THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 35 



ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO VICTORIAN NATURAL- 

 ISTS IN RECENT PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



In " Transactions of Royal Society of South Australia," vol. xvi., 



part I : — 



This volume is reserved for the scientific results of the Elder 

 Exploring Expedition, and the first part contains reports 

 on " The Vegetable Exudations," by J. H. Maiden, 

 F.L.S. ; " Lepidoptera," by O. B. Lower; " Coleoptera," 

 by Rev. T. Blackburn, M.A., and "Land and Freshwater 

 MoUusca," by T. Bednall. 



In " Transactions of the Geological Society of Australasia,''' 

 vol. i., part 6 : — 



" Notes on the late Land Slip in the Dandenong Ranges, 

 Victoria, July, 1891," by F. D. Power, F G.S. 



In " Proceedings of Royal Society of Victoria" vol. iv., new 

 series, part 2 : — 



" On an Australian Land Nemertine {Geonomertes austra- 

 liensis, n. sp.)," by A. Dendy, D.Sc, F.L.S. Fully de- 

 scribes and figures the land nemertine found at Walhalla, 

 and recorded in Victorian Naturalist, December, 1889 ; 

 also found by excursion party of Field Naturalists' Club 

 to Fern tree Gully on r4th March, 1891, 



" Preliminary Description of Victorian Earthworms," part i, 

 by Prof. W. Baldwin Spencer, M.A. In this are de- 

 scribed and figured 11 species (all new) of the genus 

 Cryptodrilus, and 10 species (all new) of the genus Megas- 

 coloides, many of the specimens having been taken 

 during excursions of the Field Naturalists' Club. 



*' Catalogue of Algse collected at or near Port Phillip Heads 

 and Western Port," by J. Bracebridge Wilson, M.A., 

 F.L.S. The author enumerates 491 species belonging to 

 170 genera, 32 orders, and 3 classes of marine Algse, 

 giving full reference notes to the description of each 

 species. Of these 6 genera and 60 species were previously 

 unknown. 



NOTES. 



The Butterfly Danaus Erippus, Cram. — An important 

 misprint with reference to this butterfly occurs in the April number 

 of the Victorian Naturalist {yo\. ix., page 178, line 15), where the 

 date given, 1890, should be 1870. 



Regarding the powers of flight of this insect, a correspondent 

 writes : — " When 400 miles off the coast of South America 

 (captain's reckoning) a large butterfly, which proved to be 

 Danaus erippus, flew on board." — Extract from diary. — C.C.B. 



