36 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



The following ofifice-bearers for 1887-88 were duly elected, 

 there being no opposition, viz. : — President, Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, 

 M.A., B.Sc, F.G.S. ; vice-presidents, Mr. C. French, F.L.S., 

 and Mr. C. A. Topp, M.A., LL.B. ; hon. treasurer, Mr. E. 

 Tweddell ; hon. librarian, Mr. O. A. Sayce ; hon. secretary, 

 Mr. F. G. A. Barnard ; and hon. assistant-secretary, Mr. G. 

 Coghill. 



A ballot was taken for five members of committee, which 

 resulted in Messrs. A. J. Campbell, G. R. Hill, D. Le Souef, H. 

 T. Tisdall, F.L.S., and F. Wisewould being elected. 



Votes of thanks were unanimously accorded to the various 

 ofifice-bearers for their services during the past year, and to 

 Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., for his services as Editor of the 

 Victorian Naturalist. 



Mr. S. H. Wintle, F.L.S., read part II. of his paper entitled 

 " Observations on the Geology of Melbourne and Suburbs," in 

 which he described in an interesting manner the geological 

 features of the basin known as the West Melbourne swamp. 

 He had taken advantage of the present excavations and illus- 

 trated his remarks with carefully prepared diagrams and 

 specimens. 



Several members took part in a discussion which followed on 

 the points touched on in the paper. 



The following were the principal exhibits of the evening : — 

 By Mr. P. H. Anderson, bombardier beetles from Everton, 

 Victoria. By Mr. C. H. Brittlebank, water-colour drawings of 

 Victorian insects in their several stages. By Mr. A. J. 

 Campbell, a map of King's Island, showing the locality for the 

 proposed expedition by the members of the Club in November 

 next. By Mr. C. French, F.L.S., birds from North Queensland, 

 viz., Ptiloris Victorice, Victoria rifle-bird, ^XiA Megapodus tumulus ; 

 also Queensland birds' nests. By Mr. C. French, jun., eggs of 

 panayan tern, noddy tern, sooty tern, nankeen kestrel, great 

 brown kingfisher, and black-backed porphyrio. By Mr. E. H. 

 Hennell, moths, Cheropteryx Collsii, with caterpillar, chrysalis, 

 and cocoons of same. By Mr. G. A. Keartland, Victorian 

 parrots, a young hooded-dottrel, and a white crow strike, a 

 lusus naturae. By Mr, H. Kennon, a specimen of recent 

 fossilisation of she-oak from Tasmania. By Mr. A. H. S. 

 Lucas, M.A., a photograph of the " Artillery Rocks " at Lome, 

 taken by S. M. Hawkins, of Wesley College. By Mr. F. 

 Reader, dried plants in illustration of paper, " The Medical 

 Virtues of some of our Notable W^eeds," published in JojirJial 

 of Pharmacy, May, 1886. By Mr. H. L. Thompson, shells, 

 Trochita calyptracformis, and Venus, from INIentone ; also 

 section of limpet showing internal organs. By Mr. S. H. 

 Wintle, F.L.S., fossil ferns from Gippsland coal measures, IMoe, 

 Ncmvpteris sp., Sphctiopteris sp., Zamites ; specimen of sand- 



