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Vorticella, sp. Worms. — Ch?etagaster, Naais, Ncmatoids, 

 Planaria. Rotatoria. — Monostylis, Synchaeta, Conochilus, 

 Megalotrocha cdhofiavkans, Lacinularia socialis, Melicerta ringens, 

 Cephahiphon limnuis, Limnias, sp. Hydrozoa. — Hydra viridis. 

 Polyzoa. — -Plumatella repens. Crustacea : — Cladocera. — Simo- 

 cephalus gibhosus, Ceriodaphnia, sp., Chydorus, sp. Copepoda. — 

 Boeckella oblonga, B. minnta, Cyclops aiistralis, C. albidus, C. 

 arnaudi, C. serriilatus (?), Attheyella australica. Amphipoda. — 

 Chiltonia siibteiiiiis. Isopoda. — Janirella pusilla. Hydracli- 

 nida?. — Large red mites, and smaller blue mites with legs 

 covered with close-set hairs. Insecta. — ^Larv?e of Chironomus, 

 Tanypus, Dragon-fly, Caddis-fly, Homocodytes, and other beetle 

 larvae. — J. Searle. 



EXCURSION TO LABERTOUCHE. 



A p.\RTY of fifteen members and friends journeyed to Long- 

 warry (51 miles), on the Gippsland line, by the first train on 

 Cup Day (6th November), in order to visit Labertouche, some 

 six miles north of that township. At the station they were 

 kindly met by the Messrs. Currie and other friends and driven 

 to their destination. The Tarago River, which flows into the 

 Bunyip. was crossed early in the journey, the country here- 

 abouts being sandy and in places peaty, very absorbent and 

 retentive of moisture. Scrub vegetation, with bracken, Mela- 

 leuca, Goodenia, and tea-tree for the most part, prevailed, and 

 tlicre were not many plants in bloom. The main object of 

 the excursion was to visit the scrub country favoured by the 

 graceful Boronia pinnata. Approaching the ranges, Boronia 

 plants were occasionally seen. A camp was made near the 

 Labertouche Creek, beset with a dense tangle of vegetation 

 typical of such streams, and from here, in the saturated ground 

 and near the watercourses, the delicately fragrant Boronia 

 grew abundantly, bearing masses of dainty white and pink 

 blossoms, forming a most pleasing sight. Some of the shrubs 

 were seven or eight feet higli. Following a dismantled tram 

 route, once used for sawmilling purposes, the party passed up 

 the stream to a pleasing cascade or series of falls in a small 

 gorge between granite hills. Owing to the jungle growth making 

 progress difficult, no further ascent was made. The geological 

 features of the district are not in any way remarkable. The 

 country between Longwarry and the foot of the range is a 

 Tertiary formation, recent in origin, consisting of sandy soil 

 of consideraI)le depth, formed from the disintegration of the 

 granitic range, the granite being somewhat close-grained in 

 texture. Th(> plain lying east of the basin of tlie Bunyip River 



