94 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



ovalifolia, but at only one place did we observe it in flower, and 

 that was near Yinnar station, between Morwell and Mirboo. In 

 fruit we obtained Billardiera scandens, Pultenoea Gunnii, Hieldia 

 australis, Dianella longifolia, Thysanotus tuherosus, and 

 Diplarrhena Moraea. Although of such comparatively recent 

 settlement, . the common weeds from the neighbourhood of 

 Melbourne were already very plentiful all around North Mirboo. — 



" Time, however his wheels we may clog, 

 Wends steadily still with onward jog." 



and time having brought our all too limited holiday to a close, we 

 prepared to take our departure by the 4 p.m. train, but before 

 quitting a place where we had so much enjoyed ourselves, we, of 

 course, indulged in the usual parting glass with the landlord and 

 several of our newly-formed acquaintances, over which we could 

 not better express our feelings than in the words of Hood's New 

 River fisherman — " We have been bravely entertained, and at our 

 first holiday will come to it again." 



SPECIMENS TAKEN. 



Phasmidse — 



Longicornse — Enneujjhyllus anei^jennis 



Phacodes obscurics 



Callidiopis scutelaris 



lotheriuvi metallicum 



Monohammus argentatus 



Amphirlioe decora 



Zygocera ccenosa 



Pytheus pulcherrimus 



Hehecerus niarginicoUis 



Stenoderus concolor 



Mecynopus semivitreus 

 Buprestidse — Strigoptera Frenchii 



Melohasis, sp. 



Stigmodera amplipennis 



Stigmodera Vicina 



Stigmodera Bella ; and two other sp. 

 Elateridse — Nine sp. 

 Rhipidophoridse — Pelecotomoides, sp. 

 Cucujidse — Brontes militaris ; and three other sp. 

 Cleridse — Thanisimus, sp. 

 Eleale, sp. 



Pylusfatuxis ; and one other sp. 

 Trogositedse — Lejjerina, sp. 

 ^demeridse — Ananca dorsalis 

 Curculionidse — Five sp. 



And a few specimens of other families. 



