94 Field Naturalists' Club — Proceedings. [v,l!'xxxvii. 



one species of which — Piiccinio caniitipyciiocep/iiili, found on 

 leaves of Shore Thistle, Cardims f^yciiocepJtal us— he'mg the 

 first record for AustraUa. 



By ^Ir. Xevilk' W. Cayley. — ("nloiir-chawint^'s of i'<j;gs of Aus- 

 traUan birds. 



By Mr. F. Cudmore. — Fossil leaves from llu' Carbo-Permian 

 of Blue ]\Iountains, N.S.W. ; Glossopieris Browniana and var. 

 linearis : also fossil ferns, &c., from Lower Carboniferous (Coal 

 Measures), Radstock, Somerset, England. 



By Mr. Chas. Daley. — " ^lusical sand " I re mi Xoinian F>ay, 

 Wilson's Promontory. 



By Messrs. C. French, jun., and E. E. Pescott. -Sickle Green- 

 hood orchids, Ptcrosiylis falcata, from Vermont. 



By Mr. J. Cr. Mann. — Fasciated branehlct of Sheoke, 

 Casiiarina strict a, from Frankston. 



By Mr. Chas. Oke.— Thirty-nine species of Coleoptera taken 

 on Lcrderderg excursion, including thirteen species which live 

 communal with ants — amongst these may be specially 

 mentioned Chlamydopsis longipes, Lea, and (' . cclatomiU(C, Lea ; 

 also two rare species of ants. 



Bv Messrs. E. E. Pescott and C. Fri'ncli, jun.- -Herbarium 

 specimens of fourteen species of Western Australian orchids 

 colk'cted bv Dr. R. S. and Mrs. Rogers, including Lypcranthus 

 serratiis, Lindl., Caladenia iiiiita, iMtz., (.'. Iiirta, Lindl., ('. 

 mulliclava, Reich, f. (very rare), C . macrostylis, Fitz., C. plicata, 

 Fitz., C . longicauda, Lindl., CAossodia cmarginata, Lindl., Drakcra 

 glypiodon, Fitz., Prasop/iylluiii hiciiis, Reich, f., /'. ciuiilldlmii, 

 Reich, f. : P. MticUcri, .Xiidrews : iind Piiiris Piirdcvi, 

 Deils. 



By Mr. .Mfred J. Tadgell.~-(.-f ) Two forms of the Short 

 Purple Mag, Patcrsonia ^^laiica, Iridfe — (^0 the type form has 

 glaucous, narrow, rigid leaves, conve.x on botli sides, with 

 flowers almost stemless — from Sandringham ; (h) a varit-ty 

 resembling at first glance the long-scaped Patersonia, /*. 

 longiscapa, with which it grew ; this form [h) is very dwarf, 

 flowers on long scapes, the leaves flat and flexile - from Oak- 

 leigh. {B) An example of arrested sap in grass flower-head, 

 Tctrarrhcna {Phrlmrta) junccn, Wire (irass ; {a) normal spi'ci- 

 men, showing flower-head s])icate and elongate; {h) distort, 

 showing the flower-head in a l)r()ad, flattened form - from 

 Dandenong Ranges. {(') Si-nsitive 'l"rigger-j)lant , Caitdollca 

 {Stylidium) graminifoliiini, a very tall specim(;n. .\ feet 2 inches 

 high — from Dandt-nong Ranges. 



By Mr. H. B. Williamson. -Specimens of Pnltciia'a tcrnata, 

 F. v. M., Grey Bush-Pea, collected at Whitfield by Mr. Walsh : 

 Giilinm gcminifoliiim, F. v. M., Twin-leaf Bedstraw, collected 

 at Kerang by Sir. M. J. Semmens ; and Khagodia liastaia, Saloop 



