^'j'g'"! Field Naturalists' Club — Proceedings. 8i 



Benambra, Mansfield, Waratah Bay, Curdie's River, and Toon- 

 gabbie. 



By Mr. F. Chapman, A.L.S. — Specimen of the new modeUing 

 clay, " Modela," containing coccoliths from the chalk ; an inter- 

 esting micro -object. 



By Mr. Geo. Coghill. — Flowering specimens of Acacia melan- 

 oxylon. Acacia dealbata, Acacia verticillata. Acacia stricta, Acacia 

 myrtifolia^ Acacia juniperina, and Indigofera australis, from 

 Mooroolbark. 



By Mr. H. W. Davey. — Fossil crab, Ommatocarcinus corio- 

 ensis, Cress well, sp., from the Cardie's River lime quarries 

 (Tertiary), Western District. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel. — Marine shells from Japan, Astraliitm 

 {Giiildfordia) triiimphans, Phil. 



By Mr. T. S. Hart, M.Sc. — Acacia linifolia, from Cockatoo, 

 showing fasciation. 



By Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S. — Two specimens of Ischnoptera 

 bninneonigra, Tepper, in illustration of Mr. Shaw's paper. 



By Miss G. Nethercote. — Flowering specimens of Thryptomerie 

 Mitchelliana and Bceckia plicata, grown at Hawthorn. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher. — Flowering sprays of Acacia armata, A. 

 acinacea, A . montana, A . leprosa, A . diffusa, A . myrtifolia, A . 

 longifolia, var. sophora, from the Melbourne Botanic Gardens; 

 mounted specimens of Acacia armata, A. myrtifolia, A. dealbata, 

 A. stricta, A. juniperina, A. melanoxylon, collected on the 

 Bayswater-Ringwood excursion, Saturday, 9th September. 



By Mr. J. Searle. — Marine Cladocera, from Western Australia. 



By Dr. C. S. Sutton. — Two military contour maps, embracing 

 the greater part of the county of Mornington. 



By Mr. P. R. H. St. John. — Oil from Eucalyptus rostrata, 

 Schl., var. borealis, R. T. Baker, River Red Gum, Vic. and 

 N.S.W. ; part of sample exhibited at the June meeting under 

 the name of Eucalyptus rostrata. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



EXCURSION TO BAYSWATER. 



The excursion from Bayswater to Ringwood on Saturday, 

 the 9th September, was well attended, about fifty members 

 and friends arriving at Bayswater by the 1.35 p.m. train from 

 Melbourne to take part in the outing, botany being its main 

 object. Starting in a north-easterly direction towards the 

 Dandenong Creek, the party had not proceeded far before 



