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Vol. IV.— No. 8. DECEMBER, 1887. No. 48. 



THE FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the Ckib was held at the Royal Society's 

 Hall on Monday evening, 14th November, 1887. 



The president, Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc, occupied the 

 chair, and above fifty members and visitors were present. 



Letters were read from Mr. Kearsey Milford, of Rockhampton, 

 and Mr. F. A. Skuse, of Sydney, desiring to correspond, etc., 

 with members on the subjects of ants and dipterous insects 

 respectively. 



The lion, librarian reported the receipt of the following dona- 

 tions to the library :— " Annual Report of Secretary for Mines, 

 1886 j" " Mineral Statistics of Victoria, 1886;" and "Quarterly 

 Mining Reports," June, 1887, from the Mining Department; 

 '' Proceedings of Eoyal Society of Victoria," Vol. XXIV.^ Part I., 

 from the society ; " Journal of Eoyal Society of New South 

 Wales," Vol. XXL, Part IL, from the society; '* Journal of New 

 York Microscopical bociety," July, 18S7, from the society; 

 "Journal of Pharmacy," October, 1887, from the society. 



The hon. secretary read accounts by the leaders of the excur- 

 sions held since the last meeting, from which are taken the 

 following notes : — 



Lilydale, 15 th October. — The party for this excursion was very 

 small. Lilydale was reached by the first train, and a start at 

 once made for the ranges. Passing through the paddocks along 

 the Olinda Creek quantities of the orchid, Diiiris longifolitiy 

 were seen. Further on a fine patch of Leptospermiivi Icevigatum, 

 in flower, offered great temptations to the coleopterist, but beetles 

 were very scarce, doubtless owing to recent cold weather. Up a 

 steep spur of the range, the orchids Caladenia carnea and C. 

 Me?iziesii were found in great abundance, also the little violet, 

 Viola hede?-acea, and Bossicea pvostrata. On the top, tree-ferns, 

 musk-trees, asters, etc., formed a dense vegetation, whilst the 

 principal flowering shrubs were Goodia lotifolia, Piinelia axidora. 



