70 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



The route taken was south from Oakleigh station to near Chel- 

 tenham, thence across to the sea at Beaumaris, and back along 

 the coast to Sandringham. 



The Rev. G. D. Hutton read a paper on " Mimicry," in which 

 he described how the colours of animals have been shown in very- 

 many cases to be of service to their possessor, either as a means 

 of concealment, whether for offence or defence, or in some few 

 instances, especially of insects, to serve as a warning to their foes 

 that they are possessed of disagreeable or dangerous qualities. 

 The writer concluded by impressing on the Club the necessity for 

 careful examination of the colours of Australian insects. 



In a short discussion which followed, and in which Messrs. 

 Keartland, Le Souef, and Barnard and the President took part, 

 some instances of protective coloration in the native fauna were 

 mentioned. 



Mr. T. Steel read a description of a kerosene emulsion which 

 he had used with much success for killing scale insects and other 

 pests. 



Mr. Scott showed some sulphur which had been collected from 

 the edges of pools after a storm at Williamstown, and which he 

 believed to have been deposited from the rain. 



The following were the principal exhibits : — By Mr. Ernest 

 Anderson. — European Lepidoptera introduced into Victoria — 

 viz., Pyralis farinalis (the Meal Moth), Plutella cruciferarum 

 (the Tinea of the cabbage), Tinea rusticella, Carpocapsa pomo- 

 nella (Codlin Moth), Tinea sapetzella (Clothes Moth), En- 

 drosis fenestrella, Agrotis saucia (Sword-grass Moth). By Mr. 

 F. G. A. Barnard.— Pitta from the Richmond River, N.S. W. By 

 Mr. C. French, jun. — Eggs of Ternlet (Stemula nereis), from 

 South Australia. By Mr. G. A. Keartland. — Egemia cunning- 

 hami, Skink Lizard, and Chelodina longicollis (Long-necked Tor- 

 toise) and eggs. By Mr. Geo. Lyeli, jun.- — Micro-Lepidoptera, 

 taken and bred during the month of August. By Baron von 

 Mueller. — New Eucalyptus, E. Bauerleni, from Sugarloaf Mt., 

 on the Clyde River, N.S. W. ; also hybrid Eucalyptus Maeulato 

 corymbosa, from the same locality, collected by W. Bauerlen. 

 By Mr. Wing. — Fossiliferous formation containing Encrinites, &c, 

 from a drive at the Victoria Brewery at a depth of ioo feet. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Kerosene Emulsion for Fruit Trees. — The following recipe 

 was given in the New Zealand Weekly Herald: — " y 2 lb. hard 

 soap boiled in i gal. water. To each gallon of above, when 

 nearly cool, but still liquid, add 2 gals, kerosene, and churn well 

 by stirring or mixing with spray pump until cool. When required 

 for use dilute each one part with ten parts of water and spray the 

 affected trees thoroughly." 



