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Lepidoptera were not much sought after, but we noted that all 

 the commoner ones were fairly numerous. A few of our best 

 butterflies comprised the Skippers, Trapezites iacchus and T. 

 phigalia (one worn specimen), the silvery form of Hesperilla 

 donnysa, H. Tasmanicus, and the very small Taractrocerca 

 papyria. The Blues comprised Ghrysophanus aurifer and 

 Holochila mosrens. 



Amongst the moths were the following : — Bombyces, Porthesia 

 obsoleta, Spilosoma Julvo-hirta, S. obliqua, and the rarer S, 

 fuscinula, the fine Epidesma chilonaria, and E. tryxaria, 

 Gastrophora Henricaria (a worn female), and a few of the beautiful 

 genus Eucloris, viz., E. (Iodis) meandraria, E. siereota, and E. 

 buprestaria, with several others. 



Reptiles were represented by some of the commoner small 

 lizards under the bark or logs we disturbed, of which the most 

 numerous was Hinulia Quoyi. 



Botany was, I am sorry to say, in want of more attention. 

 Three species of Eucalyptus, E. amygdalina, E. obliqua, and E. 

 globidus, were noted in bloom ; the beautiful Tetratheca ciliata was 

 observed to be still in flower, as also Dampieri Australis. The 

 only orchids noted were Dipodium punctatum and two species of 

 Pterostylis. 



Notwithstanding the miserable weather experienced, we all 

 agreed that from a collector's point of view the excursion could 

 be considered a success, as though our captures were not 

 numerous they were of considerable rarity. — H. M. Giles. 



EXCURSION TO FERNTREE GULLY. 



The promise of a hot day greeted those members of the Club who 

 met to take the first train to Ferntree Gully on Tuesday, 26th 

 January (Foundation Day). At Ringwood, the changing station, 

 a wait of half an hour enabled us to count heads and find that 

 there were six Field Naturalists en route. 



We decided to leave Ferntree Gully proper for the holiday- 

 makers, and started off on the Emerald and Gembrook road, 

 which crosses the gully nearly opposite the park gates. The road, 

 which runs in a south-east direction between the outlying hills 

 of the Dandenongs, is bordered by such shrubs as Cassinias, 

 Bursarias, Acacias, Eucalypts, &c, and we were soon vigorously 

 at work shaking their flowering branches into our open umbrellas. 

 Results, however, were poor : several species of Mordellidae, 

 Scarabidae (Cockchafers), with a few Cleridseand Longicorns, were 

 the principal beetles seen. Continuing along this road we got 

 many pretty glimpses of the ranges on the one side, and of the 

 lower country towards Western Port on the other, and were much 

 pleased with the picturesqueness of the situation of Glen Harrow, 



