110 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



The ft?V spiders met witli were common species and not 

 numerous, with llic cxccplion ol Argiope, whose nets were very 

 numerous amongst the low scrub, much to the discomfort, I fear, 

 of our " pol-huntcrs." 



C^nly two ln.)i;s were nolctl, both I'nt'itiiophrync nciiii-tnor- 

 niorala. Llndcr U)i;s rhmariaiis were plcnliful, bul only three 

 species were noted, viz., (i\'(i/)l<niti si(//>/iiir(<<, aiKjdoii, and iiiitti<hi, 

 the latter species by far the most numerous, and as a large 

 proportion were quite young this would appear to be their 

 breeiling season, as also of the Scoloi)endridai. 



Among insects Lepidoplera and Coleoptera were not nuuh in 

 evidence, bul as we had no enloiuologisi with us lo advise on 

 tiiese matters the apparent dearth of species may be due lo the 

 unpractised eye. The same remark will apply to birds, our bird 

 men evidently reserving their energies for the Mullon-bird camp- 

 out later this month. — S. W. Fulton. 



CkUsiACKA. — The prevailing high tides and southerly winds 

 prevented much research on the low tide zone, which afforded 

 such good results at the l\aster cami)-out at Shoreham, so much 

 so that one sand antl mud bank on which we worked last time, 

 and which was expected lo give even better results umler systematic 

 digging, was under water the whole time, and could not be 

 worked, liut this disajipointmenl was partly compensated for 

 by the discovery of a somewhat similar patch of ground on the 

 reef south of the pier, where Messrs. Fulton and Coghill put in 

 an hour or two of solid manual labour, in first cutting an opening 

 through the rock at the lower entl and carryuig a ditch up the 

 centre of the flat, effectually ihaining it, thus enabling them to 

 turn over the ground m search of marine treasures. 



The result ot this energy was the securing of a large number 

 of sjjecimens of Callianassa, a new species found at Faster, but 

 yet to be described, which will be ilone on the result of some 

 inquiries Mr. \'\ F. Grant is making at the British Museum, while 

 on a visit to the old country. Several specimens of a ^mall 

 Slomatopod and a little meniber ol the f;imily Leucosiidiv, neither 

 of which have yet been identified. 



Allenlion was then directed to some of the shallow rock pools, 

 when a systematic removal of all stones and seaweeds gave a good 

 return, and two specimens of another species, not known to any 

 of our niembeis, evitiently belonging to the sub-tribe Thalassinida;, 

 were taken. 



The usual foreshore and rock haunters, Cyclograpsus punctatus, 

 ChasmagnathusipKuhidentatus, Chasmagnathus hcvis, Utica cras- 

 siniana, Ueterograspsus oclodentatus, were plentiful. On the 

 reefs were lound Alphaus villosus and A. socialis. Ciyptodromica 

 lateralis (hidden in his sponge), Lomis hirta, Cryptocccloma fim- 

 brialum, i\;c. : while the results of the rock pools gave several 



