50 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



B.A., Mr. D. M'Alpine, F.C.S., Dr. Wigg, Mr. C. French, F.L.S., 

 and the president took part, the first named speaker expressing a 

 desire that a similar series of oyster shells from the Australian 

 coasts might be got together for comparison with Sir James 

 Hector's specimens. 



Owing to the lateness of the hour, the papers for the evening 

 — " On the Natural Protection of Lepidopterous Larvae," by Mr. 

 C. C. Brittlebank ; and " Botanical and Geological Notes of a 

 Visit to New South Wales," by Mr. C. A. Topp, F.L.S., were 

 postponed to a future meeting. 



Baron F. von Mueller, K.C.M.G., made a few remarks on a 

 new umbelliferous plant, Actinohis Sc/nvaj-zii, from Mount 

 Sonder, Central Australia, and exhibited specimens of it. 



Mr. C. Frost contributed some interesting notes of experi- 

 ments conducted by him with a Victorian poisonous spider, 

 closely resembling the New Zealand " katipo," and exhibited a 

 number of the spiders obtained at Kew, of various ages, in 

 order to show the differences in their appearance. 



Professor Spencer, B.A., drew attention to the approaching 

 meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement 

 of Science in Sydney in August, and trusted that the movement 

 would be well supported by the members of the Field 

 Naturalists' Club. 



On the motion of Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., and Professor 

 Spencer, B.A., it was determined to organise a party to camp 

 out and collect for two or three weeks in the Cann River 

 District, East Gippsland, leaving town within a day or two of 

 Christmas, 1888, and a sub-committee, consisting of Professor 

 Spencer, B.A., Messrs. C. French, F.L.S., A. J. Campbell, C. 

 Frost, and F. G. A. Barnard, was appointed to make inquiries 

 and arrange the necessary details. 



The following were the principal exhibits of the evening : — 

 By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, some fine specimens of the moth 

 (Chelepteryx Collesi), with cocoons, from Oakleigh. By Mr. A. J. 

 Campbell, case of rare and beautiful Australian birds' eggs, includ- 

 ing those of the black-cheeked noddy tern (Aftous melanogenysj, 

 from North Queensland ; a crab, from Cossack, West Australia; 

 and two fine groups of beetles, butterflies, and moths, from the 

 Himalayas, India. By Mr. E. M. Cornwall, specimens of the 

 flying opossum mouse (Acrobates pyg??ia:us, Shaw). By Mr. C. 

 French, F.L.S., two specimens of beetle ( Pentaceras Franklmiij, 

 from Thursday Island. By Mr. C. French, jun., fossils from 

 Muddy Creek, near Hamilton. By INIr. C. Frost, poisonous 

 spiders, from Kew. By Mr. T. S. Hall, B.A., graptolites, from 

 Sandhurst. By Mr. G. A. Keartland, a spine-billtfd honey- 

 eater, a Wonga pigeon, and four species of quail. By Mr. C. 

 Lane, Myiilus viagellanicus, with blind crab ( PiivwthcnsJ 

 inside, a messmate, from New Zealand. By Mrs. W. Martin, 



