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probably this species which was mentioned in Hawksworth's 

 " Narrative of Cook's First Voyage to Australia," published in 

 1773) i'^ which was narrated the peculiar manner in which these 

 ants utilize the silk from their own larvte to bind together the 

 leaves of their nests, &c. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



• Owing to the lateness of the hour several natural history 

 notes were postponed. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Miss S. Cochrane. — Oil painting of Field Naturalists' Club 

 Camp at Gembrook, November, 1901. 



By Mr. F. P. Dodd. — Specimens of Green Tree Ants, 

 CEcophylla smaragdina, Fab. (?), with leaf nests, shelters, &c., 

 including ordinary working ants and a queen (with wings torn or 

 bitten off) ; also larvae (two sizes), pupae, ants with larvae in the 

 mandibles (taken in act of web-forming), larvae of the geometer 

 moth, Euchloris hypoleuca, and a Jumping Spider, in formalin 

 solution (in illustration of paper), from Townsville, Queensland. 

 See also exhibits, page 87. 



By Mr. C. French, jun. — Specimens of new Saw Fly, Phy- 

 lacteophaga eMcalypti, Froggatt, destructive to young eucalypts, 

 from Toorak, South Yarra, &c. ; also eggs of Masked Plover 

 Lobivanellus miles, from North Queensland. 



By Messrs. S. W. Fulton and F. E. Grant. — Specimens of 

 crustaceans Astacopsis nohilis, Engceus fossor, Engceus, sp., 

 collected at Gembrook. 



By Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S.— Entomological specimens 

 collected at Gembrook. 



By Dr. C. S. Sutton. — Plants collected at Gembrook. 



By Mr. G. E. Shepherd. — Nest and eggs of Black Duck, Anas 

 superciliosa, collected at French Island. 



By Mr. G. Weindorfer. — Plants collected at Gembrook. 



Note. — The exhibit from Mr. A. Paul, on page 103, should be 

 from Mr. J. T. Paul. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



THE GEMBROOK " CAMP-OUT." 



For Victorian field naturalists the King's Birthday (9th Novem- 

 ber) falls at an opportune time. A large number of the wild flowers 

 are still in bloom, the earlier butterflies have not yet had time to 

 become rubbed or worn, while the nesting of the birds affords 

 opportunities to the ornithologist to study their habits at this 

 interesting period, and, finally, the weather can generally be relied 

 upon to provide days not too hot for collecting and nights not too 



