98 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. [Vol. XXV. 



Victoria, for 1907," and " Records of the Geological Survey 

 of Victoria," vol. ii., part 4, from the Mines Department, Mel- 

 bourne ; Journal of Agriculture, Victoria, vol. vi., No. 8, August, 

 1908, from the Secretary for Agriculture, Melbourne; "The 

 Edible Fishes of New South Wales," by D. G. Stead, from the 

 Department of Fisheries, Sydney; " Forest Flora of New South 

 Wales," part 31, by J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., Government Botanist, 

 from the Forest Department, Sydney ; " Records of the Aus- 

 tralian Museum," vol. vii., No. 2, from the Trustees, Sydney ; 

 " Proceedings Linnean Society of New South Wales," vol. xxxiii., 

 part 2, from the Society ; Agricultui-al Gazette of Neio South 

 Wales, vol. xix., parts 8, 9, August and September, 1908, from the 

 Department of Agriculture, Sydney; "Contributions to the 

 Queensland Flora," by F. M. Bailey, F.L.S., Government Botanist, 

 from the author; The Queensland Naturalist, vol. i.. No. 2, June, 

 1908, from the Brisbane Field Naturalists' Club; "Memoirs of 

 the American Museum of Natural History," vol. ix., part 4, from 

 the Museum ; Nature Notes, June, 1908, from the Selborne 

 Society, London ; Knowledge, July, 1908, from the proprietors. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. Robert Jones, 421 Collins-street, 

 was elected an ordinary member, and Miss E. Flood, Barker's- 

 road, Hawthorn, Masters Ewen A. Cameron, Tennyson-street, 

 Sandringham, Rex Cornelius, Chaucer-crescent, Canterbury, 

 Keith Rae, Darling-street, South Yarra, and Frank Walpole, 

 Chapel-street, East St. Kilda, were elected junior members of the 

 Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Mr. O. A. Sayce brought under the notice of the meeting the 

 desirability of having provision in the rules of the Club for the 

 affiliation of societies having kindred tastes, and moved a resolu- 

 tion to that effect, which was seconded by Prof Ewart. Dr. T. 

 S. Hall, M.A., and Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S., supported the 

 suggestion, and the resolution was carried. 



Mr. O. A. Sayce submitted a draft of the necessary rules, 

 which was left for the consideration of the committee. 



PAPERS READ. 



I. By Mr. G. A. Waterhouse, B.Sc, B.E., F.E.S., entitled "A 

 New Form of Papilio for Australia." 



In the absence of the author, the paper was read by the hon. 

 secretary. The author gave a description of a second female 

 form of the butterfly Papilio cegeus, Don, long known in Australia 

 as Papilio erectheus, Don. The new form, which he named 

 F. heatrix, as compared with the ordinary female of P. cegeus, is 

 nearly white, and has been recorded from Cape York and Prince 

 of Wales I., North Queensland. It corresponds to the white 



