May, 1924 
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The Quee nsland Mamrallst. 
8ent, after exhibition and comment thereon before the 
members of the Clnb^ was deposited in the Queensland 
IMuseitm. Late in Feliruary of this year ^liss Hilda Geiss- 
mann forwarded two s])eeimen.s. and Ave are thus indebted 
to her for a furtlier si^'ht of this rare and ele^'ant insect, 
of which, so far, only seven s})(‘cimeus are J^nown. four of 
Avhieh Avere ca])tured Avhilst sittinji- on rocks in the river- 
bed of the (V)ndamin,e Kiver, above Killarney, Darling' 
DoAvns, South Queensland, the other three ha\'ing been 
taken as above stated. We have no information yet as to 
the life history, i)iit can only surmise lliat in habits It 
aamII be found to be afpiatic in the larval instars, the ulti- 
mate of Avhich emerp:es from the Avater ere making its 
ecdysis as in various other neuroptera. 
(c) Parandra frenchi, Blkbn. 
Whilst collecting, in company Avith Mv. II. Tryon. iii 
the National Park, Macpherson Kange. avc came upon 
some larvae and pupae of a beetle, longicorn in character. 
AAdiich Avas quite ncAv to us. These T undertook to breed 
out to the perfect insect, and hence Ave collected a large 
number of both larvae and pupae for that )>urpose. The 
larvae in the last instar only, as it is useless taking tluun 
earlier, unless Avith huge and cumbersome sections of 
the logs. T AA^as much handicajAped for Avant of pro])er 
receptacles for breeding jAurposcs, as it is difficult to 
carry sufficient material to such places as the National 
Park, where pack-horses are the only means of transit. 
However, by means of small tin cans, tobacco boxes, etc., 
we managed to obtain over a hundred pupae and a 
smaller number of larvae. With these, hea\w losses 
Avere encountered through the attacks of a small blacd\ 
fly. which deposited its eggs in both larvae aud pu^'>ae 
collected, the maggots from which killed them Avholesab'. 
as also the jolting on the pack-horses, so that of the per 
feet insects not more than a dozen arrived at nmP'rUy. 
These serv^ed for identification of the insect, w^hich T 
took to be a snecies of Snondvlns, though with much 
doubt, so T sent it to Mr. A M. Tmu. of Seuth Australia, 
who returned the name as Paran^’ra frenchi. 
The chief interest outside this insect’s abcrraul ]Alac(‘ 
amongst the Priouidae in the Lone’ieornia. is the enor- 
mous destruetiou amongst the h'^er)-uines Araucawa 
Cnnning'hamii when wounded or felled for timber and 
left lying in the damp scrub. One large piece of srpiared 
