THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 1 2 I 



osteres canalis, Tortrix glaphyrana, Bondia dissolutana, Philobota 

 iphigenes, Pleurota brevivittella, Coesyra euchrysa, C. parvula, 

 Eutorna pabulicola, Chrysoryctis fraudulenta, Ocvstola malacella, 

 &c. 



Of the Coleoptera a good number of species were seen, but 

 nothing very rare, the majority being common species. The 

 following are some of the species collected : — Stenolopl.us dingo, 

 Coptocarpus australis, Lepispilus sulcicollis, Macrogyrus rivularis, 

 Xantholinus chloropterus, Pseudolycus luctuosa, P. marginatus, 

 Cisseis acuducta, Cryptodiis tasmanicus, C. paradoxus, Heteronyx 

 pustulosus, Bolboceras kirbyi, Leperina adusta, Ipomoria tillides, 

 Pempsamacra dispersa, Stenoderus concolor, Orthorrhinus cylindri- 

 rostris, Talaurinus impressicollis. 



Orthoptera : — Blattidae — Panesthia Isevicollis, Oniscosoma 

 castanea, Ischnoptera australis, and I. annulata. Achetidse — 

 Gryllotalpa australis, Er. 



Neuroptera : — Ephemeridse — Ephemera australis, Walk. 



Hemiptera : — Dindymus versicolor, Ptilocnemus lemur. 



Protracheata. — Peripatus leuckartii. 



Crustacea. — Decapoda — Freshwater Crab, Astacopsis nobilis ; 

 Land Crabs, Engseus fossor and Engseus, sp. ? Amphipoda — The 

 terrestrial amphipod, Talitrus sylvaticus. This crustacean is said 

 to form the principal food of the Lyre-bird, Menura superba. 



Vermes. — The land planarians, Geoplana sugdeni, G. munda, 

 G. mediolineata, G. hoggii, G. adae. The nemertine worm, 

 Geonomertes australiensis. 



Botany. — Mr. F. G. A. Barnard reports that, though the floral 

 display was in many respects very fine, the botanical results o 

 the outing do not call for particular comment. Altogether some 60 

 to 70 species of plants were noticed in bloom. Perhaps the genus 

 of which the greatest number of species was collected was Pimelia. 

 Of this eight species were seen. Among them may be mentioned 

 Pimelia ligustrina, noticeable by its robust growth and hand- 

 some appearance when in flower ; it seemed, however, to have a 

 somewhat local distribution. Pimelia flava was in places 

 abundant enough to add, as its name indicates, a yellow tinge to 

 the scrub, and it lias the advantage of lasting well when picked. 

 Acacias were, of course, well represented, but, owing to their 

 flowering season being past, only the merest scraps could be 

 secured for identification, but at least 8 or 10 species should be 

 procurable in the district. Another genus which is at home 

 there is Pultensea, but only P. striata made any show, a 

 number of bushes entirely covered with their deep orange flowers 

 growing alongside the Nar-Nar-Goon road being worth a trip to 

 see. A few scattered bushes of P. scabra were still in fair 



