THE WOMBAT. 



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brown, terminal segment light red and somewhat sharply 

 pointed. This pretty little black and yellow moth is seldom 

 seen upon the wing, indeed it is difficult to get a good specimen 

 except by rearing them. The caterpillars may be found under 

 logs and stones during the months of July, August & September. 

 The moths appear during November and December. It is 

 impossible to rear the larvae unless full grown specimens are 

 obtained, and then they should be kept in a box containing 

 plenty of damp moss, and fed on lichens. It may also be 

 mentioned that the larvae of the "Painted Lady Butterfly" 

 Pyrameis Kershawii (McCoy) has been noticed feeding 

 largely upon the leaves of the thistle, Cardans marianus : 

 [(Linn.) during the present season in a locality where 

 plenty of its usual food plant flourishes, viz: — "Cape 

 Weed " — Cryptostemmon calendulacea — a fact which strongly 

 supports the opinion that P. Kershawii is only a variety of 

 the European "Painted Lady" P. cardvci. (Linn) Under any 

 circumstances P. Kershawii is only a variety of recent 

 development. James Lidgett. 



RAINFALL REGISTRATIONS AT GORDON 

 TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOR 1897. 



Month. 



Days of Rain 



Rainfall for 

 Month. 



Days of Rain 

 Since 1/1/97. 



11 1 

 118 

 121 



Rainfall 

 Since 1/1/97. 



Oct. 



Nov. 

 Dec. 



13 



7 

 3 



i- 5 7 

 i-95 



•69 



20*30 

 22-25 

 22-94 



The hon. curators of the museum beg to acknowledge 

 with thanks receipt of the following donations since last 

 issue : — 1 egg of stone plover and 2 eggs of temporal chatterer, 

 Mr. F. Mason ; fossil whalebone (Grange Creek), Miss 

 Austin; 17 specimens ornamental turnery, Mr. S. Johnson ; 

 model horizontal engine, Mr. C. E. Hughes; copper ore, 

 Mr. E. A. Eager; 24 specimens N.Z. timbers, The Kauri 

 Timber Co. ; red-rumped parrakeet, yellow : tufted honeyeater 

 and mineral specimen, Mr. H. E. Hill; minerals, Mr. W. 

 Glover Scott ; specimen sampler work (1711), Mrs. G. M. 

 Hitchcock ; blue-tongued lizard, Mr. H. Bailey ; aboriginal 

 bag, Mr. B. Murphy; kiwi (N.Z.), Mr. H. L. Grieve; 

 samples North American Indian pottery (made for sale to 

 tourists) and Samoan girdle, Miss Link; Census Report 1896, 

 and Hawaiian Annual for 1898, The Govt, of Hawaii ; Rpt. 

 Public Instruction, '96-7, Vic, Gen. Rpt. on Census, Vic, 



