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(f) Mt. Lofty, Adelaide, 17th May, 1910. 



A few fragments of beetles and other small insects. 

 (W.W.F.) Several small moth caterpillars and a beetle. 



(g) Mt. Lofty, Adelaide, 17th May, 1910. 



Legs of yellowish spider (?); about half -dozen whitish grubs, about half 

 inch long. 



(W.W.F.) Small caterpillars and a spider, 

 (h) Middle Harbour, Sydney, llth June, 1910. 



Some insect remains ; stomach nearly fall of small flowers. 



(W.W.F.) Small caterpillar or moth ; a number of thrips ; a staphy lin d 

 beetle and remains of small beetles ; all these insects probably cap- 

 tured on the flowers. 



(J.H.M.) See (i). 

 (i) Middle Harbour, Sydney, llth June, 1910. 



Some insect remains ; stomach nearly full of small flowers. 



(W.W.F.) Insect remains few and indefinite ; only two or three frag- 

 ments of beetles. 



(J.H.M.) Flowers of Leucopogon, identical with those of (h). 

 (j) Middle Harbour, Sydney, llth June, 1910. 



Some insect remains ; stomach nearly full of small flowers. 



(W.W.F.) Wing covers of small beetles, and legs of a spider probably 

 taken on the flowers. 



(J.H.M.) Flowers of the Leuwpogon, identical with those of (i). 

 (k) Middle Harbour, Sydney, llth June, 1910. 



Stomach stained a deep purple; intestinal contents deep purple; portion- 

 of an insect ; pale yellowish skins of some fruit. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of one beetle. 



(J.H.M.) Skins of the Ink-berry (Phytoilacca octandra, L.) the note 

 that the stomach was stained a deep purple gave me the hint as to 

 the origin of the skin, and I find that the stain is identical with 

 that of berries in this herbarium. 

 (1) Neutral Bay, Sydney, 19th October, 1910. 



Vegetable fragments, apparently of a berry ; a few minute fragments of: 



insects. 

 (in) Queensland. 



Fragments of beetles ; a yellow seed. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of small beetles. 



(E.M.) The " yellow seed " is an insect egg a round smooth case with. 



a yellow mass of yolk, 

 (n) Middle Harbour, Sydney, 24th June, 1911. 



Fragments of insects, amongst them a small beetle ; some fragments of 

 vegetable tissue and two smallish dull-green oval seeds (1 Ezocarpus). 



(W.W.F.) A small weevil, mainly remains of a very small brown 

 weevil; hardly anything else, except this beetle. 



(E.M.) Seeds of some legume, 

 (o) Middle Harbour, Sydney, 24th June, 1911. 



Fragments of insects ; skin of caterpillar. 



(W.W.F.) Mites'; Hawk-moth larvsc; a number of small caterpillars; 

 remains of aphids. 



