[22 Field Naturalists' Club — Proceedings. [voEXXXli 



Dr. and Mrs. Drake had invited the Club to visit Beaconsfield 

 next spring, and on the motion of Mr. F. Pitcher, seconded by 

 Mr. French, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to them and 

 Mr. and Mrs. Tovey for their hospitality on this occasion. 



A report of the excursion to Lilydale on Saturday, 27th 

 November, was given by the leader, Mr. F. Chapman, A.1*S., 

 who stated that about seventeen members visited a quarry on 

 the Mooroolbark road. The quarry occurs in Yeringian mud- 

 stone, and fossils are extremely plentiful in it. During the 

 afternoon numerous specimens of corals, crinoids, brachiopods, 

 gasteropods, trilobites, &c, were obtained, the most noteworthy 

 belonging to the last-named group. A number of specimens 

 of pond-life were also obtained. Altogether, a very interesting 

 afternoon was spent. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Miss E. E. Lawton, Presbyterian 

 Ladies' College, East Melbourne; Mr. J. Eaton, 70 Rathmines- 

 street, Fairfield; Mr. J. Kinsella. 187 Stanley-street, West 

 Melbourne; and Mr. J. G. Mann, Australian Club, William- 

 street, Melbourne, were duly elected ordinary members of the 

 Club: and Miss M'Donald, Military Hospital, Glenroy, Mr. 

 |. \V. Crawley, Warmambool, and Mr. F. Stone, Mildura, as 

 country members. 



A WELCOME. 



Miss F. Page, B.Sc, of the Women's Hostel, Queensland 

 University, was accorded a welcome to the meeting l>y the 

 president, who referred to the keen interest Miss Bage had 

 always evidenced in the Club's welfare, even since her departure 

 from Melbourne, and to the fact that she had recently been 

 ele< ted president of the Brisbane Field Naturalists' Club. 



Miss Bage, in returning thanks to the meeting lor the 

 welcome accorded her, said the training and experience she 

 had acquired at the Club's meetings and excursions peculiarly 

 fitted her for the position of president of a similai society in 

 Queensland. The practice oi inducing members to make briei 



rence to their exhibits was ;i good one .ind one that was 



always in vogue .it the meetings oi the Brisbane society. 



Kl MAKES ON EXHIBITS. 



Mi. h. I-.. Pescott, F.L.S., in referring to his and Mr. C. 

 French's exhibit of orchids, drew attention to the unsuitable 

 laculai name given to the orchids Cryptostylis longifolia 

 and Caleya major, the Eormei being failed the Duck, and the 

 lattei the Cockatoo Orchid. In his opinion tin- names should 

 be reversed, for Caleya »i<tj<>r looked exactly like a dink in 

 (light when the labellum was extended. Reference was also 

 made to the herbarium specimens exhibited oi Prasophyllutn 

 album and Chiloglottis trapeziforme, both new records for 

 Victoria. 



