BY A. JEFPERIS TURNER. 547 



a few of small dimensions. The undergrowth consists largely 

 of ferns, including dense groves of tree-ferns. The stems of 

 all the trees are thickly coated with green moss, and not these 

 only, but the lower branches, and even small twigs, are beard- 

 ed with moss six to eight inches long, and with foliaceous 

 lichens. As might be expected, the lepidoptera of this scrub 

 are not numerous in individuals ; and those found were mostly 

 small and inconspicuous. Collecting in a scrub is exciting, as 

 one is by no means sure of catching every example that flies 

 up, many, especially the larger and stronger fliers, disappear- 

 ing in the undergrowth, where they cannot be followed. But 

 it was specially exciting in this instance, for the fauna appear- 

 ed to be entirely new. In six strides, one left the Victorian 

 fauna behind, and every species captured appeared to be new 

 to science. It was like landing on an isolated, oceanic island, 

 none of whose animals had ever before been seen by man. 



I was able to collect in this scrub for three afternoons, and 

 obtained some 30 species of lepidoptera belonging to the fol- 

 lowing groups: — 



ARCTiADiE ; Lithosiance 2 species. 



Geometrid^ : La7'entiance 1 ,, 



Boarmiance 1 ,, 



PYKALID.E : Py7'alince 1 ,, 



ToRTiaciDiE : Tortrici7ue 4 ,, 



Eucosmidce 2 ,, 



TiNEiDiE : Gelechiance 2 „ 



CEcophorince 14 ,, 



Heliodinince 1 ,, 



GracilarianfK 1 ,, 



Hyponomeuttnce 1 ,, 



TineincB 1 ,, 



31 species. 



The general aspect of the lepidoptera reminded me of those 

 taken on Mount Tambourine, Southern Queensland, at a con- 

 siderably lower elevation, not quite 2,000 feet. I did not, 



