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Straw wrapped in their rugs, with the tarpaulin on top. Some 

 managed to obtain a fair amount of sleep, but the others passed 

 another most uncomfortable night, and gladly welcomed the 

 dawn. Two of our party having to return to town by the 7.30 a.m. 

 train, had to turn out soon after five o'clock. Our entomologists, 

 wishing to indulge in more bark-stripping, &c., managed to put in 

 a couple of profitable hours before breakfast. 



After breakfast a start was made for the Cascades along the 

 Jack's Creek track, a walk of about 4^ miles. The day promised 

 to be warm, and we looked forward to better results than those 

 of the previous day. We took our time, and thoroughly searched 

 any likely-looking spots. The commoner butterflies, such as the 

 Painted Lady, Australian Admiral, and the little blue, fairly 

 scarce on the previous day, were now particularly numerous. A 

 fair number of moths were also noticed before we left the flats, 

 such as Philohota catachrysa^ Antidica pilostilus, but all were 

 well-known species. A full grown Blue-tongue Lizard, Tiliqua 

 scincoides, the only one seen during the trip, was found basking 

 in the sun. Some time was devoted to a careful search among 

 the timber along the margin of the reservoir, and several more 

 larvae and pupse of Ogyris olane and some bombycid larvae were 

 taken. Beetles, however, were particularly scarce, notwith- 

 standing the energy displayed by at least one of our party. As 

 we proceeded wild-flowers became more plentiful and varied, and 

 in marked contrast to our experience of the previous day. A fine 

 clump of the Mountain Ash, Panax sambucifolius, was passed 

 close to the track, the largest of which was fully 12 feet high. 

 Our first white butterfly, Belenois Java, was noticed shortly after 

 passing a bend in Jack's Creek known as Smith's Gully, and a 

 little further on up the spur another species, Xenica hohartia, 

 always welcome to the collector, was captured. Bordering the 

 track some fine bushes of Grevillea alpina in bloom were admired. 

 A steep and rather hot climb brought us to the top of the 

 Cascades. After a little time here we descended to the fern glade 

 at the bottom, where we enjoyed our lunch while admiring the 

 rush of water into the basin at our feet. 



On our return journey we followed the narrow track bordering 

 the creek, the opposite side of which was a dense mass of vegeta- 

 tion. Here the Coachwhip-bird was heard and the Flame and 

 Yellow-breasted Robins seen. Two more specimens of the small 

 brown butterfly, Xeiiica hobartia, were also met with. The 

 magnificent group of King Ferns, Osmiuida barbara, remembered 

 from a previous trip, were again admired. Nothing worthy of 

 special mention was noticed on the remainder of our trip, and 

 we reached home in ample time to partake of early tea and pack 

 up our belongings. A pleasant walk to the station in the cool 

 of the evening terminated our visit to the Plenty Ranges, which. 



