136 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



By Mr. A. Coles. — Lincoln Lamb with two heads and six legs, 

 bred by Mr. Williams, Strathmerton. 



By Mr. F. P. Dodd., in illustration of his paper : — Queen, 

 larvae, pupie, and nests of CEcophylla smaragdina, also specimens 

 of the Ants with larvge in their mandibles, taken whilst in the act 

 of web-forming ; several Jumping Spiders ; Moths, including 

 Euchloris hypoleuca ; cocoons of Eromene ; specimens of 

 Homoptera ; eggs of Arhopala eupolis ; Scale Insects, &c. 



By Mr. C. French, jun. — Preserved larvte of Victorian Moths, 

 showing natural appearances ; also Orchid, Orthoceras strictum, 

 dark variety, in flower, from Cheltenham. 



By Mr. G. E. Shepherd. — Native Axe and Sharpening Stones, 

 from Somerville. 



By Mr. C. Walter. — Fultencea laxijlora and Pultenoia villosa, 

 var. glabra, collected by Mr. E. E. Pescott in the N.E. District of 

 Victoria, previously recorded only from the S.W. of Victoria. 



By Messrs. O. A. Sayce, F. E. Grant, J. Gabriel, and J. A. 

 Kershaw. — Specimens collected on dredging trip in Port Phillip 

 Bay. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



NOTES ON THE QUEENSLAND GREEN TREE ANTS 

 {(ECOPHYLLA SMARAGDINA, Fab.?) 



By F. p. Dodd. 

 {Read before the Field Naturalists'' Club of Victoria, ISth Nov., 1901.) 

 During my studies in the field of the Lepidoptera of this district, 

 I occasionally turn aside to observe the wonderfully interesting 

 Green Ants, which abound here in all the scrubs, but not in the 

 forest proper. In writing this paper I regret exceedingly that I 

 cannot deal with it in a more effective manner. I trust members 

 will prove to be forbearing and overlook iis shortcomings, of 

 which I am thoroughly sensible. However, I am not without 

 hope that the information now given may be considered of an 

 interesting nature. 



Having no literature in this place to refer to, I do not know to 

 what extent the subject has been touched upon. Some years ago 

 I read an interesting article upon the ants by Mr. SaviUe-Kent, 

 but I have forgotten in which publication it appeared. He noted 

 the manner in which they constructed their nests, which are 

 composed of green leaves, drawn together and held securely in 

 position by white web matter. Some of these nests are not above 

 two or three inches in length, but their general size and shape 

 varies from that of a cocoanut to that of a lootball. Occasionally 

 the nests are irregular in shape, owing to the position of the 

 foliage worked upon ; some may be even two feet in length, but 

 such are usually narrower in propcrtion to the smaller habitations. 



