30 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 
The general business consisted of the consideration of Mr. A. J. 
Campbell's motion in favor of the protection of native birds. A 
reply was read from the Zoological Society, which recommended 
that the bee-eaters, wood-swallows, Banksian and Gang Gang 
Cockatoos should also be included in the list of protected birds. 
Dr. Dobson thought the list was too long, and that the club would 
be more likely to be successful if the number of birds to be protected 
were curtailed, and on his amendment being carried, the list was 
again referred to the sub-committee, with a view of getting it 
shortened. 
Papers read—1. Mr. A. H. 8. Lucas, M.A., read the second 
part of the paper by Mr. J. B. Gregory and himself, on ‘‘ An Overland 
Trip to Wilson’s Promontory,” giving an interesting account of the 
natural history of the granitic or southern portion of the promontory. 
He stated that the locality is well worthy of a visit by students of 
geology, and of nearly every branch of biology, and in the course of 
a few years would doubtless become a favorite spot with tourists. 
He characterized the promontory as the Cornwall of Victoria. 
2. Mr. C. French, F.L.S., contributed the seventh part of his 
paper on “The Orchids of Victoria,” in which he described the 
following species:—Microtis porrifolia, M. parviflora, M. atraea 
Corysanthes pruinosa, Pterostylis cucullata, P. furcata, P. reflexa, 
P. precox, P. curta, P. nutans; dried specimens of each of which he 
exhibited. A short discussion ensued in which Dr. Taylor spoke 
on the irritability of the labellum in the genus Péerostylis, as 
concerned in the fertilisation of the plants by insects. Mr. C. A. 
Topp, and Mr. F. G. A. Barnard remarked that though they had 
carefully observed these flowers, they had never yet noticed any 
insects about them, 
Natural history notes—Mr. C. French, F.L.S., contributed 
a few remarks and exhibited specimens of the larve, ete., of a 
lepidopterous insect, allied to Yortricina, which has _ recently 
done much damage amongst cabbage and cauliflower plants. Mr. 
D. McAlpine spoke of the great importance of studying the 
economic entomology of the colony. 
The following were the principal exhibits:—By Mr. If, Bage, 
colored plates illustrating ‘“ Select Flowers and Fruits of Jaya” by 
Madame van Nooten; by Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, Victorian coleoptera, 
living ferns Gleichenia circinata, and Schizea dichotoma; by Miss 
Campbell, fern new to Victoria, Polypodium phymatodes, from Kast 
Gippsland, eight dried Victorian ferns including Botrychium 
ternatum, B. lunarta, Asplencwm nidus, A. flaccidum, Polypodium 
phymatodes, and P. serpens, new lichens Usnea retipora (Knight) 
Victoria, and Parmelia Campbellii, (knight) New South Wales, 
also rough drawings of fungi obtained during Lilydale exeursion; 
by Mr. A. J. Campbell, twenty species of rare Australian bird eggs; 
