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EXHIBITION OF SPECIMENS. 



The meeting terminated by the usual exhibition of specimens, 

 of which the following is a list : — By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — 

 Branch with flowers of Lhotzkya genetylloides (F. v. M.), from plant 

 obtained at the Grampians and grown at Kew. By Mr. C. 

 Duncan. — Four species and two varieties of ferns. By Mr. C. 

 French, jun. — Eggs of Tasmanian Grauculus (Tasmania) ; Bell 

 Bird and Coach-whip Bird (Gippsland). By Mr. H. Hill. — Cases 

 bf New Zealand and Victorian Lepidoptera. By Mr. G. A. 

 Keartland. — Pair of Brush Wattle Birds (Anellobia mellivora) : 

 eggs of Yellow-legged Spoonbill {Platylea flavipes), Pacific Heron 

 {Ardea pacifica), Little Water Crake {Porzana palustris), and 

 Painted Snipe {RhynchcBa australis) ; also, what are stated to be 

 those of the New Holland Snipe {Gallinayo australis). By Mr. 

 Jas. Lidgett. — Branch of mangrove tree ; also coloured drawings 

 bf Victorian and Queensland butterflies and moths, amongst which 

 the following were named : — Delias harpalyce, D. aganippe, 

 Terias smilax, Papilio sarpedon, Agarista glycine, and A. lewinii. 

 By Baron von Mueller. — Plants from Prince Regent's River, 

 North-Western Australia, including two species new to science, 

 viz., Corchorus alleni and Triuinphetta hradsliawii ; Dodoncea 

 hansenii, from Stuart's River, North Queensland, also new to 

 science 3 also eighth edition of "Select Plants," by Baron von 

 Mueller. By Mr. C. G. W. Officer. — Fragments of bone and 

 specimens of ^olian rocks, from Warrnambool. By Mr. J. 

 Shephard. — Mounted specimens of a rotifer (Notops clavulatus) ; 

 also sliding microtome, with improved paraffin carrier, and a 

 simple microscope (both manufactured by Davies, Shephard and 

 Co., South Melbourne). By Mr. Thos. Steel.— Living specimens 

 of the Whip Snake (Roplocephalus flagellum), from Yarraville, 

 and Copper Snake {H. superhus), from Sandringham ; and two 

 lizards (Liolejnsma trilineatum and Grammatophera muricatay, 

 from Moonee Ponds ; also Fijian, Maori, and MallocoUo crania 

 (in illustration of paper). By Rev. W. T. Whan.- — Fossils from 

 Muddy Creek, Curdie's River, and Gellibrand River. 



EXCURSION TO BRIGHTON BEACH. 



On Saturday, the 15th August, on the arrival of the 1.40 train 

 from Melbourne at Brighton Beach, about twenty members 

 assembled to take part in the first excursion of the new pro- 

 gramme. Some four or five elected to proceed to Sandringham 

 by train in order to search the heath lands for botanical 

 specimens. The main body of the party at once started in the 

 direction of Hampton, to go over a locality locally known as 

 Smith's paddock, where there is usually a considerable area of 



