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Vol. X.— No. 6. OCTOBER, 1893. No. 118. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the Field Naturalists' Club was held in 

 the Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, nth September. 

 The president, Mr. H. T. Tisdall, F.L.S., occupied the^ chair, 

 and there was an attendance of some 6o members and friends. 



librarian's report. 



The hon. librarian reported the following additions to the 

 library : — " Annals of the Queensland Museum," No. i, from 

 Trustees ; " Report of Trustees of Australian Museum for 1892," 

 from Trustees ; " Modern Microscopy," by M. T. Cross and M. 

 J. Cole, from Messrs. W. Watson and Sons ; " Hymenoptera from 

 the Elder Expedition," by W. W. Froggatt, from the author; 

 " On the Life-Histories of Australian Coleoptera," by W. W. 

 Froggatt, from the author ; " On the Nest and Eggs of Gerygone 

 nagnirostris (Gould)," by A. J. North, F.L.S., from the author; 

 " Report of Australian Association for Advancement of Science," 

 Hobart, 1892, from the Association; "Proceedings of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia," from Society ; 

 " Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland," vol. ix., 

 from Society ; " Journal of Pharmacy," from Society ; " Smith- 

 sonian Report, U.S. Museum, 1890," from Smithsonian Institute. 



MEETING FOR PRACTICAL WORK. 



A report was received from the Rev. W. Fielder, who had 

 charge of the meeting for practical work on 28th August, when a 

 second demonstration was given on the dissection of the leech. 

 Some fifteen members took part in the work of actual dissection. 

 Transverse sections of the leech had been prepared (together 

 with explanatory diagrams) by Mr. A. G. Fryett, and these 

 were distributed to those present for examination by aid of the 

 microscope. An idea of the general relationship of the various 

 organs and structure of the body was thus clearly demonstrated, 

 and drawings made from these specimens helped to fix the details 

 clearly in the mind of those engaged in the work. The anatomy 

 of the garden snail will be the subject for the next few meetings. 



EXCURSION REPORT. 



Mr. C. French, F.L.S., reported the results of a successful 

 excursion of the Club to Cheltenham on Saturday, 19th August, 

 botanical and entomological specimens being chiefly collected ; 

 and a sub-report by Mr. J. A. Shephard recorded some interest- 



