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Vol. Y.— No. 10. FEBRUARY, 1889. No. 62. 



THE FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF YICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the club was held at the Royal Society's 

 Hall, on Monday evening, loth December, i888. 



The president, Mr. A. H. 8. Lucas, MA., B.Sc, occupied the 

 chair, and about forty -five members and visitors were present. 



The hon. librarian acknowledged the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library :— " Iconography of Australian Acacias," 

 decade xiii., and " Mineral Statistics of Victoria," 1887, from the 

 Government; " Transactions of Royal Societyof Victoria," vol. i., 

 part I, from the society; "Proceedings of Royal Society of 

 Queensland," vols, ii., part i and 2, iii., iv., and v., part 3, from 

 the society; "Annual Report of School of Mines, Sandhurst," 

 1887-8, from the school; "Melbourne University Review," vol. 

 iv.. No. 3 ; "Journal of Pharmacy," November, 1888 ; and " List 

 of Named Insects in South Australian Museum," by J. O. Tepper, 

 F.L.S., from the author. 



The hon. secretary reported that the excursion to Dandenong 

 on Saturday, 17th November, was fairly successful. The day was 

 very hot, and insects were somewhat scarcer than anticipated ; 

 however, the following were obtained, among others — Uracanthns 

 t?-iangularis, Distrochocera Kirbyi, D. par, Hesthesis plorata, Hebe- 

 cei us ausi?'alis, H. rrocogaster, and several species of Stigmodera. 

 These were principally obtained on the flowers of Leptosptrmum 

 lanigerum. No flowers of any importance were obtained. 



On a ballot being taken, Miss A. E. Roberts and Mr. H. K. 

 Jackson were duly elected members of the club. 



The president and Mr. J. E. Prince referred to the recent 

 publication of " The Key to the Victorian Plants," part i, by 

 Baron F. von Mueller, K.C.M.G., which led to a discussion as to 

 the best method of recording times of flowering, &c., of the various 

 plants, and it was determined to make a club record of the various 

 items. 



The president also referred to the fact that the gold medal of 

 the Royal Society of England had been awarded to Baron von 

 Mueller, K.C.M.G., patron of the club, for his eminent services 

 in the cause of Australian botany. 



PAPERS READ. 



I. The hon. secretary read a paper by Rev. J. E. Tenison 

 Woods, F.G.S. (hon. member), entitled "The Geology of 



