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field River, have been kindly furnished by the heads of depart- 

 ments at the Australian Museum, Sydney, except the lizards, 

 by Mr. C. Frost, F.L.S., and the Lepidoptera, by Mr. J. Kershaw, 

 of the National Museum, Melbourne : — 



Vertebrates. 



Mammalia. — Chiroptera — Nyctophilas timorensis, Geoff. ; Ves- 

 perugo rumulis, Gray ; Taphozous australis, Gould. Rodentia — 

 Mas (.' lineolatus). Marsupialia — Sininthojisis leucopus, Gray. — 

 Edgar R. Waite. 



Lizards. — Geckonidas — CEdura Lesueuri, D. and Bibr. ; CE. 

 marmorata, Gray ; Gehyra variegata, D. and Bibr. Agamidse — 

 GonyocepJialus, sp. (young), Diporophera bilineata, Gray. Varanidse 

 . — Varanus Gouldii, Gray ; V. jpunctatus, Gray. Scincidce-^-Himilia 

 isolepis, Blgr. ; Liole/jisma fuscum, Gray ; L. Beccarii, Peters and 

 Doria ; Ablepharus Boutonii, Desj. ; A. Boutonii, var. Peroral; and 

 Tropidophorus Queensland^, De Vis. — C. Frost. 



Batrachia. — Ecaudata — Bana papua, Lesson; Hyla Peronii, 

 Bibr.; H. lato-palmata, Giinther; and Hylella, sp. (young specimen). 

 — J. J. Fletcher and Edgar R. Waite. 



Insect a. 



The following orders and genera were represented, but in 

 many cases the specimens were damaged or immature, so that 

 their identification is uncertain : — 



Coleoptera — Figulus, Batocera, Clytanthus, Amarygmus. 

 Orthoptera — Mantis, Anostostoma, Truxalis, Phyllopterus, Pha- 

 neroptera, Locusta. Neuroptera — Chrysopha. Hemiptera — 

 Tectocoris, Coreus, Spudaeus, Reduvius, Dindymus, Ploiaria. 

 Hymenoptera — Stilbum, Scolia, Sphex, Mutilla. Diptera — 

 Rutilia, Ornithomyia. — F. A. A. Skuse. 



Lepidoptera. — About 40 species were obtained, of which the 

 following are the more important : — Rhopalocera — Papilio 

 Ulysses, L. ; Hamadryas zoilus, Fabr. ; Messaras prosope, Fabr. ; 

 Cynthia ada, Butl. ; Danis seba, Boisd. ; Hypochrysops eucletus, 

 Feld. Heterocera — Daphnis protrudens, Feld. ; Team Barnardii, 

 Luc. ; Erebus crepuscular ia, Dru. ; Strophidia sondaicata, Gu. ; 

 Euschenta mars, Boisd.; Lagoptera plumifera ; Grammodes anunoina, 

 Cr. ; and Potamophora manlia, Cr. — Jas. A. Kershaw. 



Crustacea. 

 Scopimera globosm, de Haan. ; Telphusa crassa, M. Edw. ; 

 Epixauthus frontalis, M. Edw. ; Gelasimus vocans, Rumph ; 

 Palaemon ornatus, Oliver ; Chelonobia testudinaria, L. ; and 

 Macrophthalmus, sp. (immature). — Thos. Whitelegge. 



