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items. Mention might well be made of 
Messrs. Guilbert’s and Pitfield’s zono- 
phones, as well as Mr. Hector Mc¬ 
Rae's items with the aid of the bag¬ 
pipes. The camp fires were much larger 
than usual, as all hands used to as* 
sernble before dinner each evening and 
build the fire, the logs in many cases 
being about ten feet long and two or 
three feet in diameter. 
During the trip a fair amount of fish¬ 
ing was done, flathead being taken in 
large numbers, while rock cod, perch, 
and other varieties served to vary the 
haul. One fishing party, consisting en¬ 
tirely of ladies, had a lively Quarter of 
an hour owing to hooking, but failing to 
land a shark whose dimensions could 
not be accurately determined owing to 
conflicting evidence. 
On Tuesday morning the camp was 
broken up, and our baggage carted to 
the jetty to await the arrival of the 
steamer, which finally had all aboard, 
and started for home at 3.30 p.m. 
Owing to darkness falling and a very 
low tide at the Canal, it was rather 
doubtful for a time whether we should 
get through or not, but owing to good 
seamanship on the part of the skipper 
we were brought safely through. Dur¬ 
ing the voyage to town the zonophone 
was again requisitioned, and the camp¬ 
fire songs and choruses sung. The 
smooth sea ami musical items caused the 
time to pass fairly quickly, and we wore 
landed at the Hobart wharf at 11 p.m., 
thus bringing to an end one of the most 
enjoyable outings ever held by the Field 
Naturalists’ Club. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES 
(By G. H. HARDY, Assistant Curator, Hobart Museum) 
Considering the beautiful weather 
conditions just before and during the 
camp, the entomology of Maria Island 
was very poor, even for Easter. 
Aptera.—A few stray specimens of 
this order were noted, but not taken. 
Orthoptera.—Very scarce, none 
taken ; all the specimens noted were of 
the commonest kinds. 
Neuroptera.—One specimen of Heme- 
robiina was taken and one Dragon-fly 
spen : no more specimens were seen, al¬ 
though a special search was made for 
this order. 
Hymenoptera were very scantily re¬ 
presented. One Protoctrypida*; eight 
Braconida? (3 new to my collection); 
one Ichneumon: one female Thynnidse; 
one Sphegidte (Sublam. Larrides); and 
three Apida?, or bees. Various common 
ants were noted, but not taken. 
Lepidoptera.—Butterflies were mod¬ 
erately plentiful, especially our two 
commonest browns, but nearly all were 
very battered and worn. Moths were 
more plentiful, but only two specimens 
v Hopialidie were taken. One of these, 
Trictena (Pieltis) labyrinthiea, is a very 
magnificent specimen, with a 64in. ex¬ 
panse of wing. 
Diptera.—Flies were moderately re¬ 
presented. but only two specimens were 
taken, one a Svrphid, genus Trygriphus. 
and the other a species of Muscidae 
Acalyptrata* quite new to me; four 
specimens were taken on the sand dunes 
around Darlington Bay; the wings were 
milky white, with a large black blotch 
covering the apical half of the wing, 
more or less reaching the tip. 
Herniptera wore represented by a few 
odd specimens of Reduvidsa and Cap- 
sidse. None were collected. 
'JATlSf/AL MUSEUM MELBOURNE 
