I 12 
Psyche 
[December 
At Canberra I studied the types of Australian Carabidae in the 
Sloane Collection, now in care of the Commonwealth Scientific and 
Industrial Research Organization. During this time we collected 
repeatedly on the Brindabella Range west of Canberra, briefly on the 
lower slopes of Mt. Kosciusco, and at other places within reach. 
From Canberra, starting September i, 1957, we crossed by the 
Sturt Highway to Adelaide, where I examined Sloane’s and Lea’s 
Tasmanian carabid types. We then followed the coast south, east, 
and north, via Melbourne, to Sydney, making side trips to collect on 
Mt. Baw Baw, Wilsons Promontory, etc. 
From Sydney, October 15, 1957, we started a long zig-zag through 
northern New South Wales, going west almost to Nyngan, back to 
the Mt. Royal Range (inch Barrington Fops), and north via the 
Combovne, the Dorrigo-Ebor plateau (including New England Na- 
tional Park and Point Lookout, a magnificent, mile-high collecting 
place), Armidale, and a series of localities across extreme northern 
New South Wales, to Brisbane in Queensland. 
We reached Brisbane November 12, 1957, and left on the 1 6th for 
North Queensland. Going north, we worked (among other places) 
the Eungella Range (an important, isolated rain forest locality in- 
land from Mackay), and Mt. Spec, Mt. Fox, and the Kirrama 
Range. We reached Cairns December 6. 
From Cairns, we began work on the Atherton Tableland, in the 
largest and richest tropical rain forest area in Australia. We found 
the ground at Kuranda too dry, so moved our headquarters to Ather- 
ton and collected thereabouts, especially on the Dividing Range south 
and west of the town. December 13-16, 1957, we camped and 
collected on Mt. Bartle Frere. December 20, we returned to Ca'rns, 
and in the next few days did Thornton Peak (Mt. Alexandra) 
northeast of Daintree and Mt. Lewis southwest of Mossman. From 
December 31, 1957 to January 3, 1958, I collected alone on Mt. 
Bellenden Ker. 
On January 7, 1958, we flew to Thursday Island and crossed to 
the tip-of-peninsular forests of Cape York, collecting at Bamaga and 
Lockerbie until the 20th. From Lockerbie we worked to within 10 
miles of the northern tip of continental Australia. My son and I 
interrupted the return Right at Iron Range for a week’s collecting, 
including a side trip on foot to Tozer Gap. 
We spent most of February, 1958, on the Atherton Tableland, 
where, however, collecting was hampered by continual heavy rain. 
