132 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO VICTORIAN NATU- 

 RALISTS IN RECENT PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



In " Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales," 

 2nd series, vol. viii., part 4 : — 



"The President's Address," by Prof. E. David, B.A. Contains 

 a sketch of the present knowledge of the geological 

 history of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. 



In " Transactions of Royal Society of New South Wales" 

 vol. xxvii., 1893 : — 



" Unrecorded Genera of the Older Tertiary Fauna of Australia, 

 including Diagnoses of some New Genera and Species," 

 by Prof. R. Tate, F.G.S. Contains references to and 

 descriptions of several Victorian species. 



In " Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales" 

 2nd series, vol. ix., part 1 : — 



" On Nests and Habits of Australian Vespidse and Laridse," 



by Walter W. Froggatt. Contains references to several 



Victorian species. 

 " Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with Descriptions of New 



Species," part xv., by Rev. T. Blackburn, M.A. Contains 



notes on several Victorian species. 

 " On Life-Histories of Australian Coleoptera," part ii., by Walter 



W. Froggatt. Contains life-histories of several Victorian 



species. 



The Rosehill Parrakeet (Platycercus eximius). — While on 

 a collecting trip to the Werribee I noticed a Rosehill Parrakeet 

 fly from an old nest of the Temporal Pomatostomus, and on 

 climbing the tree and looking into the nest I was surprised to 

 see six eggs of the Rosehill Parrakeet, which were quite fresh. 

 While blowing the eggs near the nest, the bird kept flying from 

 tree to tree uttering its screeching note. Mr. A. J. Campbell 

 says he has not heard of the Rosehill Parrakeet building anywhere 

 but in hollow trees, but Mr. J. Gabriel informs me that he made 

 a similar discovery this season. — C. French, jun. 



The Butterfly Pamphila augias, Lin., in Victoria. — 

 Mr. H. Giles, in March last, captured two specimens of this well- 

 known " skipper," which, however, has not been previously 

 recorded from Victoria. It is hoped that further captures may 

 be recorded by our entomologists this season. This capture 

 further extends the wide area over which the species is known to 

 occur, ranging from India and Ceylon throughout the Malayan 

 Archipelago, and southward to our own colony. 



