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taking the first turning to the right, faced the wooded slopes of 

 the range. W.e soon came to some nice bushes of Bursaria 

 spinosa, Prickly Box, in full flower, on which a few varieties of 

 beetles were fairly abundant, especially Schizorrhina punctata, 8. 

 Australis, with Ceridae, &c. Crossing the road into the Cave 

 Hill estate just at the site of the Club's first camp out in 1884, 

 we noticed a little introduced iris as being very plentiful. A 

 little further, in some ralher swampy ground, was a fine patch of 

 Leptospermum laniyertim, Init though well in flower, our ento- 

 mologist was not successful in adding much to his captures. 

 Close by several specimens of the butterfly, Ueteronymplia 

 cordace, were taken. Fine plants, in full flower, of Ajuga 

 Australis grew here. Following along the side of the creek, or 

 rather an artificial cutting for irrigation purposes, Epilobumi 

 glahellum and some beautiful spikes of Lythmnn sulicaria 

 were seen. Convolvulus septum was climbing about the shrubs, 

 several of which bore the marks of wood-boring beetles. 

 Passing on, the paddock furnished evidence of the ever-increasing 

 demands of the neighbouring limekilns for firewood, for trees 

 were being felled and stumps extracted on either side. Striking 

 the creek at a rustic bridge, where some years ago was an ideal 

 spot for a picnic, we lingered to refresh ourselves, as the day was 

 somewhat warm A little further along some fine bushes of 

 Frostanthera lasianthos, in full flower, attracted attention. We 

 were disappointed to find that a narrow reserve of about thirty 

 acres, along the eastern bank of the creek, has during the last 

 ftw years been sold or selected, and will soon pass out of the 

 list of field naturalists' collecting grounds. The dried remains of a 

 number of grasshoppers clinging to the tops of grass-stems and 

 small bushes set us discussing the reasons for such an occurrence, 

 but with no satisfactory result. Possibly the previous cold, wet 

 weather had been too severe for them, being not quite matured. 

 Near by an apparently recently emerged specimen of the beautiful 

 timber-feeding moth, Hepialus lignivora, was taken on a small 

 shrub. Some fine eucalypts still exist hereabouts, and an 

 exceedingly fine specimen of Mistletoe, Loranthus, sp., 

 was noticed near the creek. The beautiful blue fruits of 

 Diandla Tasmanica were conspicuous among the plants 

 alongside the creek. Pushing through some very rough scrub we 

 came to what we afterwards learned are called the Olinda Falls, 

 but which are very diminutive rapids, and as it was past midday 

 we decided to halt for lunch. Round about us here were fine speci- 

 mens of G'oodia lotif'olia, Bi.Uardiera scandens, and Coprosnia hir- 

 tella, with its red fruits, with a very fine Native Cherry, Exocarpos 

 cupressijormis, and a tree fern or two. Along the banks of the 

 creek were various ferns of the genera Lomaria, Adiantum, 

 Blechnum, Alsophila, and Davallia. Veronica Deriveyilia and 



