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made at Narracan, Gippsland. Other butterflies observed on 

 the summit of the mountain were : — Papilio madeayanus, 

 Efinephila abeona, Pyrameis ilea, P. kershawi, Zizera lahradus, 

 and the skipper Trapezites phigalia. The Wood White Delias 

 aganippe was seen at Myers Creek. Among the moths taken 

 during the trip were Phalcenoides tristifica, Hiibn., Porthesia 

 obsolefa, Taxeotis delogrannna, Aciptilia aptalis, Walk., and 

 Tortricopsis uncinella, Zell. The principal Coleoptera taken 

 were, among the Carabidae — Phersita melbournensis, Castel., 

 Promecodenis elegans, Casteln., Loxodactylus carinitlatus, Ch. ; 

 Lucanidae — Ceratognathus niger, Westw., Lissapterus howittanns, 

 Westw. : Scarabaeidse — Bolboceras kirbyi, Westw., Polystigma 

 punctata, Don. : Tenebrionidse — Apasis howitti, Pasc. : Cur- 

 culionidae — Atcrpits ciiltratits, Enil., Belus bimaculatus, Pasc., 

 Haplonyx maialis, Pasc. ; Chrysomelidae — Chalcolampra ptis- 

 tiilata, Baly. Two dragon-flies — Avstroceschna pavmstigma, 

 Sely.. and testes analis, Ramb. — were also taken." 



My co-leader, Dr. Shaw, reports that the season was not 

 far enough advanced for his branch of entomology, the 

 Orthoptera, for only immature forms were noted. — Reginald 

 Kelly. 



Victorian State Forests. — ^The recently issued report of 

 the Department of State Forests, Victoria, for the year ending 

 30th June last, contains some interesting information. The 

 Conservator of Forests says the output of sawn hardwood for 

 the year was about 53,000,000 feet, of which the Warburton, 

 Toolangi, and Yea division contributed nearly 30,000,000, 

 while the Otway and Heytesbury mills cut 9,300,000 feet. The 

 production of red gum by the mills along the Murray amounted 

 to 3,030,000 feet. A gratifying record is given of various works 

 carried out for the imj)rovement of the forests, and of the 

 work done in the nurseries and plantations, some 2,750,000 

 seedlings having been put out. In a report on the giant trees 

 of Victoria, Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S., summarizes such in- 

 formation as has been published from time to time regarding 

 the tall trees of the State, from which it appears that Baron 

 von Mueller's statement that he had measured trees of 420 feet 

 and 480 feet on the Blacks' Spur is questioned. A definite record 

 exists of a prostrate tree in the Otway Forest measuring 329 feet 

 to where the top was broken off, at which point the stem 

 diameter was still 10 inches, the general conclusion being that 

 there are many trees still existing of 300 feet and slightly over. 

 As regards girth, 64 feet at 8 feet from the ground, also an 

 Otway Forest specimen, seems to be the record. These figures 

 closely approximate those of the Redwoods of California, 

 definite measurements of which also seem difficult to obtain. 



