Field Naturalisls' Club — Proceedings. [y'^ 



Vict. Nat. 

 XXXI. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — Section ol kelp i8 inches in 

 width, marine alga;, sponges, &c., from Cat Bay, PhiUip 

 Island ; Older Basalt, from Point Grant, Phillip Island. 



By Mr. J. Booth. — A caterpillar, in illustration of his natural 

 history note. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel. — Marine shells from the Porlsea jetty, 

 including rare chitons, Acanlhochiles maughani, Torr and 

 Ashby, A . speciostis, Adams, and A . kimheri, Torr. 



By Mr. J. Gabriel. — Eggs of Mutton-birds and other Petrels. 



By Mr, J. Searle. — Fresh-water crustacean, Anaspidcs tas- 

 manica, from Mt. Wellington, Tasmania. 



By Mr. J. Stickland. — Larva of the water- beetle, Dytiscus, 

 almost covered with masses of protozoa, probably of the genus 

 Epistylis, together with a considerable growth of alga.'. These 

 specimens grew upon the larva while it was alive. From 

 Alexandra-avenue, IMelbourne. 



By Mr. P. R. H. St. John. — Herbarium specimens of 

 Eucalyptus niiens. Maiden, collected by Dr. Heber Green at the 

 head of the Acheron valley, nth April, 1914. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



EXCURSION TO BEAUMARIS. 



With a Melbourne temperature of 97", a small party of Field 

 Naturalists, together with representatives from the Micro- 

 scopical Society of Victoria, left Flinders-street at 2 p.m. on 

 Saturday, 14th February. On arriving at Sandringham the 

 party was found to have increased to twenty, and this, con- 

 sidering the unusually trying weather circumstances, speaks 

 well of the interest shown in the objects of the excursion, which 

 were two-fold. We seem, however, not yet to have profited 

 by previous experience in obtaining information as to suit- 

 ability ol tides when drawing uj) the excursion progrannne, 

 for when, after the usual eighteenth century jog-trot journey, 

 Beaumaris was reached, the tide was full high. Not being 

 ])rovided with water-boots, water-tclescojies, or even biplanes, 

 we were debarred from studying marine life to any extent, 

 and so faced our alternative subject — fossils. During the 

 afternoon, however, many common but nevertheless inter- 

 esting objects were picked u}) at the highest tide limit, amongst 

 which were the screw-like egg-cases of the " Gummy " or Port 

 Jackson shark, Ccslracion, and a jaw of the Porcu|)ine-fish, 

 Diodon. the latter serving as a peg on which to hang some 

 remarks on ]ierhaj>s one of tlie most interesting finds of the 

 afternoon — namely, a fossil palatal tooth of the same libh-genus. 



