170 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. [Vol. XXV. 



" Mineral Resources of New South Wales, No. 12— Report on 

 Drake Gold and Copper Field," by E. C. Andrews, B.A., from 

 Department of Mines, Sydney ; •' Report of Board of Fisheries 

 of New South Wales, 1907," and " New Fishes from New South 

 Wales," by D. G. Stead, No. i, from Department of Fisheries, 

 Sydney. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. B. A. L. Jardine, Somerset, North 

 Queensland, was duly elected a country member of the Club. 



PAPERS READ. 



1. By Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S., entitled " Further Notes on 

 the Flora of Wilson's Promontory." 



The author justified the inclusion in his report of several plants 

 the existence of which was not supported by the list prepared by 

 the Herbarium party, and referred to others mentioned by Messrs. 

 Gregory and Lucas as seen by them during their visit in 1885-6. 

 He also referred to the difficulty workers would have in identify- 

 ing species, owing to the names used in the " Recording Census " 

 issued by the Herbarium differing from those in Mueller's " Key," 

 and thought that a list should be published showing those species 

 the nomenclature of which it had been deemed necessary to alter. 



Prof Ewart, in replying to the author's criticisms, promised to 

 compile a list of the alterations for publication in the Naturalist. 



2. By Mr. E. B. NichoUs, entitled " Notes on the Teeth of 

 Australian Animals." 



This took the form of a lecturette illustrated with lantern 

 slides. The author briefly referred to the various types of 

 teeth occurring in the different forms of Australian animal life, and 

 pointed out the modifications which teeth assume in some cases. 



Dr. Hall congratulated the lecturer on the interesting way in 

 which he had brought the subject before the meeting, and referred 

 to the succession of teeth in the marsupials. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



The chairman read a note by Mr. A. J. North, C.M.B.O.U., 

 Australian Museum, Sydney, describing a pair of live parrakeets 

 .from the Northern Territory recently purchased by the Museum 

 authorities, which differed in some respects from typical examples 

 of Psephotus dissimilis, Collet, and for which he proposed the 

 name P. ciccuUatus, Black-hooded Parrakeet. 



Mr. J. Booth called attention to the use of the word 

 *' triantelope " for the spiders belonging to the genus Voconia, 

 but discussion was postponed owing to the lateness of the hour. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Miss F. Bage, M.Sc, and Miss J. White, M.Sc— Large 



