1 62 Field Naturalists' Cluh — Proceedings. [^ ""'f 



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Cochrane-street, Elsternwick, and Master Wm. Mitchell, 59 

 Bunbury-street, Footscray, as junior members of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Mr. G. A. Keartland called attention to the announcement in 

 the newspapers that it was proposed to make an alteration in 

 the date of the opening of the quail season from ist March to 

 15th February, and thought that the Club, having been instru- 

 mental in securing the ist March as the opening da\^ should 

 protest against any alteration. He therefore moved — "■ That a 

 strong protest be forwarded to the officer administering the 

 Game Act against any alteration in the date of opening the 

 shooting season for quail." Seconded by Mr. A. H. E. 

 Mattingley, C.M.Z.S., and carried unanimously. 



PAPERS READ. 



1. By Mr. J. Searie, entitled "Some Australian Copepoda 

 New to Science." 



The author said that for some time he had been devoting 

 attention to the Copepoda, one of the principal orders of the 

 Entomostraca, with a fair amount of success. He had found 

 at Cheltenham the species recently described from Bruni Island, 

 Tasmania, as Brunella tasmanica, by Mr. G. W. Smith, and 

 during the Club excursion to Nyora on ist November last had 

 discovered an entirely new species, which he now described and 

 named as Brunella australis. Since that he had taken another 

 species, differing in some important details, and of a bright gi-een 

 colour, at Heidelberg, which he also described and named as 

 B. viridis. He stated that the present season had been an 

 excellent one for pond-life, and that other specimens he had 

 taken would probably prove to belong to another new species. 



The paper was illustrated by drawings and specimens mounted 

 for the microscope. 



Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., congratulated the author on the 

 work he is doing, and trusted he would continue on the same 

 lines. 



2. By Prof. A. J. Ewart, D.Sc, F.L.S., entitled *' The 

 Biological Survey of the National Park, Wilson's Promontory," 

 part iii. 



The author dealt with the results of a trip to the National 

 Park made recently by Messrs. Audas and St. John, from which 

 he was able to add 50 additional species, representing 39 genera, 

 to the list of plants and ferns, making up a total of 600 species 

 now recorded, 50 of which are naturalized aliens, the most 

 notable plants in the present list being Acacia longifolia, \ar. 



