MUD ISLANDS, PORT PHILLIP BAY 



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MYOPORACEAE 

 Myoporum 



insulare R.Br. — Marsh (one 

 tree on sandy rise). 



CUCURBITACEAE 

 *Cucumis 



myriocarpus Naud. — Dune, Guano 

 (common). 



COMPOSITAE 



Olearia axillaris F. v. M. — (N.W.) 

 Helichrysum cinereum (Labill.) 



F. v. M.— (N.W.) 

 Calocephalus Brcwnii (Cass.) F. v. 



M.— (N.W.) 



*CARDTJUS 



pycnocephalus Jacq. — Dune (Pro- 

 ably the "C. lanccolatus" of 

 Campbell). 



*SOXCHUS. 



oleraceus L. — Shell (S.E.) 



CRYPTOGAMS 



(excluding Algfe) 



Musci 



Ceratodon purpureus 



bare sand. 



Tortella 



(L) Brid.- 



calycina (Schwgr.) Dixon — bare 



sand. 

 Tortilla 



■papulosa Wils. — on Leucopogon 

 trunks. 

 Zygodon 



minutus C. Mull, et Hampe — on 

 Leucopogon. trunks. 

 Bryum 



truncorum Brid. — humus under 

 Leucopogon. 

 Hellenes 



On trunks and branches of Leu- 

 copogon. 

 Parmelia 



r.aperata Ach. 

 perforata Hook. 

 PJi yscia 



pulverulenta Nyf. 

 Ramalina 

 calicaris Fr. 

 Ecldonii Mont. 

 Tcloschistes 

 ch rysopli thalm us Th.Fr. 



parietinus (L.) — also on other 

 wood and rocks. 

 On Guano rocks : 

 Lecanora 

 umbrina Massal. 

 Candclariella 



vitellina Miill-Arg. 



INSECTS COLLECTED AT MUD ISLANDS, PORT 

 PHILLIP BAY. November 30, 1945. 



By A. N. Bums, B.Sc, F.R.E.S. Entomologist, 

 National Museum of Victoria. 



Order DERMAPTERA 



Family LABIDURIDAE 



Laoidura truncata Kirby 

 Common under shore debris, especially driftwood. Not found 

 amongst vegetation above shore level. 



Order HEMIPTERA 



Family CYDNIDAE 

 Acatoleetus sp. near pieeus. 

 A single specimen found just above the shoreline, among debris. 



