remarkable stalk- 

 eyed fly, Zygotricha, sp., from Endeavour River, N. Queensland, 

 and enlarged coloured drawing of same by Mr. E. Jarvis ; 

 collection of biting flies and malaria-carrying ticks from the Sudan. 



By Mr. C. French, jun. — Aboriginal stone tomahawks 



