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5 in., and the tail, which tapers to a very fine point, makes up the 

 remaining length. The hindlegs are long, widely set, and strong, 

 with long clawed feet. When starting to run, the lizard rises its 

 long tail in a sweeping curve, thus lifting its body off the ground, 

 folds its forelegs across its breast, and starts off at a surprising rate, 

 scattering small stones, sticks, and sand by the powerful action of 

 its strong hindlegs. The favourite amusement of these little 

 reptiles in the heat of the day is to drop to the ground from the 

 bough of a tree, often a height of quite 12 ft., and then rush to the 

 trunk, scamper up it, and repeat the performance. They are de- 

 lighted if they can drop on anyone lying under the tree, and will 

 do it again and again unless hunted to a distance. I was sleeping 

 beneath a scraggy cajeput one burning noontime, when one of the 

 little nuisances dropped on my throat. A few minutes after it 

 came down with better aim on the bridge of my nose, which was 

 sunburnt and sore, and I had to hunt it quite away. Fortunately 

 it was only a half-grown one. Another time, when lying lame in 

 the verandah, one dropped on me several times from the rafters, 

 and at last I had to call the cook to drive the little beast away 

 from the house. No doubt they were attracted by the flies which 

 were buzzing over me." 



New Carenid Beetles. — In the " Proceedings Linnean 

 Society of New South Wales," vol. xxii., part i. (1897), Mr. T. G. 

 Sloane describes twenty new species of Carenid Beetles from 

 various parts of Australia, mostly submitted to Mr. Sloane by Mr. 

 C. French, F.L.S., in whose collection the type specimens are 

 contained. Of the new species five are Victorian. 



Eggs of Pied Honey-eater. — As some doubt exists as to 

 the locality from whence the eggs of Certhionyv leucomelas, ex- 

 hibited by me at the August meeting of the Club, were obtained, 

 I desire to state that the eggs in question were given me by Mr. 

 Cowle, of Centra] Australia. They correspond, however, exactly 

 with those taken by me when with the Calvert Exploring Expedi- 

 tion in Western Australia, and which had afterwards to be aban- 

 doned along with the rest of the collections in the desert. — G. A. 

 Keartland. 



Lacinularia Elliptica — A Correction. — The words " de- 

 scribed by me in the Victorian Naturalist, vol. xiii. (1896), p. 22," 

 in lines 24-25, page 85, of last month's Naturalist should be 

 struck out, having been inadvertently inserted. — Ed. Vict. Nat. 



Bees. — H. Friese, 5 Siebererstrasse, Innsbruck, Austria, author 

 of " Bees of Europe " (published by Friedlander, Berlin), is work- 

 ing on the " Bees and Humble Bees of the World," and is anxious 

 for Australian correspondents. 



