THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



of the valley. With theories so divergent before us, we may still 

 regard the question as quite an open one, and if the paper does 

 no more than call attention to this — geologically speaking — in- 

 teresting district, and excites a desire in competent men to 

 attempt to settle the point more satisfactorily, it will have been of 

 great value to geological science. Although this question of the 

 formation of the lake had to be "given up" by the explorers, they 

 are to be congratulated on adding some new species of plants and 

 animals to our present knowledge : to the former a probably new 

 characeous plant and a rare purple Goodenia ; and to the latter a 

 new frog, fish, a new variety of crayfish, and a new land 

 planarian. We ought to add that such expeditions require time, 

 money, energy, and skill to carry out successfully, and the 

 gentlemen engaged in this one deserve the sincerest thanks and 

 congratulations of every member of the Club. 



This forms a fitting close to the series of " long excursions " 

 for the present year, and will rank very worthily indeed with those 

 to the Kent Group and the Yarra Falls, which have so recently 

 been of botanical or zoological interest. 



It is worthy of note that the photographic slides by which the 

 lecture was illustrated were prepared by Dr. Dendy, and the 

 lantern was placed at the disposal of the Club by Mr. W. Kernot, 

 and worked by him with more than his usual skill. At the close 

 of the meeting a vote of thanks was cordially accorded to Mr. 

 Kernot for his skilful assistance. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. George Britton was elected a 

 member of the Club. 



The hon. librarian reported the following additions to the 

 library : — " Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia," 

 vol. xiii., part 2; "Journal of the New York Microscopical 

 Society," vol. vi., No. 4; "Proceedings of the Linnean Society 

 of New South Wales," vol. v., No. 3 ; " Notes for Collections," 

 issued by the Australian Museum ; " Transactions of the Royal 

 Society of New South Wales," vol. xxiv., No. 2 ; " Bulletin III. 

 of the Victorian Department of Agriculture," and the " Quarterly 

 Journal of the Mining Department," September, 1890. 



The following were the principal exhibits of the evening : — By 

 Mr. E. Anderson. — Butterflies and moths from Mt. Macedon 

 (Tortrices, Procris doleris, Chry solar entia conifasciata, &c.) By 

 Miss Cochrane. — Seaweed, shells, and sketches (representing a 

 week's work at Sorrento). By Dr. Arthur Dendy. — Land plan- 

 arian s (Geoplana howittii, G. lucasi, G. quadrangulata, G.frostii, 

 G. alba, and G. sulphurea) ; Water Lizard {Physignathus howittii) 

 and birds — Shining Flycatcher {Myiagra nitida), New South 

 Wales Oriole (Mimeta viridis), Grey Crow Shrike (Strepera ana- 

 phonensis), Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax culedonicus), all 



