7*2 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. rVoI XXV. 



Food Plants of Victorian Longicorn Beetles. — In con- 

 tinuation of list in the February Naturalist (xxiv., page 155) I 

 append particulars of the localities and food plants of the follow- 

 ing longicorn beetles : — 



Atesta bifasciata, Pasc. — Studley Park, &c. Food plant, Yellow 



box, Eucalyptus melliodora. 

 Distichocera Thomsonella, White. — Eltham, &c. F.p., Mistletoe, 



Loranthus pendulus. 

 Didymocantha sentellata. — Coode Is., &c. ; f p.. Acacia moUissima. 



You Yangs; f.p., Casuarina quadrivalvis. 

 Hebecerus Australis, Boisd. — Greensborough. F.p., Acacia 



dealbata. 

 H. crocogaster, Boisd. — Eltham, &c. F.p., Acacia moliissima and 



A. dealbata. 

 H. marginicollis, Boisd. Same as H. crocogaster. 

 Monohammus argentatus, Hope. — Gippsland. F.p., Aster 



glandulosus. 

 Phoracantha fallax, Pasc. — Frankston, Coode Is., &c. F.p., 



Acacia moliissima. 

 Scolobrotus Westwoodi, Hope. — Studley Park, &c. F.p., Euca- 

 lyptus melliodora. 

 Symphyletes modestus, Pa^c. — Clayton. F.p., Acacia oxycedrus. 



— J. E. Dixon. Richmond. 



Victorian Forests. — A brief report for 1907 on the Victorian 

 Forests, by the acting conservator, Mr. A. W. Crooke, appears 

 in the annual report of the Secretary for Mines just issued. 

 Regarding forest fires, he says that he believes " few forest fires 

 are purely accidental. Most of them are either deliberate acts, 

 or the result of criminal carelessness." Under the new Act, 

 which came into operation on ist January last, he expects to be 

 able to reduce forest fires to a minimum. It is satisfactory to 

 note that the revenue from timber royalties, &c., amounted to 

 ;£"29,ooo for the year. Four striking illustrations are given of the 

 magnificent virgin forest of Eucalyptus amygdalina in the Rubicon 

 Ranges, near Alexandra. 



The Ground or Swamp Parrakeet. — " F. R." in the Aus- 

 tralasian of Saturday, ist August, gives some interesting notes 

 about this parrakeet, Pezoporus formosus, Lath., which he says is 

 becoming very scarce in the Western District of Victoria, where 

 it was once plentiful. This is doubtless due to the fact that the 

 bird lives entirely on the ground, never to his knowledge 

 perching in trees. It makes its home among the tussocks usually 

 found on swampy land, and is thus an easy prey to the prowling 

 fox. 



