The Insect Fauna of Van Diemeiih Land. 303 



As to the relationsliip of the New Holland Flora to others, 

 it is a known fact, that its assimilation and analogies are prin- 

 cipally with that of Southern Africa. Troteaca, Restiacea, 

 and other families, which occupy an important position in 

 the vegetation of New Holland, maintain a similar one at 

 the Cape, but diminish in importance in America. (The 

 Fpacrides appear to answer to the EriccB of Southern Africa.) 

 The relationship to the South American Flora is less impor- 

 tant, and consists chiefly in the similarity of plants of New 

 Holland and some peculiar to the south-westerly coast of 

 America, rather than with those of other parts of America : 

 sometimes, althoiigh but seldom, we find relationship existing 

 between South America and South Africa, which do not 

 extend to Australia, Although these facts are well known, 



1 mention them here, in order to point out how differently 

 the Faunas are connected. Here, in contradistinction to 

 the Floras, the relationships of New Holland to South 

 America are more important than to Southern Africa, and 

 not only to the v/estern coast, but also to the eastern, 



Holland, 9 Epacris, 1 8]prengelia, and 3 Draeopliyllum ; the Campanulacem 



2 Wahlenhergia ; the Lobeliacece 4tLohsUa; the Sts/Udiacea 1 StT/Udium ; the 

 Composites 4 Gnaphalmm, 1 Marus, 1 SpilantJms, 5 ISuryhia, 4 Senecio, 1 

 Humea ; the TlmbellifercB only 2 species oiApiuni; the Bammculacem 3 'Banun' 

 cuius and 1 Clematis ; the Crucif era ILepidium; the IIi,pericinece lllgpericum; 

 the G-eraniace<B 3 Pelarffonium and lErodium; the Oxalidece 1 Oxalis ; the 

 Yiolacece 2 species of Viola and IHi/menantJiera ; the Droseracem 1 Byllis; the 

 Tolygalem 1 (shrubby) Foli/gala ; the (shrubby) Rutacece 1 Correa, 2Boronia, 

 and 1 Cgria; the Caryopliyllea 1 Dianthus ; the Alsinece 1 Arenaria ; the 

 XiinecB 1 Xi. usitatissimum, which is identical with our own ; the Onagrece 8 

 JSpilohium ; the MyrtacecB 1 JSucalyptiis, 5 Leptospermzmi, 1 Melaleuca, 3 

 JBcBckia ; the Sosacecs 1 Buhus, 2 Acana, 1 Potentilla; the Fapilionacea 



1 Goodia (latifolia) , 1 Indigofera, 1 TLedysariim, 2 Hardenhergia, 1 Fhysolo- 

 Hum, 1 Zicliya, and 3 TLennedya. (The four last genera present those forms so 

 characteristic of New Holland, which bear simple leaves, or rather they are leaf- 

 less, with leaf-like petioles.) The Mimosece. 6 species of ^iea eta; the BJiatrMecB, 



2 Pomaderris. The Protcacece, Myrtacece, Papilio'iiacea, MimosecB, and Shamnece 

 form trees in the thick, impenetrable woods with which Yaa Diemen's Land is 

 partly covered. The Kennedycc are creepers. 



