THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 37 



PAPERS. 



1. By Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., entitled " Note on the 

 Butterfly Libythea geoffroyi, Godart." 



The author pointed out the various synonyms under which this 

 butterfly has been described by different writers, and gave a 

 detailed description of the male insect from a specimen recently 

 received by Mr. C. French, F.L.S., from Herberton, North Queens- 

 land. 



2. By Mr. H. T. Tisdall, entitled " On Certain Movements of 

 the Spores of a Fungus, Glathrus cibarius." 



The author detailed the experiments he had made and the 

 movements noticed, and asked if other members had observed 

 any such action by the spores of fungi. 



Mr. O. A. Sayce suggested that the action mentioned was the 

 well-known " Brownian " movement, and was common to all ex- 

 tremely minute inorganic bodies, and was supported in this view 

 by Mr. D. M'Alpine. 



3. By Mr. O. A. Sayce, entitled " Remarks on an Exhibit of 

 Some Living Stages of Mycetozoa." 



The author briefly demonstrated the life-history of this rarely 

 investigated division of plants by means of drawings on the black- 

 board, and exhibited specimens in various stages under the micro- 

 scope. 



Mr. D. M'Alpine, in view of the interest of the subject, sug- 

 gested that the discussion be postponed till next meeting, which 

 was agreed to. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. A. J. Campbell. — Pair of eggs (the first exhibited) of 

 the Russet-tailed Ground-Thrush, Geocichla trecini; also, on behalf 

 of Mr. T. A. Brittlebank, the first reputed eggs of the Yellow-billed 

 Kingfisher, Syma Jlavirostris, from Cape York ; the eggs in shape 

 and texture most resemble those of the White-tailed Kingfisher, 

 Tampiptera sylvia ; two specimens measure each i x .88 inch. 

 By Mr. Geo. Coghill. — Large land shell from Matabele Land, 

 South Africa. By Mr. C. French, F.L.S. — Larva and chrysalid of 

 butterfly, Ornithoptera cassandra, North Queensland. By Mr. F. 

 M. Reader. — Dried specimens of plants — Melaleuca ericifoUa, 

 Sm., Ehrharta stipoides, Lab., Thelymitra ixioides, Sw. — new for 

 the north-west of Victoria. By Mr. Herbert W. Whitney. — 

 Gang-Gang Cockatoo, Callocephalon galeatum, shot at Warburton. 

 After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Change of Address. — Mr. S. W. Jackson, of South Grafton, 

 N.S.W., desires to inform readers of the Naturalist that his 

 address in future will be — Care of G.P.O., Sydney, N.S.W. 



