THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 189 



latter will, however, we hope, receive attention at some future 

 time. 



Insects were not plentiful, it being somewhat early for many 

 kinds; still in Coleoptera nearly one hundred specieswere captured, 

 the best being the little Longicorn and Buprestid before mentioned. 



Of Buprestids lo species were taken ; Elaterids and Eucnemids, 

 10 species; Clerids, lo species; Curculionids, i6 species; Longi- 

 •cornes, 14 species ; Chrysomelids, 8 species ; miscellaneous, 

 about 30 species. Lepidoptera were scarce, although we saw the 

 common species of Pyrameis, Delias, Heteronympha, Xenica, 

 >&c., &c. ; also a few Hesperiidse, and a number of Micro- 

 lepidoptera. 



Of Diptera and Hymenoptera only the ordinary kinds were 

 seen, in the former the principal being some of the Tipulidae 

 and Muscidse ; and in the latter Pompilius, Sphex, Scolia, 

 Thynnus, and a number of ants, many of which would be well 

 worth collecting and working up. 



Of other orders few were noticed, and Mr. Frost reports that 

 ■on the hill side, during the evening of Saturday, he made a fair 

 •collection of spiders, and amongst the genera obtained were 

 Saltricus, Tholia, Epeira, Tetragnatha, Thrypna, and Linyphea. 

 Along the old race, near the top of the hill, several quaint-looking 

 Epeiroids were obtained; also Theridium, Drassus, Thomisus, 

 and Hasarius. 



Mr. Frost also mentions as remarkable that only two species 

 of lizards were met with — viz., Liolepisma Guichenoti and 

 ■Siaphus Maccoyi. 



Of other animals collected there were three species of Plan- 

 arians, and two species of frogs — Pseudophyrne and Crinia, all of 

 the former being young ones, about two to three months old. 



Altogether a very enjoyable time was spent, and we take this 

 opportunity of thanking our host, Mr. C. Walter, who was most 

 attentive to us, and some of us, at any rate, will not forget our 

 study of the very complete herbarium of Australian plants 

 <;ollected by Mr. Walters during his travels in most parts of the 

 colonies and elsewhere. — C. French and C. Frost, co-leaders. 



EXCURSION TO CLAYTON. 



The party which visited Clayton on Saturday, 2nd December, 

 1893, was rather small. However, it was a beautiful day, and we 

 decided to work in a south-easterly direction, and it was not long 

 before signs of insect life began to be in evidence. A specimen of 

 ■Junonia vellida, after wheeling around, settled on a bare patch of 

 ground and was promptly captured, while a couple of " skippers " 

 went whizzing by, giving little chance to the collectors, but raising 



