88 Australian Blattida-. [voV'^xxxiil. 



distally by a row of smaller spines. Formula of genicular 

 spines, o, i, i. 



Length. — Body, ii mm. ; tegmen, 10.5 mm. 



Coiypes, ^, two in my collection. 



Habitat. — Healesville, Victoria, Australia, Nov. and Dec, 

 1912. 



The gland openings on the first and seventh abdominal 

 tergites appear to be double, placed side by side, not single as 

 in Ischnoptcra anstralis. Sauss. 



The description is drawn up from two cotj'pes, neither of 

 the two specimens in my collection being perfect. They were 

 captured from the insides of rather damp, rotting, fallen tree- 

 trunks, the interiors of which were of almost the same colour 

 as the insects. 



Wynnum South, Queensland. 



Exhibition of Wild -Flowers. — Notwithstanding the severe 

 handicap of seven daj's' almost continual rain immediately pre- 

 ceding the date fixed, the exhibition of wild-flowers by members 

 of the F.N.C., in the Melbourne Town Hall on 3rd October, in 

 aid of the Y.M.C.A. National Appeal in connection with its war 

 work, was an unqualified success. The exhibits were in abund- 

 ance, the attendance splendid, and the monetary result will 

 exceed all expectations. Details of the exhibition will appear 

 in the next Naturalist. 



The September Floods. — The heavy rainfall of September, 

 1916, in Melbourne amounting to the abnomial quantity of 793 

 points, will be long remembered by the floods which it caused, 

 not only in the Yarra, but in many other streams throughout 

 the State. In connection with natural history and the floods, 

 the question arises what effect will they have on the fauna, 

 during the ensuing twelve months. Doubtless many snakes 

 have been washed out of their winter retreats and drowned. 

 Their loss is not regretted by most people, nor yet that of the 

 rabbits which also lost their lives by drowning. But the 

 question arises to the pond-life man, will he be able to find his 

 favourite species in its accustomed haunts ? It will be interest- 

 ing to have reports from workers during the coming summer as 

 to the distribution and prevalence of species in the various 

 localities they are acquainted with, as compared with normal 

 seasons. It seems hardly likely that after a favourite lagoon 

 has been covered by twenty feet of water, for nearly a week in 

 many cases, that the pond-life there will be as numerous or as 

 varied as it was before. The question is one that might well be 

 sj^tematically investigated during the next few months. 



