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THE VICT0!l!,4N XATL' l!AI,i ST. 



Nrw Victorian^ Fungs. 

 We lir.ve to recorJ the following 1.5 now Yictorian Fungi, named 

 by Dr. M. C. Cooke, forwarded by Bnron von Mueller: Agaricus 

 mastoiiJcus, A. semiglohatus, HygropJiorui? pun-'ceus, Polyporus 

 Gnnnii, P. lilacinogilvas, Ilijdnum ochracfum, Iri>ex zonatus, 

 Theh'phora atra, Stereum SouH'rhei, CIcn-aria aiirea, C. muscoides, 

 C rufa, Gi/no}'>hallus Ccdeyi , Ileodictyon cihurium, Cyatlius vermicosus. 



Pond Life about (Jakleigh. 

 Mr. H. Watts forwards the list of objects found by him in a visit to 

 Oakieigli and the immediate neighbourhood in August. Diatom — 

 Gomphonema geminatum: Desmids — Chstivium lunula, C. I'enuSy 

 Penium digitus, Docidium rerrucosum, D. undulatum, Cosmarium 

 murgaritifcrum, and Staurastriun sp.: other freshwater Algs — 

 Oscillaria tenuis, Vaucheiia c'avata, Spirogyra sp. (sterile), 

 Bnlbochcete pygmcea, CEdogonium pp., Merismopedia punctata: 

 Infusoria — ^several sp., Eutomostraca — o sp.: Hydrachnida — 1 sp. 



FK0(is ?•. Mick. 

 *' jNFr. W. August Cahteu, of Soutli Norwood, slates that lie 

 observed, a short time since, several mice ]inrsuing some frogs in a 

 s-hed which was overrun by tliese reptiles ' (sic.)" The alacrity of 

 t]\e latter, however, rendered tlic atf;ick~; of the mice futile for a 

 considerable period. Again ai;d again tiie frogs esca[ied from tlie 

 flutelK-s of their foes, but only to be recaptured, severely shaken and 

 bitten. The energy put forth by tho^e reptiles was so great 

 that i]>.oy actually swayed their captors to and fro in their efforts to 

 wrest tlicmselves from their grasp. At length the wounds inflicted 

 Tjpon tlsem rendered the frogs incapable of further resistence, and 

 tliey were easily overpowed by tlse mice, which devoured a certain 

 part of tliem." '"Nature," June ord, 1880. 



BOTANICAL NOTE. 



At the last meeting of the F.N.C., Mr. G. Coghill exhibited a pot 

 of the orcliid, Caladenia carnea, grown by himself. Among tiie 

 flowers was one in wliich there was an extra petal, and a double 

 labellnm. 



ERRATUM. 



In the secoiul last jjage, line 21, of " Observations on Steivuliacca\" real 

 Syni>jl>hme instead of gyranophore. 



