[January, 1906. 



24 



err .1 s.«.i.« " «f r.:t,:;rlr,::;:.: 



forms of iZu-teri</<. (PMysoma, Ahrmis, &c.), al o 



cyhndneal gr y Long^eon. S^ py Cos.onid weevil, ^,A««ooo.,«.. 

 f --— ; te niniy present. Throughout the summer the 

 teurrturit -spotted dL' b.ue Buprestid, CUsei. n.,nacuUt^, 

 CCbe found in plenty feeding on the foliage .i.h. .ore rarely. 



'' • .^inv weevil Acantholopus marshami, Kirby. 

 ^'^^r: r:eLrf:r .o...J at Sydney .ay be said to co.- 

 .1. . month of crenial but not excessive warmth, 

 "-'''' ^rr'lTJ tellsof unclouded sunshine. This and 

 "oti-nth are undoubtedly the finest and most pleasa,^ o 

 the toUovMng Australian " bush to best 



t t: 'r'lrge .^o^ln of the bushes and small trees now 

 advantage. A ^"^^ J ^^„^,^,„, „,3tes covered wath a 



eome n.to flow r and ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^.^^^_^^ .^ ^^^^^^^.^ 



f ?il Z -;: erfeet bla.e of bloom. The early Australia. 



lo the flower ng.time of a great many fine annual plants 



SThe a if aden with the fresh scent of the young ^..«^^.» 



Tv Twith the still more delicious perfume of acres of golder. 



Itl^ed "t"t" iAeae^^ spp). With the flowers a host « 



bit "r chiefly plant-feeders, maKe their appearance, but only a fe 



he 1 adin. forms of these can be here referred to. Among thi 



'ei wWch resort to the wattle-bloom, are the earhest o 



T' ' rous and highly characteristic local forms of the Bupre. 



?r~";c e -me beautiful little metallic-green species c 



i; and MeUUsis, others occurring on the yellow-flowered Leg, 



t 1,, of the .'enus PuUen^a. AVith ihem are vanoi 



