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Vol. III. No. 4. AUGUST 1886. No. 32. 



THE FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



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

 Hall, on Monday evening, 12th June, 1886. 



Tlie president, tlie Rev. J. J. Halley, occupied the chair, and 

 about sixty members and visitors Avere present. 



Baron von Mueller, K.C.M.G., M. and Ph.D., F.R.S., wrote 

 thanking the Clab for his election as Patron. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following donations 

 to the library: — 



"Remarks on the new Australian beetle, PhalacrognatJius 

 Muelleri" with coloured plate, by Mr. P. Dattari, from tlie author; 

 *' Select Extra-tropical Plants" Mueller, from the premier; "The 

 President's Address to the Royal Society of New South Wales," 

 May 1886, from the author; "Journal of Pliarmacy," Vol. I., 

 No. 0, from the Society; and "Journal of the New York Microscopical 

 Society," Vol. II., No. 3, from the Society. 



The hon. secretary reported that the monthly excursion on 

 Saturday, June 19th, was well attended considering the threatening 

 weather, and time of year. The members journeyed to Cheltenham, 

 where they divided into two sections, one under the leadership 

 of Mr. C. French, F.L.S., proceeding across the heath towards 

 the Black Rock in search of botanical specimens, the other, 

 under Mr. S. H. Wintle, F.L.S., proceeding to the cliffs bent on 

 palteontological research. Mr, French re^Dorted that the very dry 

 season had materially affected the growth of the various native 

 plants, parts known as swamps for thirty years were found perfectly 

 dry. Acacia suaveolens was found in flower. Small specimens 

 not yet in flower of Hovea heterophylla, Gompholobium Huegelu, 



