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Vol. XXXII.— No. 4. AUGUST 5, 1915. No. 380. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday, 12th July, 1915. 



The president. Dr. C. S. Sutton, occupied the chair, and about 

 60 members and visitors were present. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



From Mr. B. H. Whittle, Launceston, Tasmania, offering to 

 exchange the chipped stones of the Tasmanian aborigines, 

 native birds, animals, botanical specimens, &c, &c, for the 

 polished stones of the mainland aboriginals. 



A paragraph relative to Mr. Whittle's offer having appeared 

 in the July issue of the Naturalist, no action was taken in the 

 matter beyond drawing the attention of members to the 

 proposal. 



REPORT. 



In the absence of the leader, Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., D.Sc, 

 Mr. F. G. A. Barnard made a brief report of the visit to the 

 University Biological School on Saturday, 10th July. He 

 said that there had been a good attendance, and though Dr. Hall 

 had scarcely recovered from his recent severe illness, he had 

 devoted the afternoon to an explanation of the methods adopted 

 in training the students in biology, and had called attention to 

 some of the more important specimens used as types or for 

 demonstration purposes. 



REMARKS ON EXHIBITS. 



Remarks on exhibits were made by Messrs. Pitcher, Pescott, 

 Gabriel, and Searle. 



NEW SPECIES OF PTEROSTYLIS. 



On behalf of the National Herbarium, Mr. P. Charman, 

 lecturer on natural history at the Training College, made refer- 

 ence to a new species of orchid, of the " Greenhood " type, 

 which was first found growing at Mentone in July, IQ07, by Mi . 

 J. R. Tovey, of the National Herbarium. Professor A. ]. 

 Ewart, at the time, suggested that it was probably a hybrid 

 between Pterostylis concinna and Pterostylis reflexa, but asked 

 Mr. Tovey to keep it under observation. It had appeared every 

 year since then, and had kept true to its main characteristics. 

 There were no orchids in the locality that had any inter- 

 mediate stages between this species and either of the two 

 mentioned. Its main distinction as a new species rested upon 



