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Cherrus infaustus Hebecerus crocogaster 



Orthorrhinus cylindrirostris Omotes erosicollis 



Aterpus cultratus Trichomesia newmani 



Aopolocnemis rufipes Macrones (sp.) 



Phoracantha quinaria (?) Enchoptera apicalis 



Ceresium simplex Rhagioniorpha concolor 



Callirhoe allapsa Pempsamacra dispersa 

 Epithora dorsalis ,, pygmsea 



Callidiopsis scutellaris Adrium artifex 



Ochyra coarctata Coccinella racemosa 



Taken altogether, the collection, which numbers about 91 

 species, speaks well for the zeal and interest of Mr. Coghill. 



J AS. A. Kershaw. 



Pond-Life. — In the immediate vicinity of the camp was a 

 creek, running down a rugged gully, which on the first days of 

 our vibit was a chain of small waterholes, and an investigation 

 resulted in the capture of some crustacean forms, regarding which 

 Mr. O. A. Sayce reports as follows : — 



" The bottle of specimens collected by you from a creek at 

 ' Haunted Gorge,' on the summit of Mount Buffalo, contained 

 two species of sessile-eyed crustaceans. One is an Isopod, 

 Phreatoicus australis, Chilton, and belongs to a family of con- 

 siderable morphological and physiological interest, so far known 

 only in Australasia. Until now it has been recorded only from the 

 top of Mount Kosciusko, N.S.W., and Mount Wellington and 

 Lake Petrach, Tasmania. In the bottle were two females, each 

 with developing young in the marsupium, and also a number of 

 free very young forms. The other is an Amphipod, closely 

 related to the genus Niphargus of the old world, where the 

 various species are blind inhabitants of subterranean waters. On 

 close inspection I failed to find any important differences from 

 Neoniphargus Jultoni, Sayce, collected from an altitude of 

 3,000 feet near Wood's Point, except that all of the present 

 specimens are devoid of eyes. A more detailed examination of 

 this species, together with some other material in hand, will be 

 made when I have more time at my disposal, and communicated 

 in a separate paper. — O. A. Sayce." 



The stream running down the Buffalo Gorge was exceedingly 

 clear, and only added one or two specimens, which are included 

 in the animals dealt with by Mr. Sayce. The flats promised 

 better, but owing to weather conditions yielded little. The 

 stream which precipitates itself over the Gorge arrives there 

 after meandering through a series of boggy valleys. On reaching 

 the upper land after the long ascent from Porepunkah the appear- 

 ance of flat valley bottoms with sinuous streams traversing them 

 is very interesting. Instead of being on a peak, as might be 



