18 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST, 



The chairman strongly recommended members to make 

 similar records when on their excursions, as they would be of 

 great value to botanists and others in making general deduc- 

 tions on the fauna and flora of a district. 



3. By Mr. I. Batey, " Notes on Fluke." The author gave 

 his views on the life history of the liver fluke of the sheep, 

 which, in the main, coincided with the most recent opinions of 

 English scientists. . 



The paper gave opportunity for an interesting discussion, 

 during which Prof. Spencer gave an account of Mr. Thomas' 

 researches in England. Dr. Springthorpe referred to the 

 author's suggestion that the liver fluke and the hydatid were 

 identical creatures, and said that this idea was erroneous. 



Prof. Spencer drew the attention of the members to several 

 live specimens of Amphioxus, a very low form of fish recently 

 obtained by Mr. J. Bracebridge Wilson, M.A., of Geelong, and 

 now exhibited alive for the first time in Australia. 



The following were the principal exhibits of the evening : — 

 By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, orchid in bloom ( Pterostylis reflexa), 

 grown by exhibitor. By Mr. C. C. Brittlebank, water-colour 

 drawings of Victorian lepidoptera ( Heteronympha). By Mr. R. 

 C. Chandler, a frontal shrike-tit ( Falciinculus froniatusj, from 

 Dandenong Ranges ; a superb fruit-pigeon ( Ptilenopis siiperbusj, 

 from Queensland ; fossil shells and fruit from Warburton and 

 Reefton, Upper Yarra ; and petrified nest of English hedge- 

 sparrow. By Mr. C. French, F.L.S., lepidoptera from hill 

 country, Ceylon. By Mr. C. French, jun., eggs of Pacific gull, 

 silver gull, sooty oyster-catcher, and white-breasted oyster- 

 catcher, from King Island ; Bass' Straits tern, black-backed 

 porphyrio, and great brown kingfisher, from Victoria. 

 By Master G. Hill, New Zealand insects. By Master H. Hill, 

 New Zealand insects, including the rare "snow butterfly," from 

 Mount Cook. By Mr. F. Longmore, the rare longicorn beetle 

 ( Macrotovia hews), from Fiji. By Baron F. von Mueller, 

 K.C.M G., a Goodenia, new to Victoria ; moving bee, from 

 Mexico ; also, letter from Prof. Kuetzing, now over eighty 

 years of age, referring to new Victorian algse. By Mr. J. 

 Searle, insects collected since last meeting ; also, metamor- 

 phosis of moth, Secusio annulata. By Rev. F. R. M. Wilson, 

 nest and &%% of the swallow dicseum (DiccEuni hirundmaceum), 

 found near Kew ; also three new lichens, collected by exhibitor 

 in Gippsland, Hamatomina Bahhingtonii (Massalongo), Glyphis 

 colliculosa (Knight), and Trypethclium scoria (Fee). 

 After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Thk monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal Society's 

 Hall on Monday evening, 14th May, 1888. 



In the absence of the president and vice-presidents, the Eev. 

 J. J. Halley was voted to the chair, and about forty-five members 

 and visitors were present. 



