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kind, Funaiia h\ \grometrica, ^ being widely scattered over a piece 

 of ground which had been burned. Of lichens there seemed to 

 be but few, although a regular search would in all probability 

 repay anyone having the time to devote to these and other 

 specimens of cryptogamic botany. 



One good-sized Copper-headed Snake was seen and dispatched, 

 and underneath the damp scrub many kinds of small lizards and 

 frogs were seen. Insects were scarce, only a few very lively 

 Cleridse, some Dragon Flies, Diptera (mostly Culicidse), and only 

 a few of the smaller beetles were taken, the heavy rains of the 

 previous evening being partly, no doubt, the cause of their 

 absence. 



Between the Hastings road, which was crossed, and the 

 coast there are some deep gullies in which grow a splendid lot 

 of the coral fern, Glachenia ciranata (6 or 8 feet high), also large 

 plants of Indigofera australis, Pultensea. Goodia — in fact, almost 

 approaching to the Dandenong Mountain flora — small Dicksonias, 

 Pteris incisa, &c. How had they come here? -Calochilus 

 robertsotii, one of the most beautiful of our native orchids is 

 just showing flower, and it is not far from here where Spiranihes 

 australis, one of our rarest Victorian orchids, has been found. 

 A very rough and primeval-looking paddock of large dimensions 

 yielded several fine scale insects, two genera and three species of 

 which have been determined by Mr. Maskell as new to science, 

 and have already been described by him. 



As the sun was now fast disappearing, a somewhat smart walk 

 soon lessened the distance between the Gleichenia Creek and 

 the railway station, and 'after a refresher at " my old hotel " 

 (Davey's), the station was soon reached, and a pleasant chat with 

 the popular Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society helped 

 to pass the time between Frankston and the city, which was 

 reached about 8 p.m. 



The finding of- the new Coccidse, and the very pleasant outing 

 which I had had, fully compensated me for any little feeling of 

 tiredness experienced during a somewhat long and roughish 

 tramp through, the partially wet scrub. 



Mr. Arthur Dendy, F.L.S., Assistant Lecturer in Biology in 

 the University of Melbourne, and one of the members of com- 

 mittee of our Field Club, has been approved for the degree of 

 Doctor of Science in the Victoria University, England. Dr. 

 Dendy has obtained this degree, the first of the rank given by his 

 University, mainly by his work on Sponges and his other original 

 researches at the British Museum, on the Challenger staff, at the 

 University of Melbourne with Professor Spencer, and for the 

 Royal Society of Victoria. 



