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distant, and it had been intended to visit a quarry where fossils 

 are abundant, but it was found that time would not allow the 

 detour. On the way to Lilydale, which was reached about 

 7 p.m., specimens of Eucalyptus camphor a were added to the 

 collections of the day. Few insects of any rarity were taken. 

 Several specimens of the white butterfly, Anaphceis Java 

 (Pieris) teutonia, were seen earlier in the day near Yering. — P. 

 R. H. St. John. 



EXCURSION TO BELGRAVE. 



Perhaps owing to an early shower on the morning of Saturday, 

 2ist November, the party was smaller than it might have been ; 

 still, eight members and friends reached Belgrave (26 miles), 

 after a somewhat tedious journey, at about 11.30 a.m. Our 

 way led along the Emerald road for a short distance, then we 

 branched off along a track marked " To Lockwood," which 

 took us past the Dandenong Reservoir, formed by a weir across 

 the Monbulk Creek. A little beyond the reservoir we halted 

 alongside the creek to have lunch, and so lighten our loads. 

 A fire was lighted, and tea, provided by the ladies, soon made. 

 Half an hour or so was pleasantly spent in lunching, exploring 

 the creek banks, and photographing the surroundings ; then 

 we crossed the creek and wound our way up a fairly steep track 

 which leads on to the road to Narre Warren. Along this track 

 it was a delightful surprise to see numbers of flowers of the 

 beautiful yellow Wedge-Pea, Gompholobium Huegelii, a flower 

 which is usually seen only as solitary specimens. This hillside 

 earlier in the season must have afforded a pretty sight, for 

 Epacris impressa and other spring-flowering plants were 

 abundant. On reaching the main road our way led downhill 

 into the watershed of the Cardinia Creek, and about three miles 

 away we could see the sugarloaf hill we desired to reach. 

 Turning into the Lysterfield road, we had a sharp rise to 

 surmount, then another turn, and we were abreast of our 

 object ; but time had been passing, and the ladies found it 

 would be impossible to visit the rocking stone and get the 4.30 

 p.m. train at Narre Warren, about five miles away, so they 

 reluctantly left the honours of the day to the gentlemen, and 

 wended their way stationwards. As the gentlemen thought 

 they could both climb the hill and catch the train, they made 

 a dash up the hillside, and, on reaching the rocking stone, 

 which is on the western face of the hill, spent half an hour in 

 measuring and photographing the unique object. Some 

 photographs exhibited to-night will give some idea of its appear- 

 ance. We found that the foundation or basal stone is about 

 9 feet high and 6 feet 3 inches in diameter one way by about 

 4 feet the other. The rocking stone is about 13 feet 3 inches 



