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flora " is gradually left behind, and flowering plants in general are 

 few and far between. Amperea spartioides occurs occasionally, 

 and here and there a Hakea nodosa in fruit. Cryptattdra hookeri 

 and Grevillea alpina almost complete the list, the last-named 

 being very plentiful. 



At about four miles from Launching Place the tramway en- 

 counters a small creek flowing down a gully so steep and narrow 

 that it cannot be negotiated by a curve. Here we lunched, and 

 are rendered immortal by our amateur photographer. And after 

 collecting a few plants, of which, as a specimen for the herbarium. 

 Plat ylohium for mosum is the most important, in fine development, 

 we return to our starting point. 



For some account of the zoological results of the excursion I 

 am indebted to my co-leader, Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S. 

 Messrs. G. Weindorfer and R. A. Bastow have assisted in the 

 compilation of the botanical results, while Mr. F. Chapman, 

 F.L.S., has contributed some notes on the petrology of the 

 district. — A. U. Hardy. 



Zoology.— As a whole, the zoological results of this ex- 

 cursion were not so good as anticipated, though this was to a 

 great extent due to the limited number of workers, and to a 

 lesser extent to the want of time to more thoroughly work the 

 district. For instance only some twenty-six species of birds were 

 noted, but had one been able to devote more attention to this 

 branch the number could easily have been greatly increased. 

 Numbers of small birds were seen among the thick under- 

 growth of the gullies and along the bush tracks which could not 

 be identified with any degree of certainty without closer exam- 

 ination, while, no doubt, many notes regarding the nesting might 

 have been obtained. 



Among the insects, Lepidoptera were unusually scarce, only 

 a very limited number of species being seen, and most of these 

 were well-known kinds. Two small micros., however, proved 

 new to me. 



Several specimens of Papilio inacleayanus were seen at 

 Malleson's Glen, on the Don River; while quite a number of 

 fresh specimens of Tisiphonn {Epinejjhile) abeona were flitting 

 about on the track, in company with Fyrameis kershawi and P. 

 itea. The larvse of Heteronympha tnerope and Pyrameis itea 

 were taken, the former under a log and the latter curled up in a 

 folded leaf of the native nettle. Numbers of the wood-boring 

 larvse of Ilepiahis liynivora and a few of H. exiinea were seen 

 at Malleson's Glen. 



Portion of the country on the track to Britannia Creek re- 

 minded one strongly of Sandringham, and here were noticed a 

 number of well-known geometers common to that class of 

 country. In the low-lying ground freshly-emerged specimens of 



