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dried flowers from France, Switzerland, Italy, and Palestine ; 

 by Mr. C. French, F.L.S., Australian and exotic coleoptera 

 (Buprestidae) ; by Master H. C. Grover, a falcon ; by Mr. R. 

 Hall, Victorian birds and eggs ; by Mr. W. Hatton, a large field 

 spider ; by Mr. E. H. Hennell, lepidoptera of the season ; by 

 Mr< H. Kennon, 27 ammonites from English and Colonial 

 formations ; by Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., 24 specimens of 

 Archean rocks from the Malvern Hills, England, and from 

 Guernsey ; by Mr. J. Searle, fish from Alphington (alive) ; by 

 Mrs. R. Simson, a worm snake from New South Wales, land 

 -snails, and Sagus fruit from Seychelles Islands ; by Mr. H. T. 

 Tisdall, F.L.S., dried plants in illustration of his paper ; by Mr. 

 H. Watts, 37 specimens of neuropterous insects, mounted as 

 microscopic objects ; by Mr. S. H. Wintle, F.L.S., ribbon shale 

 containing twenty distinct strata in one inch of thickness, from 

 Moonee Ponds, Victoria, sample of coal from Moe, Gippsland, 

 and geological specimens ; by Master C. Yelland, skins of black 

 and carpet snakes, eo;g of moorhen, &c. ; by Master A. Yelland, 

 a carpet snake from Newport. 



After the usual conversazione, the meeting terminated. 



NOTES OF A HOLIDAY TOUR IN RIVERINA AND 

 WESTERN VICTORIA. 



By Messrs. C. French, F.L.S., and F. G. A. Barnard. 



( Read before the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, 18th 

 December, 18S6.J 



When a holiday is obtained there is pretty sure to be some 

 difficulty experienced in deciding where to go, and this was 

 precisely our case, as we discussed the various chances of 

 success in collecting work coupled with real enjoyment. We 

 had invitations to the Upper Murray (Hume district) and to 

 Mulwala, and also wanted to visit Hamilton and the Grampians 

 at Dunkeld, places at almost the extreme points of Victoria. 

 After some consideration, we decided to go to Mulwala, think- 

 ing that from there we could strike across country to the 

 western railway ; but we were mistaken, and had to journey back 

 to Melbourne and make a fresh start from there to the Western 

 district. 



The Mulwala part of the trip was undertaken by Messrs. 

 French and Best. A start was made by the early train on 

 Thursday, 14th October; the morning was fine and clear, but 

 before we had got far on our journey dark clouds were gather- 

 ing, and down came the rain. Benalla was reached about 

 midday, and after a short stoppage we were off by the Yarra- 



