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Australia, except Western Australia, while G. gunnii is found 

 sparingly along the eastern side from Tasmania to Queensland ; 

 the difference between the two being that in G. gunnii the stems 

 are less stout and the spikelets often very broad, in dense globular 

 clusters in a compound or simple umbel. 



1 '/The president then took occasion to congratulate Professor 

 Baldwin Spencer on his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society 

 of London, an announcement which was received with applause. 

 Professor Spencer, in thanking the members for their good wishes, 

 referred to the assistance the Club and its members had been to 

 him during his residence in Victoria, and trusted that their fellow- 

 member, Dr. Gregory, would derive as much benefit from the 

 co-operation of members as he had done. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. C. C. Brittlebank. — Geological map in illustration of 

 his paper. 



By Mr. A. J. Campbell. — Western Magpies, Gymnorhina 

 dorsalis, Camp., old and young, a pair of each ; also a specimen 

 of Carter's Desert-bird, Eremiornis carteri, recently described as 

 new in Victorian Naturalist, vol. xvii., p. 78, by Mr. A. J. North, 

 C.M.Z.S. 



By Mr. C. French, F.L.S. — Longicorn beetles with fiabellated 

 antennae — Anatasis muelleri, A. frenchi, and two other Anatasis, 

 all new species ; Petalodes Ia?ninosus, Enneaphyllus rossi (n. sp.), 

 E. ceneipennis, Bhipidocera australasim, and Piesarthrius rnar- 

 ginellus. 



By Mr. C. French, jun. — Specimen of introduced plant, Romulea 

 bulbocodium, in illustration of note. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel. — Shells from Western Port — Myadora 

 ovata, M. brevis, Gardium tenuicostatum, G. pulchellum, and C. 

 cygnorium. 



By Mr. Jas. A. Kershaw, for National Museum. — Yellow variety 

 of Crimson-bellied Parrakeet, from Charlton, with two normal 

 specimens for comparison. 



By Mr. D. M Alpine. — The Myxomycete, Diachaa elegans \ 

 fungus, Amanita strobilaceus, found at Myrniong on 9th August. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher. — Native axe from Box Hill. 



By Mr. C. Walter. — Cyperus gunnii, J. Hooker, new for 

 Victoria, from Orbost district, East Gippsland, and, for com- 

 parison, G. lucidus, R. Br., from same district ; collector, Ed. E. 

 Pescott. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Publications Received. — Science Gossip, June, July, August, 

 1900; Knowledge, April, May, June, 1900. 



