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Excursion to National Park. 



r Vic 



L Vol. 



Vict. Nat. 

 XXIX. 



Coleoptera — 



Pseudolychus hremopterus, Gn. 

 Homotrysis, sp. 

 Apasia hovvittii, Pasc. 

 Lepispilus sulcicollis, Boisd. 

 Meneristes australis, Boisd. 

 Adelium orphana, Pasc. 



,, puslulosum, Blkb. 



,, tenebiioides, Ericli. 

 Pelonhinus argentosus, Gyll. 

 Acantholophus subulatus, Macl. 

 Xystiocera viiescens, Newm. 

 Athemistes rethiops, Pasc. 



Coleoptera — 



Pytlieus jugosus, Newm. 

 Orthoptera — 



Gonolabis woudvvardi, Burr. 



Calolampra irrorata, Fabr. 



Gryllacris molineusiana, Tejip. 



Tinzeda albosignata 

 Hemiptera — 



Gmiiiates australis, Erich. 



Pseudopontiliiis australis, Walk. 



Stauralia compuncta, Berg. 

 Diptera — 



Trypela cluana. Walk. 



Pond Life.— By J. Shephard. 



Owing to the elevated position of the camp, and the ground 

 sloping steeply, there were no ponds near, and the gullies con- 

 tained only very small streamlets. A number of crustaceans 

 were collected from one of the gullies, which Mr. J. Searlc 

 has identified as Gammarus haasci, an amphipod described by 

 the late Mr. O. A. Sayce. 



During the flying visit to the Darby River a gathering was 

 made, among which Mr. Searle found that the following could 

 be identified after the journey to Melbourne : — 



Cladocera — 

 Alonella, sp. 

 Camptocercus, sp. 

 Chydorus globosus 

 llyoeglyptus sordidus 



Copepoda — 



Cyclops australis 

 Atlheyella australica 



Amphipoda — 



Atyloides gabrieli, Sayce. 



Botanical Report.— By Alfred J. Ewart. D.Sc, F. Pitcher, 

 H. B. Williamson, and J. \V. Acdas, F.L.S. 

 The party was well provided witli botanists, and this 

 enabled a good deal of botanical work to be done. Tlic main 

 object of this trip, so far as the National Herbarium was con- 

 cerned, was to fulfil a promise made long ago to establish as 

 many native plants as possible in the National Park. })ar- 

 ticufarly those which are in danger of extinction. During 

 the present trip, however, owing to the difficulty of obtaining 

 material, it was found necessary to leave the jjlanting of rare 

 native plants for a future occasion, mainly owing to the 

 difficulty of obtaining seeds or living material at short notice. 

 The reason for not commencing planting before was that it 

 was thought desiral.-«le to complete the census of the Park 

 before introducing any i)lants from other regions of Victoria. 

 The fact that during the ])rcsent visit only seven additional 

 records have to be added to the jirevious list of 600 shows that 

 the census may be regarded as comparatively complete, and, 

 since hsts will be kept of all plants introduced, no confusion 

 is likely to arise in the future. 



