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During the short search in the bed of the gully and under 

 the logs and stones, a few land shells, insects, and one or two 

 land planarians were taken. The well-known Sand-hopper. 

 Talitrus, were numerous under every log, while some small 

 fresh-water crustaceans were taken from the small stream, 

 On our way back to camp most of the party indulged in log- 

 turning, and several more land planarians, beetles, land shells, 

 &c., were collected. Two species of lizards were very common 

 — ^viz., Himdia qiioyi and Liolepisma musteliniim, O'Shaugn. — 

 the latter being unusually sluggish in their movements. 



Professor Ewart had availed himself of this visit to bring 

 a supply of seeds of a numl)er of native plants which it was 

 desired to establish in the Park, while Mr. Pitcher brought 

 from the Botanical Gardens several young native trees. With 

 the help of Mr. Audas, these were planted in various localities 

 during our excursions. 



Returning to camp, ample justice was done to the evening 

 meal awaiting us, and, after a cliat round the camj) fire, we 

 retired, well satisfied with our day's w^ork. 



Saturday^ 28th. — It was decided to devote the day to a visit 

 to Lilly-pilly Gully, situated in a wild and rather inaccessible 

 valley on the eastern side of Mount Vcreker. With the 

 exception of one member, who desired to work on the hills 

 nearer camp, all the party started off down the eastern sloi)c 

 of the range near the camp. The descent through the scrub 

 and granite boulders was rough and steep, Imt was soon 

 accomplished, and an easterly course taken across the heath 

 lands and round a spur of the range. Noticeable among the 

 flowering plants was the Dagger Hakea, Hakca ■pngioniformis, 

 which was in full bloom, and, with isolated })atches of Lep- 

 tospermum, attracted numbers of insects, chiefly llymcnoptera 

 and Diptera, and a few beetles, inckiding the well-known 

 l)U])restids Cyria impcriaUs and Sligmodera macularia. Among 

 the l)utterflies the only species noticed were the well-known 

 Pyrameis kershawi, P. ilea, Hctcronymplui mcropc (females), 

 LyccBna alstiliis, and a few L. agricola. 



A sufhcient number of plants were still in bloom to keep the 

 botanists fairly well occupied. A little after mid-day Barry's 

 Creek was reached, and, as the roughest i)art of our journey 

 wa§ still before us, it was considered inadvisable to push on. 

 Two or three hours were sj)ent along the l)anks of the creek, 

 which was thickly overgrown with bracken, sword-grass, and 

 various shrubs. Growing in 'the creek were splendid examples 

 of the King Fern, Todea harhara, the common tree fern, the 

 Umbrella Fern, Glcichcnia flabcllata, and the Coral Fern, 

 Gleichcnia circinaia. Tlie grass-trees, thickly spread o\er the 



