CONTENTS OF VOLUME ONE 



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Dedication v 



The Advisory Council of the Victoria History vil 



General Advertisement ............. vii 



Contents xiii 



List of Illustrations .............. xv 



Preface xvii 



Table of Abbreviations ............. xix 



Natural History : 



Geology . . .- By C. FOX-STRANGWAYS, F.G.S., late of H.M. 



Geological Survey ...... i 



Palaeontology . . . By R. LYDEKKER, F.R.S.. F.L.S., F.G.S. . . .19 



Botany By HARRY FISHER 



Introduction .............. 27 



Botanical Divisions .............31 



Phaenogamia .............. 35 



Cryptogamia Vascularia ............ 47 



Cryptogamia Cellularia . . . . 47 



Musci (Mosses) ............. 47 



Hepaticae (Liverworts and Scale Mosses) . . . . . . . . .50 



Characeae .............. 50 



Algae 50 



Lichenes (Lichens) ............. 53 



Fungi . 55 



Zoology : 



Molluscs By B. B. WOODWARD, FL.S., F.G.S, F.R.M.S. . 61 



Insects By FRANK BOUSKELL, F.E.S., F.R.H.S. ... 64 



Hymenoptera (Ants, Wasps, Bees, etc.) ......... 64 



Aculeata .............. 65 



Coleoptera (Beetles) . . . 66 



Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) . . . 78 



Rhopalocera 79 



Heterocera 79 



Diptera (Ffies) . 89 



Hemiptera Heteroptera (Bugs) . . . . . . . . . .92 



Spiders By FRANK BOUSKELL, F.E.S., F.R.H.S. ... 94 



Crustaceans . . . . By the Rev. T. R. R. STEBBING, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 96 

 Fishes ..... By MONTAGU BROWNE, F.Z.S. . . . .108 



Reptiles and Batrachians . . ....112 



Birds . .114 



Mammals .... .... 158 



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