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did not take a single beetle near Lake Tyers, while I saw but 

 one butterfly. Several specimens of the lizard Hinulia Qitoyi 

 were noticed. 



]\IoNDAV, 14TH. — Our party broke up after a most enjoyable 

 holiday, although the sportsmen did not obtain much game of 

 any kind — my collection, though not large, being most satis- 

 factory. I then came back to Morwell, but found nothing 

 interesting to naturalists there. 



Next day I went to Boolarra on my way to a place called 

 Budgeree. In one of the gullies I took the only beetle I 

 obained here. This locality should be a good collecting ground 

 for the botanist, as ferns and mosses, besides other plants, grow in 

 the greatest profusion. At the house where I was staying two 

 snakes had been seen going under the house about three weeks 

 previously. Soon after my arrival, a gentleman who was also 

 on a visit called out, " A snake here I " Going out I found he 

 had dispatched a Tiger Snake. I went inside, and soon after 

 heard him call out, " Another snake ! " Going out I found he had 

 another Tiger Snake at bay, which was also killed. Within an 

 hour I saw another basking in the sun, which also proved to be 

 a Tiger Snake. This was not a bad record for less than two 

 hours. Singular to say, they were the only snakes that had been 

 seen on the selection. My holiday was now over, and I returned 

 to Spring Vale on Saturday, the 19th. 



The following are the fossils collected at the Nowa Nowa 

 Arm, Lake Tyers : — Corals. — Cellepora Gamhiere^isis, also several 

 species of the family Turbinolidce. Echinoderms. — Clypeaster 

 Gippslandicus, Psaininechinus Woodsii. Shells. — Pecten coarticus, 

 /'. Yahleusis, and two other species ; Ilinnites Corioensis, and one 

 other species ; Spoudijlus pseudoradula ; Ostrea, 4 species (the 

 largest weighing 2}^ lbs.); Terebratula, Limopsis, &c. ; also 

 several species of Polyzoa not determined. 



LIST OF ORCHIDS COLLECTED NEAR SALE, 

 By the Misses May and Lilian Wise and Muriel Bennett. 



(Communicated by Alex. Purdie, M.A.) 

 fRead he fore the Field Naturalists' Cluh of Victoria, I3th May, 1895.^ 

 The following orchids were collected by us in the neighbourhood 

 of Sale, Gippsland, during the years 1894 and 1895, ^^'^'^ ^'""^ 

 exception of Caladenia latifolia, which was found at Ocean 

 Grange, Gippsland Lakes. 



Several of the plants are now for the first time recorded from 

 this district, and one, Ccdadenia Cairnsiana, found somewhat 

 plentifully, has hitherto been a rarity, having been found only 

 once before in this colony. We have to thank heartily the Govern- 

 ment Botanist, Baron von Mueller, for his great kindness in 

 identifying and naming all the specimens for us. The months 



