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collected at the Grampians by members of the Club. By Mr. G. 

 J. Page. — Specimen of the Green Hydra {Hydra viridis). By 

 Mr. Alan Robertson. — One pair of stuffed Moles from Thurso, 

 Caithness, N.B. By Mr, J. Shephard. — Specimen of Megcdotrocha 

 albo-flavicans, found at Heidelberg. By Mr. D. Le Souef. — 

 Mantis and lizards. By Mr. F. Spry. — Larva, chrysalis, and 

 butterfly oi Pieris teutonia (Fabr.), Delias harpalyce (Don), Delias 

 aganippe (Don), Hypochrysops delicia (Hew.), larva of Delias 

 harpalyce, with parasites, and larva of Delias aganippe with 

 Ichneumon. By Mr. T. Steel. — -Collection of Lizards from Mt. 

 Lofty, South Australia. 



An excursion to Clyde {vid Berwick) took place on Saturday, 

 5th December, but as the longer trip to the Grampians had 

 monopolized the attendance of many of the members who usually 

 take part in the local excursions, the number taking part in it was 

 very limited. The leader (Mr. F. Wisewould) met the party at 

 Berwick station, fully provided with the necessary accommodation 

 for a drive of some four miles to Clyde, and on the way there a 

 Copperhead Snake was sighted, and killed by the leader before 

 it could make good its escape. Arriving at Clyde, some two 

 hours' collecting was done, and then a halt was made for the mid- 

 day meal, which proved very acceptable after the mild excite- 

 ments of the chase. We had no sooner started new country, 

 however, then it began to rain, and it continued with such vigour 

 that a retreat had to be made to Mr. Wisewould's homestead, 

 some two miles distant, where a supply of dry clothes and after- 

 noon tea made us happy once more, arid gave us reason to 

 congratulate ourselves that we were in such good hands. 

 Directly the rain stopped we were out again, this time to 

 be initiated into the mysteries of amateur farming, which our 

 leader indulges in as an antidote to the wear and tear of his 

 professional duties. Five o'clock brought the evening meal — on 

 strictly temperance principles — which was thoroughly enjoyed, and 

 half an hour's drive after it enabled us to catch the train at 

 Berwick which was to carry us to town. Mr. T. S. Hart, B.A., 

 furnishes an abbreviated list of plants found in flower at Clyde on 

 the occasion of this visit : — Ruhus parvifolixis, Leptospermum 

 lanigeruvi, Goodenia elongata, Teucrium coryvibosiivi, Mazus 

 puTnilio, Gratiola peruviana, Orthoceras strictttm ; whilst Rev. W. 

 Fielder recounts the capture of the following Land Planarians : — 

 Sugdeni, alba, mediolineata, quinquelirieata, munda, and hoggii, 

 the variations from the typical form of the latter being very 

 marked in some specimens — one having lost all the stripes except 

 some faint marks at anterior end, which icould only be made out 

 with the help of the lens. 



