Pkoc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, 21 (N.S.), Pt. Uf., liX)!).] 



Airr. XXIII. — 77/-' /'Ji}'l<>i>'(r(ixif('.^ of A astrali"i). Stock 

 (I III/ Nidi re FdiiiKi. 



Part TT. 

 i\^e?o a7MZ Unrecorded Species. 



By GEORGTNA SWEET, D.Sc, Melb. Univ. 



Governuient Research Scholar. 



(With Phxte XXTX). 

 [Read lOtli Deceiuber, 1908.] 



In these records, wherever the description of the species is 

 readily obtainable in such books as those by Neumann, Law, 

 etc., it is unnecessary to give detailed descriptions with the 

 record, the latter being quite sufficient ; but in cases where the 

 forms are less well known or the descriptions or figures necessary 

 for identification are not easily available here, or where points 

 of variation or special interest are present, these details have 

 been given somewhat more fully than woiild otherwise have been 

 done, for the convenience of workers in Australia, where much 

 of the literature of this subject is generally unobtainable. 



These early records are based largely on a small store of 

 material in the Museum of the Biological Department here : the 

 name (where known) of the collector or donor of each set of 

 specimens accompanies the individual record. The material to 

 hand so far has been preserved in formalin or ordinary alcohol 

 (70 to 91) per cent.). As I have as yet received no living mate- 

 rial, I liave not been able to try other methods recommended by 

 various workers. Specimens preserved in formalin are, as a 

 rule, very indifferent for histological examination. For exam- 

 ination in bulk, I have tried the following : oil of cloves, car- 

 bolised absolute, xylol, pure glycerine, 20 per cent, glycerine, 

 cedar oil and caustic soda : and have found all in a measure 



