66 THR VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



The following persons were duly elected members of the 

 ■Club : — Professor W. Baldwin Spencer, B.A. ; Messrs. R. 

 Stewart Browne, John S. Hart, B.A., Thomas S. Hart, and J. 

 M'George. 



Mr. J. B. Gregory, LL.M., brought before the meeting the 

 desirability of at once taking steps to secure the permanent 

 reservation of Wilson's Promontory and its preservation in its 

 natural state, and moved — " That it is desirable that steps 

 be taken to secure the vesting of Wilson's Promontory, 

 and the islands and waters adjoining, in a board of Trustees, for 

 the purposes of a national park, for the preservation of the 

 fauna and flora, for the conservation of the fisheries, and for 

 public recreation." Seconded by Mr. H. T. Tisdall, F.L.S., 

 and carried unanimously. 



Mr. Gregory then proposed — "That the Royal, Geographical, 

 and Zoological Societies be asked to join in making strong 

 representations to the Ministers of Lands and Customs on the 

 subject; and, if necessary, the president and hon. secretary 

 wait upon the Ministers, in order to more fully explain the 

 Club's views," which was seconded by Mr. G. Coghill, and 

 ■carried. 



PAPERS READ. 



1. By Mr. D. Sullivan, F.L.S., entitled, "The Mossos of 

 A^ictoria," part I. — The writer mentioned that he had collected 

 some two hundred species of mosses in Victoria, principally in 

 the Grampians, the Pyrenees, Gippsland, and the North-eastern 

 district. Of these about thirty were new to science. He then 

 commenced a list of the various species recorded. 



2. The Rev. F. R. M. Wilson contributed some "Notes on a 

 Few Additional Victorian Lichens." He introduced the subject 

 wdth a general description of the halitats, etc., of lichens, and 

 the means adopted for their collection and preservation. He 

 mentioned that he had collected nearly looo species and 

 varieties in the colony, of which about 150 were named, and 

 exhibited 125 species and varieties mounted and named. 



3. Mr. J. F. Roberts, F.R.H.S., read "Some Notes of a 

 Recent Trip to New Caledonia," in which he gave a graphic 

 description of his first impressions of Noumea, and the 

 luxuriant vegetation of the surrounding country, promising to 

 continue his remarks at the next meeting. 



Some interesting notes on the habits of a Queensland hornet 

 were contributed by Mr. C. C. Brittlebank. 



The following were the principal exhibits of the evening : 

 — By TNIr. P. H. Anderson, larvae of procession moth. By 

 Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, orchid in bloom, P.erostylis 7iutans, 

 grown by exhibitor since November, 1883. By Mr. C. 

 C. Brittlebank, a case of coleoptera collected since last 

 meeting, nests of hymenoptera, and water-colour drawings 



