i84 Field Naturalists' Club — Proceedings. [vo[."^xxxVv. 



By Mr. H. B. Williamson. — Dried specimen of Acacia linco- 

 lata, Fitzgerald (determined by Mr. P. H. Maiden, F.L.S., Sydney), 

 collected l^y Mr. I). C. trainer at Rosebery (Wimmera), 

 Septcml)er, ioi3- 



By Mr. E. Wilson. — Seventeen species of longicorn beetles 

 taken on a Manna Gnm, Eucalyptus viminalis, at East Malvern. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Orchids. — Mr. R. W. Armitage, M.Sc, Beechworth, writes : — 

 " The attached list of orchids grown or collected by Mr. A. B. 

 Braine, head teacher of the Cravensville State School (about 30 

 miles south-east of Tallangatta), and his pupils is noteworthy 

 as showing the interest evinced in these singular plants in an 

 out-of-the-way corner of Victoria. It comprises 51 species 

 belonging to 17 genera. Mr. Braine remarks that his finding 

 of Drakea Hitniiana was the first record for Victoria ; Praso- 

 phylliim intricatum, first time sent to Dr. Rogers from Vic- 

 toria ; Chilo'^lottis Pescoitiana— new species,- 1916 ; C. trapezi- 

 formis — recorded for Victoria first time in 1916 ; Thelymitra 

 canaliculata — recorded for Victoria 1917, but specimen found 

 in Gippsland about three wx^eks before his ; Pterostylis— several 

 apparent hyl)rids sent to Dr. Rogers : possibly some new species 

 may be listed in 1918. The complete list is : — Acianthus 

 exsertus ; Caladenia carnea, coerulea, congesta, deformis, 

 dilatata, Patersoni, testacea ; Calochilus Robertsoni ; Chilo- 

 glottis diphylla, (iunnii, Pescottiana, trapeziformis ; Corysanthes 

 pruinosa ; Cyrtostylis reniformis ; Dijiodium punctatum ; Diuris 

 maculata, pedunculata, punctata, sulphurca ; Drakea Huntiana ; 

 Eriochilus autumnalis ; Gastrodia sesamoides ; (ilossodia major ; 

 Microtis minutiflora, porrifolia ; Prasophyllum album, flavuni, 

 intricatum, nigricans ; Pterostylis acuminata, alpina, barbata, 

 curta, cycnocephala, falcata, longifolia, nana, nutans, parvi- 

 folia, pedunculata, pr?ecox, reflexa, revoluta : Spiranthes 

 australis ; Thelymitra aristata, canaliculata, epipactoides, 

 ixioides, longifolia, pauciflora. Mr. Braine lias a most beauti- 

 ful school garden, and his orciiids are doing splendidly." 



The Latk Colonel W. V. Legge. — By the death, at the 

 end of last month, of Golonel W. V. Legge, R.A., at the age of 75, 

 the Field Naturalists' Glul) has lost another- of its honorary mem- 

 bers. He was elected in September, i88q, in recognition of his 

 researches in Tasmanian ornithology, but he never contributed 

 to the Club's proceedings. He was a native of Tasmania, and 

 entered Woolwich as a cadet, passing into the Royal Artillery. 

 As a military officer he had many important works entrusted to 

 him. During his military life he spent some years in Ceylon, and 

 became an authority on the birds of that island. 



