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ing forms of pond life — a species of Rotifer of the genus Anuraea 

 being deemed worthy of precise description. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



" On a ballot being taken, Messrs. J. Bennett, S. Masters, and E. 

 P. Moncrieff were duly elected members of the Club. 



PAPER READ. 



By Miss L. J. Little, B.Sc, entitled " Barriers to Migration, 

 and their Efifects as shown in the Animals and Plants of the 

 Australian Region." 



The genera] principles underlying the distribution of animals 

 were briefly discussed, and their application to the fauna and 

 flora of the Australian region dwelt upon at some length. As the 

 subject was illustrated by maps it was followed with great interest 

 by those present. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Mr. J. Gabriel reported that whilst in company with G. A. 

 Keartland, on Saturday, 9th September, on the Werribee Plains, 

 he found some four or five nests of the Crow (Corvus australis), 

 and attached to them were nests of the Geobasileus {chry- 

 sorrhoea) in full working order. The nests above were tenanted 

 by the Crows, which also gave evidence of their usual activity. 



Mr. T. S. Hart, M.A., exhibited a specimen showing " doub- 

 ling" in Correa speciosa collected by him near Riddell's Creek, 

 17th August, and pronounced by Baron von Mueller to be the 

 first case recorded in Correa. In connection with this exhibit, 

 the following list of anomalies was put in by Mr. Hart, and may 

 be of interest to members : — Billardiera scandens with sepals 

 elongated and similar to petals and an additional ring of petals, 

 Sandringham ; Diplarrhena morcea with four sepals and four 

 petals, Darlimurla, Gippsland, November, 1890; Caladenia 

 congesta, a small variety, which Baron von Mueller says he had 

 not before seen, Heatherton ; Comesperma calymega, white 

 and pink varieties, Frankston ; Comesperma ericimum, white, 

 Darlimurla. 



EXHIBITION OF SPECIMENS. 



The following were the principal exhibits of the evening : — By 

 Mr. C. French, F.L.S. — New Australian Coleoptera — Dysectoda 

 Digglesii, Dilochrosis atripennis, Schizorrhina Mastersii, S. emilia, 

 Cetonia fulgens, C. tibialis. By Mr. C. French, jun. — Fern, 

 Botrychium tematum, from Dandenong. By Mr. R. Hall. — 

 The four Australian members of genus Sula — viz., piscator, fiber, 

 cyanops, australis. By Mr. T. S. Hart, M.A. — Correa speciosa 

 (double flower), from ranges north of Riddell's Creek, 17 th 

 August, 1893. By Mr. G. F. Hill. — 11 species of beetles hatched 

 ^ince last meeting ; also, nest of the Little Grass Bird, containing 



