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CAR Alii DJ: from the upper WILLIAMS RIVER, 



N. S. WALE8. 



[colkoptera.] 

 By Thomas G. 8loank. 



At the end of the year 1915, I was one of a party of natural- 

 ists organised by Mr. W. J. Enright, of West Maitland, to 

 examine tlie part of the Mount Royal Range known as The 

 Barrington Tops; this is the plateau, 5000 feet above sea-level, 

 from which the Barrington, Williams, AUyn, Paterson, and other 

 rivers rise. Our route was north-west from the town of Dungog 

 along the Williams River; after tlie lev(^l of 3500 feet was 

 reached, the track was along the top of the narrow ridge dividing 

 the valleys of the Williams and Allyn l\i\iTs, till (beyond the 

 source of the Williams) we reached Bariington Tops, about 37 

 miles from Dungog. The geological formation of this pai^t of 

 the Dungog District is Pei-mo-Carboniferous, the Barrington Tops 

 being basalt-capped. 



Our camp was at Mr. William Edwards' house on the southern 

 source of the Barrington River, eastward of some open, swampy 

 land known as "the plain.'' Collecting was done for three days 

 on the plateau, and also on the route-marches there and back, at 

 six localities, which are indicated on the accompanying map by 

 numbers; the figures in brackets, following the names of species 

 in the list which is given below, are those of the numbered local- 

 ities to show where specimens of each species were found. 



The position and description of these localities are as under : — 



(1) Fagus*-brush, about four miles from our camp along the 

 track to Stewart's Brook; 5000 feet. 



(2) Fagus-brush, about two miles southward fi'om our camp; 

 5000 feet. 



* Fagus Moorei F.v.M., is the predominant tree in the brushes at 4100 

 feet and upwards; but I did not notice it in the brushes below 3500 feet. 



