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Brighton. The most noticeable was a Rotifer, Asplanchna bright- 

 w'eliii, of which male specimens were obtained, as well as large 

 females with developing young. 



Mr. C. Frost drew attention to a paragraph in the last decade 

 of the " Prodromus of Zoology," in which Agrotis spina was 

 stated to be a day-flying moth. He believed that, though some- 

 times seen by day, it was properly a night-flying species. Mr. 

 D. Le Souef and Mr. C. Lyell confirmed Mr. Frost's statements. 



Several newspaper cuttings bearing on natural history were 

 read by the chairman. 



The meeting closed with the usual conversazione, at which the 

 following were the principal exhibits :- — By Mr. A. Coles. — Aus- 

 trapia nigra, the Gorget Paradise Bird, and Epimachus speciosa, 

 the Giant Promerops, from North-West New Guinea. By Mr. 

 J. E. Dixon. — Peripatus and Gordius (Hairworm), from the 

 Plenty Ranges. By Mr. C. French. — Egg of Black Cockatoo 

 {Calyptorhyncus funereus), from Queensland. By Mr. C. French, 

 jun. — Remarkable egg of the Mallee Hen, from the Wimmera. 

 By Mr. J. Stephen Hart. — Fossils from Moonee Ponds, lent by 

 Mr. A. W. Craig, M.A. By Mr. D. Le Souef. — Fossil fish from 

 Mount Ararat, Asia Minor. By Baron von Mueller. — Two new 

 Australian plants, Bassia tatei (South Australia) and Schranthus 

 minusculus (Victoria). By Mr. J. Searle.— Coleoptera. By Mr. 

 J. Shephard. — A Rotifer, Notops clavulatus. By Mr. J. Wing. — 

 An oyster shell covered with spawn of whelk. 



REPORT OF SUB-COMMITTEE ON VISIT TO THE 

 EASTERN ISLANDS. 



Your committee have met and decided on the following general 

 plans : — 



The expedition will start on or about the 15 th of November, 

 and will occupy from ten to fourteen days inclusive ; it will be 

 divided into two parties ; of these one will land on Deal Island 

 and the other on Flinders Island. 



Whilst there is little information with regard to Deal Island, 

 the utility of visiting one of the Kent group, which are small, lies 

 in the possible opportunity of determining the limits of the strictly 

 Tasmanian and Australian Fauna and Flora, since the islands lie 

 considerably nearer the Victorian than the Tasmanian coast. 



The greater number of members will probably proceed to 

 Flinders Island. From information received about this island, 

 the main camp will probably be at a part opposite Gun-carriage 

 Island. There seems to be no difficulty in procuring boats to 

 move about from point to point along the coast and amongst the 

 neighbouring islands. The party will, in all probability, be able 

 to visit Barren Island, which lies close to the southern portion of 



