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museums, or in private hands, and laid particular stress on the 

 utmost care being taken in their housing and supervision. 

 Definitions of the more essential terms which he had introduced 

 in preparing the catalogue of the paheontological collections at 

 the National Museum, Melbourne, were given ; and a new name, 

 tectotype (with its accompanying compounds, tectoparatype 

 and tectoplesiotype). was suggested to denote specimens used 

 in a structural sense for the better diagnosis of genera and 

 species. 



2. By Dr. T. S. Hall, M.A., entitled " Geological Rambles 

 along the Victorian Coast." 



This took the form of a lecture, and by means of" a large 

 number of lantern slides the geology of the country adjacent 

 to and along the Victorian coast was explained in a very 

 interesting manner. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Dr. T. S. Hall, M.A., mentioned having a dwarf bamboo in 

 flower, and asked if this was at all common in Victoria. 



Mr. F. Pitcher said that the plant occasionally flowered in 

 the Botanical Gardens, and that it died afterwards. 



Mr. F. G. A. Barnard remarked that a pot s})ecimen he once 

 had also had flowered and died. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. C. J. (iabriel. — Marine shells— Cry ploiiiilon stcllari, 

 Midd., from California ; Callochiton inornatus. T.-Wds., from 

 Tasmania ; Ischnochiton juloides, Ad. and Ang., from South 

 Australia ; Chiton exoptandus, Bednall, from South Australia : 

 and Acanthochites matthewsi, Bednall and Pilsbry. taken from 

 the- gut of a whiting, from South Australia. 



By Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S. — Desmid, Cosiiuiriinii birctum, 

 Breb., collected on 26th March, 1904, in a rock pool, Botanical 

 Gardens. 



By Miss Rollo. — Nest of tra]vdoor spider. 



By Mr. F. Wisewould. — Fine {plants of the Nati\'e Heath, 

 Epacris impressa, from Gembrook. 



By Master Karl Glance. — Dried specimens of Loranthiis 

 celastroides, Epacris impressa, and Casuarina slricla, from 

 Black Rock ; Eucalyptus melliodora, from St. Kilda Park. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Fasciolaria AUSTRALASIA, VAR. Bakeri. — In making up 

 Plate HI. in the July Naturalist the blocks for figures i and 2, 

 3 and 4 were transposed, the error not being detected until 

 after publication. Figures 3 and 4 rejHesent the tyi>e speci- 

 men, while I and 2 are an intermediate variety. Subscribers 

 should m;i.k(' the necessary alleratioiis in tlicir copies. 



