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familiar genera to remind any south-eastern visitor that he 

 was still in Australia. It was noticeable that the dominant 

 yellow colour of a large number of Victorian flowers was 

 replaced by blue and red in the West. 



Some discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Davidson, Barnard, 

 J. Gabriel, Hardy, Hart, and the president took part. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S., referred to the habits of a leaf- 

 curling spider, Phonognatha graeffei, which has occurred in 

 considerable numbers in suburban gardens recently, and 

 described its methods of building a web and forming a retreat. 



Mr. J. Searle drew attention to the unusual numbers of the 

 large Wanderer Butterfly, Danais erippus, which had appeared 

 in city and suburbs during the last few weeks. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. E. Cox. — Fine specimens of asbestos from near 

 Beaconsfield, Tasmania, taken from a seam varying from 

 4 to 12 inches in thickness. 



By Mr. C. Daley, F.L.S. — Jawbones and scales of the Burnett 

 River Salmon, belonging to the ganoid order Dipnoi, found only 

 in the Burnett and Mary Rivers, Queensland. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel. — Marine shell, Larifiopsis turbinata, 

 Gatliff and Gabriel, dredged at Western Port Bay, Victoria ; 

 also Chlamys glaber, Linn., and varieties from the Mediterranean. 



By Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S. — Specimen of leaf-curhng spider, 

 Phonognatha graeffei, with leaf of Eucalyptus cladocalyx for 

 shelter, in illustration of note. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher. — Dried specimens of flowers, Nuytsia 

 ftoribunda, R. Br., " Christmas-tree " of Western Austraha ; 

 flowers and foliage of Crotolaria Cunninghami, R. Br., Western 

 Australian Bird-flower ; also cut flowers and foliage of Anigo- 

 zanthus ftavida, and var. purpurea, F. v. M., Kangaroo-paw 

 Flower of Western Austraha, from plants growing in Melbourne 

 Botanic Gardens. 



By Mr. J. Stickland. — Photographs of portions of Burnley 

 Quarries ; piece of wood, probably portion of stem of a 

 Casuarina, obtained in quarry beneath the basalt ; specimens 

 (under microscope) obtained at excursion to quarries. 



By Mr. C. A. Topp, M.A., LL.B.— About sixty sheets of 

 dried plants in illustration of paper on the flora of south- 

 western Australia. 



By H. Whitmore. — Eucalyptus leaves, species E. elcBOphora ; 

 piece of root ploughed up at Clyde, Vic, facsimile of Aus- 

 tralia. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



