Tasmanian Field Naturalists’ Club. 
Vol. i. APRIL, 1907. No. 1. 
Ourselves. 
The Tasmanian (Field. Naturalists’ Club, 
having been in existence for over two 
years, has felt tire need of a journal of 
its own, and at the annual meeting in 
September, 190(1, it was decided that such 
a journal should he issued, under the 
title of "The Tasmanian Naturalist,” the 
first numl>(r of which now appears. One 
copy of the journal is to he issued free 
to all members whose subscriptions have 
been paid; for those not belonging to 
the Club a small charge is to be made. 
The journal is intended to deal with 
Natural History in its widest sense, par¬ 
ticular, but not exclusive, attention be¬ 
ing paid to subjects of fasnianiaii in¬ 
terest. 
It is hoped in time that descriptions 
of new forms of life will appear in its 
pages, but fcr some time at least the 
articles will be of a more or less popu¬ 
lar character, and under arrangement 
with the proprietors of "The Weekly 
Courier,” many of them will first appear 
in that widely-read journal. 
Members and others interested are in¬ 
vited to contribute, addressing all com¬ 
munications to the editor. Thirty copies 
of their papers will be supplied free to 
ail authors of articles of more than one- 
page. Unless for special reasons papers 
should not exceed 8009 words in length, 
and under 2000 are preferred. Short 
paragraphs will also be acceptable'. 
(Previous to the establishing of our 
journal the following papers were pub¬ 
lished fcr the club: — 
The Black-Headed Honey-Eater (with 
drawing), A. E. Brent. 
Tasmanian Orchids (with drawings), L. 
Rodway. 
'Club’s Camp Out (with photographs), 
E. A. Elliott. 
Tasmanian Ferns, L. Rodway. 
The Scrub Tit, A. L. Butler. 
The Myrtaceae of Tasmania (with 
photographs), L. Rod way. 
Wfie Ooeeiace : Ji Jatnily of ^Remarkable Jnseets. 
By ARTHUR M. LEA, F.E.S., 
Amongst the different orders of in¬ 
sects there are many kinds that are 
remarkable for their shapes or transfor¬ 
mations. But of the various orders there 
is not one which contains species of such 
queer forms, or in which the changes are 
so singular, as in the homoptera. Little 
attention, however, is paid to tins order 
b.y the majority of naturalists, except 
by those officially employed to deal with 
etc. (Government Entomologist 1 . 
pests, the reasons being that the ma¬ 
jority of the species are of small 
size, of sober colours, and fre¬ 
quently difficult to preserve. The 
order is comparatively small in num¬ 
bers, and very fortunately so is few of 
them are useful to man, and many are 
highly destructive. The aphides (includ¬ 
ing “phylloxera vastatrix,” so remark¬ 
able on account of its life history and 
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