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still breeding or with chicks, the time being in the opinion of the 

 Club one month too soon." Seconded by Mr. A. Mattingley and 

 carried. 



PAPERS READ. 



i. By Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., entitled " Notes on a Rare 

 Victorian Moth, Mochlotona phasmatias, Meyr." 



The author gave descriptions of the male and larva of this rare 

 moth, the female having been described by Meyrick in 1891 from 

 a specimen taken at Warragul, Gippsland. 



2.»By Mr. A. J. Campbell entitled "Description of a New 

 Wren, Malurus edouardi." 



The author described a new Wren recently obtained in Western 

 Australia as Malurus edouardi to be known as the Black and 

 White Wren, and is the only pied species of the genus found in 

 Australia. 



3. By Dr. W. Macgillivray, entitled " Some North- West Queens- 

 land Birds." 



The author gave an interesting series of notes on the birds 

 found in the vicinity of Cloncurry, in the Gulf District of Queens- 

 land. 



The paper caused considerable discussion, in which Messrs. 

 Keartland, Anderson, Coles, and Campbell joined. 



4. By Mr. D. Best, entitled " A Trip to the Mallee and the 

 Grampians." 



The author graphically described a recent collecting trip to the 

 Mallee near Rainbow, also near Dimboola, and finally to the 

 Grampians vid Stawell, recording a number of interesting insects 

 and plants met with. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. E. Anderson. — Emerald Moth, lodi externa, Walk., 

 new to Victoria. 



By Messrs. D. Best and C. French, jun.— Beetles collected in 

 the Mallee and the Grampians. 



By Mr. A. J. Campbell, on behalf of Mr. B. H. Woodward, 

 F.G.S., Curator, Perth Museum. — Three skins of a new Wren 

 from Barrow Island, North-West Australia, descibed as Malurus 

 edouardi, Campbell, in illustration of paper. 



By Mr. C. French, jun. — Timber specimen of Eucalyptus 

 stuartiana, showing ravages caused by longicorn beetles, 

 Cnemoplites edulus, from Gembrook, Vic. ; also Calocasia macror- 

 rhiza, flower of aroid, of New South Wales and Queensland. 



By Mr. F. E. Grant. — Crabs, &c, from Beaumaris, including 

 Pilumnus monilifer, Haswell ; Litocheira bispinosa, Kin.; Necto- 

 carcinus tuberculosus, M.-Edw. ; Heterograpsus octodentatus, 

 M.-Edw. ; Utica crassimana, Has. ; Chasmagnathus Icevis, Dana ; 

 Cryptodromia lateralis, Gray ; and Dromia ciliata, Henderson. 



