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Vol. v.— No. 8. DECEMBER, 1888. No. 60. 



THE FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the Club was held a t the Royal Society's 

 Hall on Monday evening, 12th November, 1888. 



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

 chair, and about forty members and visitors were present. 



A letter was read from the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, F.G.S. 

 (hon. member), accompanying a paper on " The Geology of 

 Arnheim's Land," for the Club's Proceedings. 



The Hon. Commissioner of Trade and Customs forwarded a 

 number of posters giving details of close seasons for native birds, 

 etc., in Victoria. 



The Field Naturalists' section of the Royal Society of South 

 Australia forwarded copies of their progress report on the pro- 

 tection of the native fauna and flora question. 



The hon. libra,rian acknowledged the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Prodromus of Zoology of Victoria," 

 decade xvi., and "Iconography of Australian Acacias," decade 

 xii., from the Government ; " An Account of the New Zealand 

 Scale Insects," by W. M. Maskell, F.R.M.S., and catalogues and 

 reports from Sir Jas. Hector, K.CM.G. ; " Proceedings of Royal 

 Society of Victoria," vol. xxiv., part 2, from the Society; and 

 "Journal of Pharmacy," October, 1888. 



The hon. secretary read short accounts of the Club excursion 

 to Box Hill on Saturday, i6th October, when one or two good 

 beetles were obtained, but owing to the hot weather the attend- 

 ance was small. The excursion to Yarra Flats and Healesville 

 on Friday, 9th November, was fairly attended. Flowering plants 

 were rather scarce, but several good species of beetles and butter- 

 flies were obtained. About ten species of ferns were noted. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. J. M'Lellan, of Dimboola, was 

 duly elected a member of the Club, 



PAPERS READ. 



I. The hon. secretary read a paper by Professor Ralph Tate, 

 F.G.S (hon. member), on " Valuta unduiata and Allied Species." 



