3 . 
Early in the year correspondence passed between 
the Secretary and the Mersey Marine Board, re obtain¬ 
ing a piece of land at Horsehead Creek for the purpose 
of establishing a native tree and plant sanctuary. We 
also wrote to the Lands and Surveys Department on the 
same subject. Although the reply in each case was 
favourable, the project was deferred pending further 
enquiry into the obtaining of a longer and more secure 
option over that portion of the property controlled by 
the Mersey Marine Board. Members considered that the 
site should eventually become municipal property in 
order to protect the reserve for all time. 
We congratulate the President Mr. L. A. Atkinson, Hon. 
Secretary, Miss F. Howard, and the Committee of this 
Branch on the fine work they are doing. It is encour¬ 
aging to them that their Club members are so keenly 
active in Nature Study. We hope more members will be 
obtained during the year and that the Club will con¬ 
tinue to progress. 
AN UNDESIRABLE EMIGRANT. 
The Journal of Agriculture, 
Victoria, for May, 1939, 
records the discovery of 
two specimens of the cabbage 
White Butterfly. (Pieris 
rapae L. ) These v/ere cap¬ 
tured in the grounds of the 
University of Melbourne and 
at Canterbury. This is the 
first time it has been of¬ 
ficially recorded in Aus¬ 
tralia, although it has been 
a serious pest in New Zeal¬ 
and for some years. 
The butterfly is white 
with black tips to its fore¬ 
wings, and the male has one 
