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EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard — Sunshine Wattle, Acacia discolor, 

 collected at Walhalla on Easter Saturday, 1913. 



By Mr. F. Cudmore. — Nautilus, sp., from the Balcombian 

 beds of Mornington ; collected on 13th April, 1913. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel. — Argonauta argo, Linn., from Japan. 



By Mr. J. E. Dixon. — Coleoptera from Tallangatta, North- 

 Eastern Victoria, including By alius reticulata, Pasc, Saragus 

 incisus, Pasc, Notonomiis Gippsiensis, Cast., &c. ; also wasp, 

 Polistes tricolor, and nests, from Wodonga. 



By Mr. J. T. Hamilton, F.L.S. — Hawkcsbury sandstone 

 (Triassic), from Narrow Neck, Blue Mountains, N.S.W. 



By Mr. H. E. Horner. — Rock through which the roots of a 

 tree have grown ; collected at Port Campbell. 



By Mr. G. A. Keartland. — Marsupial mice, Sminthopsis 

 crassicaudaia, from Sunbury. 



By Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S. (for National Museum). — 

 Type and co-type of a new Grass- Wren, Amytornis rufa, 

 Kershaw and Campbell, collected by Mr. G. F. Hill on Capt. 

 Barclay's expedition, Northern Territory. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher (for Curator, Botanical Gardens). — 

 Specimens in bloom of Eucalyptus leucoxylon, var. macrocarpa. 



By Mr. J. Searle. — Collection of fish and Crustacea, dredged 

 in Corio Bay. 



By Mr. F. Spry. — Chalcid, Eucharis lavymna (?), Walk., bred 

 from pupa of ant, Mynnccia forficata. Fab., obtained at Ferntree 

 Gully, 20th March, 1913. 



By Mr. C. Stout. — Photographs taken at junior excursion, 

 Elwood, ist February, 1913. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Tree-Planting. — The Journal of Agriculture (Victoria) for 

 April contains a useful article by Mr. J. R. Tovey, of the 

 National Herbarium, on tree-planting for shelter, shade, or 

 wind-breaks. Lists of trees and shrubs are given, both native 

 and exotic, which are useful for different situations and 

 localities in Victoria. 



Economic Entomology. — Mr. C. French, jun.. Government 

 Entomologist, has, at the request of the Tasmanian Go ver Anient, 

 been sent to Tasmania to examine and report on the damage 

 to timber by borer beetles. 



Correction. — In line 23 on page 189 of the April Naturalist, 

 for " cyanocephela " read " cygnocephala." Will readers add 

 this correction to the errata and index issued with the last 

 number ? 



