Che Uictorian naturdlist. 



Vol. XXIX.— No. 4. AUGUST 8, 1912. No. 344. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, 8th July, 1912. 



The president, Mr. J. A. Leach, M.Sc, occupied the chair, 

 and about 60 members and visitors were present. 



A brief report of the excursion to Gisborne and Woodend 

 on Saturday, 22nd June, was given, in the absence of the 

 leader, Prof. E. W. Skeats, D.Sc, by Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S., 

 who said that the party, consisting of three members and 

 twenty-three University students, visited Mount Macedon, the 

 Camel's Hump, and the Hanging Rock during the day's ramble 

 of about fifteen miles. The leader had explained the geology 

 of the country passed through, and demonstrated the relation- 

 ship of the various rock formations. 



Mr. A. L. Scott, in the absence of the leader, Mr. H. W. 

 Wilson, stated that the junior excursion which was to have 

 been held at Studley Park on Saturday, 6th July, did not take 

 jilace, owing to the non-attendance of any junior members. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



Messrs. W. L. C. Harry, Mentone, and C. S. Dawes were 

 elected ordinary members at the June meeting. [These names 

 were inadvertently omitted from last month's journal. — Ed. 

 \"id. Nat.] 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Mr. J. K. Tovey called attention to the omission, in the 

 current (July) Naturalist, of the names of two gentlemen who 

 were elected at the jirevious meeting. 



Messrs. G. Coghill and A. D. Hardy referred to the late 

 publication of the Naturalist, which resulted in many members 

 receiving no notice of the meeting, and asked if this could be 

 remedied in future. 



The president, in rc'i)]y. said that the late issue of the July 

 Naturalist was due, in a large measure, to the dilatory metliods 

 of the Postal Deimrtment. 



Mr. (i. A. Keartland thought that an official j)rotest should 

 be made to the Postal Dei)artment, and moved accordingly. 



This was seconded by Mr. J. Booth, and carried. 



PAPERS READ. 



I. V>y Mr. F. ( hapman, A.L.S., entitled " What are Type 

 Sj^ecimens ? How Should They be Named ? " 



The author pointed out the difficulties met with by students 

 owing to type specimens being scattered alxml in dilfcrent 



