6 THE VICTORIAK NATURALIST 



Ijecoming black outside \ pitliy cross-walls imperfect or absent ; 

 f unicles thick, very sliort ; stropliiole none ; seeds few, varying 

 in form between roundisli and quadrangular, measuring one- 

 third to half an inch, slightly compressed ; hilum roundish-oval,^ 

 only about one line long ; testa thinly crustaceous, smooth, 

 bright scarlet; albumen none; embrj^o pale-yellowis'":, horny 

 when dry ; radicle yery short, next tu the hilum. 



To this information can now be added, that Podopetalum 

 Ormondi forms a tree, attaining about fifty feet in height, the 

 bark of the stem being smooth and greyish. It seems to be 

 flowering and fruiting through many months, as both blossoms 

 and pods were got in December. 



This seems an apt opportunity to point out, that tlie genus 

 Yieillnrdia is perhaps not comb in able with Castanospermum , 

 inasmuch as the leaves are abruptly pinnate, according to manu- 

 script-notes received by the writer from the Abbe Montrouzier ,. 

 although species with impari-pinnated and abruptly pinnated 

 leaves are contained in Ormosuv, according to Bentham and 

 Hooker. The Veillardia grandiflor a, from the isle Art near 

 New Caledonia, must be an "extremely showy plant, J MoiitrouzioF 

 describing the flowers as numerous (-16) in a bunch, and to be 

 each from one and a-half to two inches lone;. 



L E P I D P T E K A O E THE MONTH, 

 Br Dr. T. P. Lticas. 



DIUE.NI. — The first brood of Papilio Mackayi is nearly over, 

 and it is difiicult to obtain good «peeimens. The second 

 brood may be expected at the end of February or the 

 beginning of March. 



PiEEis Aganippe, the larvfe of which yvevQ iu December 

 so numerous on the Wild Cherry (Exocarpusj, is now 

 emerging from the crysalis. 



The Bkowns. — Xenia Ivlugii swarms everywhere, and 

 X Aclanta in the Ranges and near the Yarra. The first 

 brood of Hipparchia abroma is about over. It is found 

 in upland shady places. 



The Bltiks. — Lycoena crinus may now be taken in shady 

 woods at Hawthorn, about the Tarra, and in South 

 Gippsland. 



