Nov., 1928 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
108 
Island, where white men have established industries, they 
have also introduced such undesirable creatures as cats, 
rats, and cockroaches, which in years to come may become 
a pest and a menace to the natural life, which these islands 
are gifted with. 
The vegetation was more or less the same in character 
on all the islands visited; Pandanus palms, pisonia trees, 
and two species of Fig trees are growing in abundance 
in the centre. As a shelter and protection from heavy 
winds the Coast Casuarina, Tournefortia argentea, Cordia 
and Scaevola Koenigii are growing on the sides. O 11 
most of the islands there is a lot of undergrowth, which 
consists to a large extent of Abutilon muticum, and sev- 
eral species of Jpomaea. Wilson Island is an exception to j 
the above rule, the whole area, about 12 acres, being cov- 
ered with Pandanus palms. 
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AN ENTOMOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
Members will learn with regret of the death recently 
of Mr. S. Hainsworth, a local entomologist, who some 
years ago took a considerable interest in the work of the 
Queensland Naturalists’ Club. Mr. Hainsworth was a 
general collector, but was more especially interested in 
frog-hoppers. He has left a collection of insects, of which 
the following is a summary: — 12 boxes of Lepidoptera 
(153 species), 1 box frog-hoppers (25 species), 1 box 
Cicadidia.e (7 species), and 3 boxes of miscellaneous in- 
sects. 
The collection is in the hands of Miss Hainsworth, 
Buckle Street, Northgate, Brisbane, who wishes to dispose 
of it in its entirety, and would be glad to give further 
particulars to anyone interested. 
