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(c) Hawkesbury Kiver, 20th November, 1909. 

 Small fragments of insects. 



(W.W.F.) Chiefly remains of wings of small flies (Diptera) and small 

 ichneumon wasps ; a few elytra of beetles. 



(d) Middle Harbour, 9th April, 1910. 



An anthomyid fly ; fragments of many other insects. 

 (W.W.F.) An almost perfect specimen of small fly and wings of several 

 others. 



(e) Middle Harbour, 16th July, 1910. 

 Portions of small gnats (?). 



(W.W.F.) Remains of very small flies (Diptera). 



(f) Middle Harbour, Sydney, 1st August, 1910. 



A small hymenopterous insect ; remains of other insects. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of small flies (Diptera) ; wing covers of beetles. 



(g) Middle Harbour, Sydney, 1st August, 1910. 



Stomach full of minute fragments of insects, amongst them a small 

 hymenopterous insect. 



(W.W.F.) Nearly all the remains consist of small midges and mosquitoes, 

 (h) Middle Harbour, Sydney, 6th August, 1910. 



A small gnat. 



(W.W.F.) All the insect remains indefinite, with the exception of a 



bundle of legs of gnats, 

 (i) Mount Lofty Range, Adelaide, 23rd May, 1910. 



Numerous portions of small beetles, &c. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of ants, and wing covers of beetles, 

 (j) Young bird, Coonalpyn, South Australia. 



Minute fragments of insects. 



(W.W.F.) Insect remains ; nothing definite, 

 (k) Coonalpyn, South Australia. 



Portions of insects. 



(W.W.F.) Nearly all remains of white ants (TermitidcB). 

 Meliornis sericea. (M. 801 ; H. 356.) White-cheeked Honey-eater. 



(a) Sydney, 24th April, 1909. 



(W.W.F.) The remains of several flies (Diptera), much decomposed 

 species appear to belong to family Muscidce. 



(b) Middle Harbour, Sydney, 28th March, 1910. 

 Remains of insects. 



(W.W.F.) Eemains of wings of small flies (Diptera); a few bits of 

 beetle wings. 



(c) Middle Harbour, 16th July, 1910. 

 Several flics (Diptera). 



(W.W.F.) Two small moths; remains of muscid flies. 

 Myzantha garrula. (M. 804 ; H. 306.) Noisy Minah. 



(a) Orange, N.S.W., 13th July, 1909. 



A few fragments of insects (legs, elytra, &c.). 

 (W.W.F.) Remains of beetles (Heteromera, &c.). 



(b) Gunnedah, N.S.W., September, 1914. 



(E.W.F.) Insect remains Beetle elytra (Carabidce) ; otherwise unrecog- 

 nisable. 



(c) Gunnedah, N.S.W., September, 1914. 



(E.W.F.) Insect remains Fragmentary, mostly unrecognisable, a few 

 fragments of beetle elytra. 



