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pictipeniiis, Cand., L. caliginosus, Cand., and Hapatesus 

 jugularis, Cand., var. 7ninor, Cand. The only Lepidoptera 

 noticed were Chlenias bnnksiaria, Le G., Xanthorhoe vactuiria, 

 Gn., and Ocystola hemisema, Meyr., the latter being fairly 

 common. The cockroaches, Oniscoma castanea, Brun., and 

 Panesthia Icevicollis, Sauss., were common, and assist to reduce 

 the fallen timber. The only Planarian found was Geop/ana 

 hoggi, Dendy. 



The botanical results of the day were not striking, but Miss 

 K. Cowle has handed me the following list of plants and shrubs 

 found in bloom : — Loranthus pendulus growing upon Acacia 

 dealbata, Centipeda cunninghaTni, Isotoma fiuviatilis, Mazus 

 pumilio, Tricoryne elatior, Hypoxia glabella, Lythrum hyssopi- 

 folia, Hypericum japonicum, Convolvulus sepium, Helichrysum 

 Jermgineum, Britnella vulgaris, Gassinia aculeata, Viola heder- 

 acea, V. betonicifolia, the ubiquitous Goodenia ovata, Hrythrcea 

 australis, and Bursaria spinosa, with the orchids Pterostylis 

 obtusa and Eriochilus autumnalis. Quantities of the graceful 

 Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum oithiopicum, grew in the glens. 

 Seed specimens of Eucalyptus polyanthema, Schauer, were 

 obtained. 



Mr. A. D. Hardy, who devoted himself to aquatic and sub- 

 aquatic plants, reports that " the lagoons visited revealed a 

 luxuriant growth of Myriophyllum variifolium, Triglochin 

 procera, the rush-like Heleocharis sphacelata, and near the 

 margin the sedge Cyperus lucida, the reed Arundo phrag- 

 mites, with Polygonum minus and P. strigosum. Here and there 

 Ottelia ovalifolia bearing fruit was noted, also, but not in bloom, 

 Eanunculus rivularis. Of the lower forms of plant life, among the 

 Algae were noted species of Spirogyra, Zygnema, and CEdogonium, 

 but in the absence of fruit or conjugation the determination of 

 species would be unreliable ; while amongst the densely-growing 

 Myriophyllum, Volvox globator occurred in great quantity in 

 various stages of growth. In another lagoon, where there was a 

 greater depth of water, a grass-like plant, probably Glaytonia 

 australasiea, formed loose tangles just below the surface, and 

 near the margin were found a few specimens of Utricularia 

 flexuosa, submerged, but floating by means of the little vesicles 

 or air-bladders interspersed among the linear segments of its 

 leaves. In the absence of Myriophyllum, Volvox was scarce, but 

 a very minute globular form of Algse, probably Stephanosphoira 

 pluvialis, was frequently met with, revolving rapidly as it moved 

 onward. Of Desmidiacese the following genera were represented : 

 — Arthrodesmus, Closterium, Cosmarium, Docidium, Euastrum, 

 Didym.oprium, Micrasterias, Penium, and Staurastrum ; while of 

 Diatomacese living forms of Navicula, Pleurosigma, and Synedra 

 were common. An alga, which 1 thmk was Hydrianum 



