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a wide-ranging view, and earlier in the season should afford good 
collecting ground. *P. gonerilla and *C. sallustius occurred alike on 
the lower slopes and on the very summit. In vain did I tramp up 
and down acre after acre of rough tussock-grass (Pool caespitosa, 
Forst.), in the hope of perchance picking up a belated specimen of 
* Argyrophenga antipodum ; there was nothing to be found but 
* Asaphodes abrogata in the grass, and * Scoparia axena on lichen- 
covered rocks. At about 900 ft. a female of * Coremia bulbulata , 
Guen., was taken flying in the afternoon sun, and at a little lower 
level Asthena undosata , and the common * Coremia semisignata. 
Almost by an accident a % Morrisonia mutans was seen on a grey tree- 
trunk, which it very closely resembled in colour. There were a few 
beetles under stones in what remains of the bush— Cilibe elongatus , 
Breme, and one of the large and handsome, but very evil-smelling 
Carabid, * Megadromus viridilimbatus , Motsch. Under a stone I 
found six small Snails, Therasia Valeria , Hutton. 
My last night in Hew Zealand was spent very pleasantly with 
Mr. Hudson, in his well-situated house overlooking Wellington, 
chatting over his fine collection. 
AUSTRALIA. 
Sydney, New South Wales, lat. 33° 50' S. 
March 30th—April 5th, 1910. 
If you are going to Sydney as a stranger do not arrive on Easter 
Monday, when The Cup is run for, especially if the Agricultural Show 
be going on at the same time. The “ Manuka ” arrived a day before 
it was expected, so my son did not meet me. Every hotel was full, 
as were the many boarding-houses. After much tramping about we 
had to put up with two very dirty trestle-beds, in the attic of a third- 
rate boarding-house; the women servants were out, the men servants 
were drunk ! 
Quite apart from its well-praised harbour, Sydney pleased me 
more than any city of Australasia. Its very irregularities make 
it interesting. It seems to sit upon its site in a dignified manner. 
True, its suburbs, though open and airy, are depressing, like 
most suburbs, but the business quarters of the city have a solid 
respectability, and its flower-bedecked park or Domain forms a 
delightful centre for its busy life. 
