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action from inland. There are also in the nodules Foraminifera 

 and numerous marine testacea. 



From the condition in which these fossil Crustacea a:e found^. 

 it would seem that there had been great and sudden mortality 

 among them, probably due to the water having been poisoned by 

 the evolution of gases attending volcanic disturbance. The 

 deposit in which these Crustacea are found is of no small interest 

 when viewed in connection with Australian Tertiary geology and 

 demands a close systematic examination from practical field 

 workers. 



NOTES. 



During the past few weeks the director and assistant director 

 of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society have been very 

 busy distributing young English trout in various rivers and 

 creeks in the Upper Yarra and Gippsland districts, and also 

 several creeks in the Dandenong Ranges. Altogether about 

 15,000 young fish have been turned out. About 3000 of these 

 were hatched at the Royal Park, having been purchased as ova 

 from the Salmon Commissioners of Tasmania, The remainder 

 were hatched at Sir Samuel Wilson's estate, Ercildoune, near 

 Ballarat, and presented by him to the Society for distribution. 

 It is also intended to stock the Wimmera with a large number 

 of different varieties of carp. 



At the November meeting of the Club, Mr. F. G. A. Barnard 

 exhibited a pot of the orchid, Caladenia suaveolens, a plant which 

 was considered rare, until several members of the Club have 

 noted its occurrence in different localities. One of its 

 peculiarities seem to be the long time for which its flowers last. 

 The plants in question were in full bloom just before the 

 September meeting, and, when exhibited, were apparently as 

 fresh as ever. It was grown in an ordinary lath fernery. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Blue and Crimson Water-Lilies. — The order of water- 

 lilies, Nymphseacese, although not numerous in species, has a 

 world-wide distribution in tropical and temperate still waters. 

 There are four Australian species according to Mueller, three 

 according to Bentham, One, a cosmopolitan form, Cabomba 

 (or Brasenia) peltata, with rather small dull-purple flowers, is 

 found in the waters of North America and of East India, and 

 has a similarly wide range in Australia, reaching from Queens- 

 land down to E. Victoria (Census), Another species, Nehimbo 



