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much saeco was done at leisure, and many species of Myce- 
tozoa were gathered. Colloderma oculatwm was found in a wet 
gully developing from inky-grey plasmodium which covered a 
rela ge baer spiralis before eaeuing 2 arse Diderma radiatum 
and Comatricha irregularis were also found, and abundance of 
Trichia Botrytis and 7’. lateritia. “The welcome breakdown of a 
motor-car in eg bush between Moruya’ and Nowra gave an 
pig for gathering i w locality and recording half-a- 
species. Altogether ‘ae ae species were found in this 
district 
The next collecting centre was in New Zealand, in the vicinity 
of Auckland; here Trichia verrucosa, T. decipiens, and Hemitrichia 
Vesparium were oebdnad. We then visited Rotorua, in the centre 
8 h i a da ense 
growth of vegetation, aa on the uke with Dracenas and 
Tree-ferns ; -" ground and fallen trees are covered with filmy- 
ferns, mosses, and fungi. Collecting was difficult b —— of 
the nai “supple-jacks’’ (Rhipogonum scandens, closely 
allied to Smilax) and “prickly lawyers” (Rubus australis), but 
we were ae from the troublesome insects of the neighbouring 
eon nent. Among the ibe -two species of ja St obtained 
ide 
Comaipicea nigra var. alta, oe Stemonitis splendens; the last 
at the edge of Lake Rotorua, amidst the steam and sulphurous 
fumes from adjacent geysers 
I desire to express my thanks to Miss G. ig for examining 
the gatherings, and for her notes on the speci 
i N. CHEESMAN. 
II. 
The following notes refer to the Mycetozoa collected by Mr. 
Cheesman, which he kindly submitted to me for examination. 
Over one hundred and fifty specimens were obtained ; although 
no new species agi amongst them, the collection is of much 
value in extendin e known sats = many species, some of 
which have hitherto ae considered r: 
y information as to previous be ‘of Australian Mycetozoa 
is based chiefly on the collections in the herbaria of Kew and the 
British Museum; these have not been enriched by many Dllincicis 
from the Antipodes of late years, but it is probable that a number 
of further records have been obtained there. Our knowledge of 
