^Q^.'l Field Naturalists' Club — Proceedings. 



1920 J 



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that closer supervision be exercised with regard to visitors at 

 the Grampians. ]\Ir. Beuhne said the fires always occur after 

 the sheep have been taken out of the hills. The motion was 

 seconded by Mr. E. E. Pescott, F.L.S., and carried unanimously. 



PAPER. 



Owing to the failure of a valve of the oxygen apparatus, the 

 illustrated paper by Mr. F. Chapman, A.L.S., on " The Tertiary 

 Flora of Australia," had to be postponed, the exhibition of 

 lantern slides being essential. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Mr. F. Chapman, A.L.S., gave a short explanation of the 

 occurrence known as " musical sand." 



Mr. F. G. A. Barnard mentioned that, when at Bacchus 

 Marsh on 31st October, he had seen a butterfly cross the road 

 which he believed wa? Papilio stheneins, Macleay, the Chequered 

 Swallow-tail, a rare butterfly in Victoria, and stated that a 

 specimen of this butterfly had been taken during an excursion 

 to the locality some thirty years before. He also asked if 

 members had noticed the prevalence lately of the little 

 Bordered Sulphur Butterfly, Terias smilax, Don. He had seen 

 it at Kew, Bacchus Marsh, Brighton, and Black Rock — at the 

 latter localities in quite large numbers. Usually only a few 

 specimens of this species are seen in a season. Anderson and 

 Spry, in their work, " Victorian Butterflies," record a similar 

 occurrence in 1886-7. Mr. C. Oke said he had seen a specimen 

 of Papilio stheneins at the Lerderderg on the 30th October. 



Mr. F. Spry said that the Lesser Wanderer Butterfly, Danaiis 

 petilia, StoU., was commoner than usual this season. He had 

 seen one flying in the city. 



Mr. E. Wilson said that during a recent visit to Queensland 

 he had seen thousands of butterflies of several species at the 

 Darling Downs and the Blackall flanges. 



Mr. C. Frencli, jun., remarked that the Cut-worm Moth, 

 Mamestra ewingi, was very plentiful this season, which in- 

 dicated a bad time for the farmers. 



The chairman drew attention to the exhibit by Mr. N. W. 

 Caylcy of several ])eautiful paintings of Australian birds' eggs, 

 which are being prepared for reproduction in a new work on 

 Australian and Tasmanian birds and their eggs. Mr. Y.. 

 Wilson also remarked on the excellence of the paintings, and 

 said that the letterpress of the work was in the hands of Messrs. 

 D. Lc; Souef and C. Barrett. 



K.XHIBITS. 



. By Mr. C. C. Brittlebank and Mr. C. French, jun.— Nino 

 species of micro-fungi collected on excursion to Lerderderg, 



