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(polished) recently found at Warragul, Bairnsdale, and Dande- 

 nong Ranges. 



By Mr. J. A. Gatliff. — Shells, Yoluta ( Armoria) sioenceriana, 

 Gatliff ; and V. (Armoria) canaliculala, M'Coy, in illustration of 

 paper. 



By Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S. — A fresh-water alga, Pleurococcus 

 vulgaris, clustered on the empty carapace of an " Elephant Water- 

 flea," Bosmina longirostris, from the Yan Yean water supply. 



By Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.L.S. , for National Museum. — Two 

 specimens of the new volute, V. spenceriana, Gatliff, for com- 

 parison with type. 



By Mr. A. H. E. Mattingley. — A fish, Periopthalmus, sp., from 

 Queensland. This genus, popularly known as " Mudhoppers," is 

 said at times to leave the shallow water of the mud-flats and climb 

 into the mangrove trees, where it is equally at liome. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



On Bird Destruction. — Mr. Robert Grant, Taxidermist of 

 the Australian Mu'jeum, after whom I named a Bird of Paradise, 

 described in the Victorian Naturalist of January, 1906 (vol. xxii., 

 p. 156 — see also vol. xxiv., p. 136), recently brought me 

 two more specimens for examination. He informed me that 

 altogether twenty-one specimens of Paradisea granti had passed 

 through his hands, and of this number seventeen entire bird- 

 skins, minus their legs, had been prepared for the decoration of 

 ladies' hats. We have only the type of the species in the 

 Australian Museum collection. Comment is needless. — Alfred 

 J. North. Sydney, August, 1908. 



Food Plants of Victorian Longicorn Beetles. — The fol- 

 lowing are the localities and food plants of the longicorn beetles 

 exhibited by me at the August meeting : — 

 Omophfena tseniata, Pasc. — Frankston, &c. Food plant, Yellow 



Box, Eucalyptus melliodora. 

 Qmotes erosicollis, Pasc. — Eltham. P.p., Eucalyptus melliodora. 

 Pentacosma scoparia, Newm. — Frankston. F.p., Viminaria 



denudata. 

 Rhytiphora rugicoUis, Dalm. — Carrum. F.p., Acacia longifolia. 

 Stephanops nasuta, Newm. — Oakleigh, &c. P.p., Acacia mollis- 



sima and A. Baileyana. 

 Strongylurus cretifer, Hope. — Mooroolbark, &c. P.p., Native 



Cherry, Exocarpos cupressiformis. 

 Strongylurus scutellatus, Hope. — Carrum. P.p., Aster ramulosus. 

 Symphyletes albo-cinctus, Gue'r. — Mordialloc, &c. P.p., Acacia 



mollissima. 

 Uracanthus acuta. — Studley Park, &c. P.p., Acacia dealbata and 



A. mollissima. 

 — J. E. Dixon. Richmond. 



