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would be fairly plentiful. Insects still continued scarce, the 

 Mallee yielding nothing, nor the other shrubs, with the exception 

 of an occasional one of Leptospermum scoparitnn, from which we 

 took two species of Stigmodera and a few bright golden Cleridse. 

 These sand hills appear to be the home of flowering shrubs, and, 

 although the country is a most unpleasant one to travel in, one is 

 well repaid by a spring or early summer visit to them. What we 

 more particularly noticed were two species of Halgania, viz., H. 

 cyanea and //. lavandulacea,w[\.\\ their bright lavender-blue flowers; 

 ProsthanlJiera coccinea, having flowers of a bright red ; Boronia 

 caerulescens, Daviesia ge.nistifolia (of this we saw only one plant, 

 but it was covered with its beautiful yellow flowers) ; Brachycome 

 ciliaris, with flowers of various colours, some being blue, purple, 

 and white ; also Helichrysutn blandoioskianum, or Woolly Ever- 

 lastings, with their large white flowers. 



As it was getting rather late by the time we had crossed the 

 sand hills, we hurried on, and reached Jeparit, fairly done up, 

 about seven o'clock, and soon retired for a good night's rest. On 

 the Saturday morning, as we had a few hours to spare before the 

 train left for Dimboola, we went to the Wimmera River, some 

 half-mile distant, and which was quite a respectable stream, but 

 there were no shrubs there, so we tried under the bark of the large 

 eucalypts, E. rostrata, and took two species of Longicorns, viz., 

 Phoracantha recurva and Tryjjhocharia hamata ; also some 

 Adeliums and a few Elaters of the genus Lacon Of plants we 

 got Anthocercis myosotidea, which is entirely restricted to the 

 North-West, with a flower like the common Forget-me-not, and 

 growing in large cushions close to the ground ; also Gressa cretica, 

 one of the Convolvuli, having greyish leaves, but it was not in 

 flower. 



(To be continued.) 



Table Cape Fossils. — We are glad to be able to announce 

 that the collection of fossils from the Older Tertiary Beds at 

 Table Cape, North-West Tasmania, which was made by our 

 fellow-member, Mr. E. D. Atkinson, during his many years 

 residence in that locality, has been purchased by the National 

 Museum of Victoria. The collection is of considerable value, 

 as it formed the basis of a critical revision of the fauna of the 

 deposit by Mr. G. B. Pritchard in a paper published in 1896 by 

 the Royal Society of Victoria. The fossils are mainly mollusca. 

 One hundred and forty-four species in all are represented, and of 

 these fifteen are types of new species of mollusca. It is satis- 

 factory to know that the collection is now in safe custody, and 

 the types are where they should be, in a public collection, and not 

 in private hands. 



