XI 
fine sand, and the dredge had gathered 
a miscellaneous mass of shells, Crustacea 
and Echinodermata, but no Trigonia. 
Several handsome scallops, Pec ten Medius, 
were alive. An urchin was infected in 
nearly every instance by a gasteropod 
parasite, a species of Lulima, new to 
science. In a broken Voluta tusifornns 
was a red hermit crab with bristly claws. 
Again we cleaned up and lowered tire 
dredge. All this time we had been drift¬ 
ing seaward into rougher water. Now we 
were about two miles off shore, and were 
losing the shelter of the land. We paid 
out 200 fathoms of rope, and while it 
•dragged we gave attention to the coffee 
and sandwiches which the hostess of the 
party had thoughtfully arranged; but it 
was a subject which, sad to say, was not 
equally attractive to all of us. W hen 
this was disposed of we ordered the 
dredge up. 
As the bucket emerged from the water, 
some green mud splashing out of its 
mouth showed that we had reached down 
to a bed of glauconite. This indicated 
that, tile dredge must have sunk to about 
80 to 120 fathoms, a depth supported by 
the fauna; for we extracted from t.ho 
meshes of the dredge a number of fine 
solitary coral, three inches in diameter, 
a Flabellum by name. Under the culti¬ 
vation of Professor Flynn, these subse¬ 
quently blossomed into superb flowers of 
waving tentacles. 
By this time the vessel had reached 
water so rough that our captain declined 
to go further out, so we steamed back to 
our first station on the Trigonia ground 
under the cliffs, and repeated our experi¬ 
ences. 
Though the party had not fulfilled its 
aim of reaching unexplored depths, yet 
it returned to camp with the satisfaction 
of having accomplished useful work. 
THE ENTOMOLOGY OF FREYCINET’S PENINSULA. 
(By G. H. HARDY, A*»i*tant Curator Hobart Museum) 
The entomology of Freycinet’s Penin¬ 
sula during April at least is very poor. 
Barking gave the best results, as far as 
numbers are concerned. Searching under 
stones gave no results of importance 
•other than ants. Beating was a failure, 
due to the rough winds, and very few 
insects were on the wing. 
Aptera.—Only one common species of 
this order was observed, but this was in 
greater numbers than around Hobart. 
Orihoptera.—One grasshopper only was 
taken, and several very common species 
were noted. Two common species of cock¬ 
roaches were also observed. 
Neuroptera. — One specimen of the 
introduced golden-eye or greeii-laee-wing 
fly was observed. No native species were 
■observed or taken. 
llymenoptera.—Two species of ichneu¬ 
mons, four bracons (one a new species to 
the Museum collections), two thynnids or 
flower-wasps, one pompillid, one apidie or 
beo, and one ant were taken. Several 
species of ants were seen, but all of the 
commonest species. Even these insects 
were scantily distributed. 
Coleoptera. — No rare beetles were taken, 
although several new species to the Mu¬ 
seum collections were a welcome addi¬ 
tion. In all, about 33 specimens, belong¬ 
ing to 20 species and 11 families, were 
brought back. 
Lepidoptera.—Of butterflies, only the 
large brown species, lleteronympha me- 
rope, common everywhere, was observed. 
Only a few small moths were observed, 
and the only capture of importance were 
some larva; extracted from the seed-heads 
and stems of the grass tree brought back 
by various members of the camp. From 
this source several full-grown larvae and 
one pupa were collected. 
Diptera. — Diptera offered but scanty 
selection, only two mosquitoes being cap¬ 
tured, unless we count those that other 
members of the party captured and spoilt 
in the usual reckless manner indulged in 
by non-entomologists. The two brought 
back have been sent to Mr. F. M. Littler, 
of J,auuceston. 
Another blood-sucking fly, in the form 
of a Leptidse (a family allied to the Taba- 
