4:4 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST, 



Groups — Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 

 Class 2— MoLLUSCA— Charles J. Gabriel ; Daisy Lilley. 

 „ 3— Lepidoptera — Margaret R, Cane. 

 ,, 4 — CoLEOPTERA — Jack Turnbull. 



,, 5— Hymenoptera — Bernard F. Hill ; Gerald F. Hill. 

 ,, 7 — Life-History OF Insects — G. F. Hill; B. F. Hill. 

 ,, 8 — Flowering Plants — Rose Elliott ; Frederic Higgins ; Florrie E. 



Hobart. 

 J, II— General Collection (Botanical)— Grace E. Hazard. 

 ,, 12 — Rocks and MiNERALS^Stanley Mitchell. 



Two additional special prizes were presented by Baron von 

 Mueller to Florrie E. Hobart and Grace E. Hazard for their very- 

 creditable botanical exhibits. 



A vote of thanks, proposed by Mr. J. B. Gregory, was 

 enthusiastically accorded Baron von Mueller for his kindness 

 in distributing the prizes on this occasion. 



EXHIBITION OF SPECIMENS. 



The exhibits in connection with the prize competition for 

 young collectors were on view, and elicited much favourable 

 comment from the visitors present, the display, as a whole^ 

 being a decided advance on that of the first competition. 



The following were the principal exhibits by members : — By Mr. 

 E. Anderson. — Drawings of life-histories ofthe following butterflies 

 and moths : — Delias aganippe, Heteronyinpha metope, lalmenus 

 evagoras, Ogyris orcetes, 0. abrota, 0. olane, Hypochrysops delicia. 

 Sphinx convolvuli, Chcerocampa scrofa, Danima bartksii, Teara 

 mela7iosticta, Monoctenia falernaria, M. vinaria, SeUdosema lyci- 

 aria, StathmorrJiopa beggaria, Thailina punctilinea, T. inscripta, 

 Scoeptera marginalis, Manustra trilineata. By Miss Cochrane. — 

 Paintings of Victorian orchids and other wild flowers. By Mr. 

 C. French, F.L.S. (for Entomological Branch of Department of 

 Agriculture, Victoria). — Specimens showing Life-history of Vic- 

 torian " Bot," or Horse-fly (fam., CEstridse) — (a) egg on hair of 

 horse ; (b) larvae taken from stomach of horse ; and (c) perfect 

 insects, reared from pupse. By Mr. C. French, jun. — Victoria — 

 Eggs of Chestnut-backed Ground Thrush, Spotted Ground 

 Thrush, Hill Crow Shrike, Azure Kingfisher; Tasmania — 

 Eggs of Selby's Shrike Thrush, Hazel-eyed Crow, Strong- 

 billed Honey-eater; Queensland — Spangled Dronga Shrike. 

 By Mr. Jos. Gabriel. — Eggs of Australian Pelican and Musk 

 Duck. By Mr. T. S. Hart, M.A. — Specimens of rocks and 

 minerals. By Mr. H. F. Hill. — Specimens of eight species 

 of Victorian House-building Moths (fam., Psychidse) ; also two 

 " Vegetable " Caterpillars [Cordyceps robertsii), from New Zea- 

 land. By Mr. J. Lidgett. — Larvse of moth (Termessa shep- 

 hardi), bred from ova deposited in February, 1893. By 

 Mr. F. Marsh. — Skins of following birds : — New Zealand, North 

 Island — Heteralocha acutirostris (Huia), Prosthemadera novce 



