Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 



Marine Bi«to>ry and hi.im.iulu>;> 



Group M(ttrtlU3i 



S A,,r,l, 1071 

 Mi , <. DtidroK ctafrfed Hie meeting ot 

 I j members. The member* held :i discus 



sinn on exhibits -.liuwn mulct llicu Iflfe- 

 rotCDpes. Messrs. K. suonr ami |) Ms- 

 lAtits spokt ui their observation? of the 

 nil wasps .mil ii was agreed lhai Mr. 

 k. Strang would qMsak »i his furthei 

 observations of ihtet wasps at b iMei 



dale this yen Much discission f"l 

 lowed whuing to the I V programme 

 iVoiu Channel z on the devfrlopnictii ol 



atilhciicm: for the simy ol lite "sea 

 i\.<sp ", or box jellyfish" Mr I . II 

 H : • \ i r , ol t unimonwealtli Scrum lab- 

 oratories, was in change oi tins iweufch 



Mi. /. Lm advised lhal she would ask 



Mr. Baxter to address the srtmy. 



Mr II C'ondron exhibited Buiteillks 

 caiicnt recently, and mollis cam-tit in 

 !i xsrviCC station and upon whuh may 

 pies wore feeding. 



M,-.-. While wowed a ecomciu MOttl 



species lo he identified. 



Mis. / I ee: A moth, 

 Celnill — II hawk molb lakeu 

 I' nk. I his moth, of llu 



observe the winii colourine and [he 

 CtWDW»ji habil o"l hovermu" Mrs. Lec. 

 aho showed larvae 01 the golden e\e 

 lace wine with its stack of empty husks 

 ot its vktims on its hack. 



Dr. Brian Smith exhibited H bjVflta 

 shell PkrHg/ttortomi uwtewiA l his >puei 



mm vm dredged Irom 2t. laihoms. 20 

 miles from l akes Loliaiicc. UI, Smith 

 told the meeting lhal [his rate shell 

 would ru.- the firsl and only one for ihe 

 Melbourne Museum. and thai onU 3-6 

 specimens have ever been taken: the 

 ru.t ut which was by the "Thallcnecr 

 Expedition lasl cenlurv 1 1 out uff an 

 tsJand ill Bass SttWI, tile South Austra- 

 lian Museum h.uc oflf t 1)9*0 in 1957 

 .if *n island oil Soulh Australia. Ihe 

 specimen was in alcohol owing to the 

 very fragile naluie. 



Mr i ondon exhibited throe iMfBS ol 

 a small beetle Ladybird larva, pupa, 

 and .-.dull. Thev were fcedinc. on aphuls 

 on a swan plant. 



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tftpwkf 

 al Waltle 

 Sphyimdau 



Mis. k, Slione exhibited I fllgrWppei 

 eujis and 'cuckoo sprille' on a e iit a 

 lypius loaf collected on I N.( .V excui- 

 •aim to Brisbane Ranges; also ihe w ,|., r . 

 Iiom a pall on eucalyptus leaf, |h e 

 body lenelh ol which was .\:s l|MI 

 collected on the same excursion 



3 Miiv. 1971 

 Mr. ("ondron chaired nieehnu qj 

 IK inemheis. Miss Icilily tnr.se spoke on 

 tei wort on Bull Ants and illustrated 

 it with black ami white slides of unK 

 ot dillcn.nl cisls to an "aiilaruini". , ml 



eolgui pie'turevi ol list w,.nk in the field 



She c\plained how the \onm- Wtn 



oared t"i ami the funcfiqn ot t rjufcen 



anil the founding of a new eolnm 

 Members kcpl Miss loisc answenn 

 many questions drawing I'tcal inieroAl in 

 a very lucidly presented .ddrcsv 



/. \hitnt* 



Mi. II Bishop showed und<r (In- 

 ullciosiope mollis which had tOlHTtSi 

 fiom a gall on an ac.icia 



Ml, Mclnncs shi.wcd valK on lt;.\r. 

 caused by hup/, not yet identified Mr-, 

 Mi. I lines showed an introduced Hit 

 Umnd al last Malvern, Miv I, in 

 showed an ichneumon WWcfl taken u 

 Kc^crvoir 



Mi. Mcluiies referred to what tui 

 t , en taken for tin oil dick on water ,it 

 Idenelu which nieajuied appi oMiiialeli 

 5(1 yds. in width, and whiih. on cvimi 



oaiion Of S Hi I't'h. Htrw I 10 bC 



ili.iroms Mt K. Suone advised lhal tjl 

 same phenomenon had been ubserved >,i 

 Hil^lHon ihnjtinp in seaweed 



l)r. Milan Smith evhlbilcd a book hi 

 ( o\ on ••AiMialnm Land Snails" |Wn 

 hshed in I8(.8. 



7 Jhw. IV/I 

 ftafefcal. Mi K. Corldron. cliau, 



rMceatu ed immben \ shun not 



from Mr John Sunny, secretary C{0 

 Icov. lellinit ot hu lnripet collcclin? 

 etc . in I he U.K,. wns read tip Hie mccl 



ing. 



The guesl speaker. Mi t: II H , • 

 ol t'ommouwealih Seitirn Labor»limt> 

 Ihcn .•ddressed the mealing on the war) 

 •'.one on the produelion ol arl an' 

 vencne for the Mine, ol Ihe \ca w.ur 



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