8 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



Gangamopteris and Glossopteris, it is possible that other tran- 

 sitional and perhaps better preserved forms may yet be found, 

 more especially in the Victorian strata, since Glossopteris is still 

 unrecorded from the beds at Bacchus Marsh, although both 

 genera are associated in the upper coal measures of Newcastle, 

 New South Wales, the Mersey River beds of Tasmania, and the 

 Talchir shales and Karharbari coal beds of India, as well as the 

 Ecca beds of South Africa. 



NOTES ON THE UPPER MACALLISTER VALLEY, 

 NORTH GIPPSLAND. 



By E. 0. Thiele. 

 (Read before the Field Naturalists' Cluh of Victoria, 12th March, 1906.) 

 In January of 1905 an excursion was made, in company with 

 several others, to Mt. Wellington and Lake Karng, and an 

 account of the trip appeared in the June number of the Victorian 

 Naturalist (vol. xxii., p. 22). In the same month of the present 

 year another part of this mountain region was examined. At the 

 outset it was intended to follow the Macallister River into the 

 area to the north of that part dealt with in Murray's sketch 

 geological map. It was hoped that, by climbing to the snow- 

 plain country to the east of the Upper Macallister, a fairly easy 

 grade would be found leading up to Mt. Howitt on the Main 

 Divide. Several unforeseen delays in getting a start, together 

 with the extreme roughness of the country, prevented our ac- 

 complishing all that we had set out to do in the time at our 

 disposal. Some interesting information, however, on the 

 geography and geology of the area was obtained, and is embodied 

 m the following notes. 



The party consisted of three members — Mr. A. O. Thiele, 

 of Malvern, Mr. W. Reid, of Glenmaggie, and myself. Mr. 

 Reid provided the riding horses and the one pack-horse, but 

 was unfortunately prevented from starting for some days after 

 the selected date. The other two members of the party therefore 

 set out with the pack-horse and provisions, and established a 

 camp on the Glencairn bridle track, in a small gully close to the 

 crossing on the Barkly River. It was decided to wait here and 

 examine the surrounding country till Reid should arrive. This 

 district is included in Murray's map, which proved a good guide 

 to our excursions. Though anxious to get on to the unknown 

 country, the next few days were very profitably spent among the 

 ranges. The rocks here consist of fairly coarse, hard, reddish- 

 brown sandstones, chocolate-coloured shales, and some con- 

 glomerate, though the latter is rare in the vicinity. The western 

 margin of this upper palaeozoic belt of the Avon series is not far 



