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asked the co-operation of other collectors in making a complete 

 list of the Victorian buprestidse, and trusted that other members 

 would take up other orders and families of insects. 



2. By Mr. H. T. Tisdall, F.L.S., entitled "The Fungi of the 

 Season," The author gave a brief account of the more prominent 

 species he had observed this season, which he said was a most 

 favourable one, and mentioned that he had obtained 27 species 

 of fungi, unknown to him, recently. He also exhibited a series 

 of drawings and specimens in illustration of his remarks. 



The principal exhibits of the evening were : — By Mr. F. G. A. 

 Barnard. — Cyprcea eximia, and other fossil shells, corals, &c., 

 from Mornington ; also samples of the material of the fossil 

 beds, and lignite, from same locality. By Mr. A. Coles. — A 

 Bronze Ibis, from Boort ; nine eggs, portion of seventy-five taken 

 from a boa constrictor, length 17^ feet, girth 23 inches, from 

 Ceylon, which died in Melbourne. By Mr. C. French, F.L.S. — 

 Rare fungus, Marasmiiis equtcrinis (F. v. M.) from St. Patrick's 

 River, East Gippsland, recorded only once previously from 

 Victoria. By Mr. C. French, jun. — Eggs of Orange-winged 

 Sitella, White-headed Stilt, Owlet Nightjar, and Satin Bower-bird, 

 from Victoria, Spangled Dronga-Shrike (new), from North 

 Australia, and Strong-billed Honey-eater, from Tasmania. By 

 Mr. H. Grayson. — Series of botanical preparations for the 

 microscope. By Mr. R. Hall. — Specimens of Orange Gorgonia, 

 oysters, crabs, &c., dredged off the Ninety-mile Beach, by 

 Government steamer Lady Loch, May, 1889. By Mr. T. S. Hall. 

 — Murex sp., and other fossils, from Mornington. By Mr. H. 

 Kennon. — Fossils from Mornington. By Mr. G. Lyell. — Queens- 

 land lepidoptera. By Baron F. von Mueller, K.C.M.G. — Dried 

 specimens of Oldenlandia psychotrioidcs, Fagrcea alteniana, 

 Morinda hypotephra, Sytuplocos Kelleri (new plants), collected by 

 Mr. W. Sayer, at Mount Bellenden-Ker, North Queensland, 

 described by exhibitor ; also new plants from Port Darwin and 

 North Queensland. By Mr. H, T. Tisdall. — Twelve coloured 

 drawings, in illustration of his paper. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



THE ANNUAL CONVERSAZLONE. 



The ninth annual conversazione of the Club was held at the 

 Freemasons' Hall, Ccllins-street east, Melbourne, on Thursday 

 evening, i6th May, 1889, when there was, as usual, a large 

 attendance of the members and their friends, over 700 ladies and 

 gentlemen being present. 



The president, Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc, delivered the 



