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together with Mr. J. B. Gregory, LL.M., was authorised to wait 

 upon the Zoological Society and endeavour to secure its 

 co-operation. The hon. secretary acknowledged the receipt of 

 various papers, reports, etc., from the Mining Department of 

 New South Wales, referring to the National Park at Port 

 Hacking, in that colony, which should be most useful to the 

 sub-committee. 



PAPERS READ. 



1. The president read a paper by Miss J. A. Hood, entitled 

 ■*' A Few Specimens from the Darling Downs." This consisted 

 of short notes about insects, etc., seen during a recent visit to 

 that portion of Queensland. 



2. By Mr. C. French, F.L.S., entitled " Notes of a Botanical 

 Trip to the Wimmera." The writer gave an interesting account 

 of a recent collecting trip in the district around Lake Albacutya, 

 and for twenty-five miles in a north-westerly direction. During 

 the outing he collected about i6o species of plants in flower, 

 among them being Eriostemon capitatus, new to Victoria. He 

 -suggested that a number of the flowering shrubs were well 



worthy of cultivation in our gardens, and exhibited a large 

 ■number of dried specimens in illustration of his remarks ; also 

 ■sketches showing the character of the country. 



3. By Mr. J. Bracebridge Wilson, M.A., "Shells Dredged 

 at Port Phillip Heads." This, being principally a list of names, 

 was taken as read, and ordered to be printed. 



Natural History Notes. — Mr. J. Bracebridge Wilson, M.A,, 

 forwarded a note on a new starfish obtained by him in Port 

 .Phillip. 



Baron F. von Mueller, K.C.M.G., forwarded a copy of a letter 

 from Sir R. Owen on the " Embryology of the Echidna." 



The following were the principal exhibits of the evening : — 

 By Mr. P. H. Anderson, specimens of the crustacean, Apus pro- 

 ductus (?), from Gippsland. By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, some large 

 Victorian Orthoptera, families Mantidse and Phasmidae. By 

 Mr. C. C. Brittlebank, orchids, including Caleya major ; also 

 drawing of insects and larvae. By Mr. G. Coghill, orchid in 

 bloom, Pterostylis rufa, grown by exhibitor ; also Pierostylis 

 cucullata, Diiiris punctata, D. viaculata, Microtis porrifolia, and 

 Calochilus Rohertsoni. By Mr. C. French, F.L.S., dried plants 

 .collected near Lake Albacutya, Wimmera District; also two 

 indian-ink sketches by Miss M. Scott, of Lake Alba- 

 cutya station, " My Camp Among the Sand-hills," 

 and " Pijick, near Albacutya." By Master G. French, 

 i;he rare minute water-plant, Woljfia Michelii, from South 

 Brighton. By Mr. R. Hall, various specimens from Chelten- 

 ham. By Mr. E. H. Hennell, granite from Wliittlesea, 



