THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 17 
mounds existed on both sides; that the old Irish pipes were 
similar to the Indian pipes; and that the religions of the Old 
and New Worlds embodied the same quaint myths. 
The hypothesis of Atlantis is further supported by the 
existence of fossil dwarf elephants in the West Indies and by 
the fossil ancestors of the horse being found in America, while 
the animal was unknown there at the time of Columbus. For 
no vain reason was Pluto the god of the Atlantic and of Atlantis 
depicted on a pair of horses. 
My object has been in this short sketch to point out how 
changeable allis, even the the steadfast mountains, and to 
emphasise that in our search for truth we must not treat with 
disregard other sciences, as many do. Much valuable inform- 
ation can be obtained from such hazy sources as tradition and 
mythology. To solve great problems we must look at all sides of 
a question, and not merely at one aspect such as the geological. 
and we must strive for ’ 
The gift that sees with glance profound 
The Secret Soul of Things, 
And as it lingers hears the sound 
Of vast and viewless wings. 
A BEETLE HUNT ON MT. KOSCIUSKO. 
(By H. J. Carter, B.A., F.E.S.) 
In January of this year it was my good fortune to ascend Mt. 
Kosciusko in the excellent company of Professor David and his 
son, Judge Docker, and my twosons. A bicycle ride of 35 
miles from Cooma brought myself and sons to Jindabyne on 
the Snowy River. Here we were joined by the remainder of 
the party, and camped in a roomy tent on the left bank of that 
beautiful stream for the next week. Between Cooma and 
Jindabyne there was little time and opportunity for much collect- 
ing. The country consists of undulating plains, at times 
(especially between Berridale and Jindabyne) thickly covered 
with Hucalypts, but for the most partintenslydry. By energetic 
log-rolling a few Carabide (Helluo and Promecoderus) were 
picked up, while Anoplognathus pectoralis, Burm., and 
A. pallidicollis, Blanch., were, shaken’ from the gum 
trees. Heleus tuberculatus, Bréme, was fairly common. 
Around our camp on the Snowy River there were a few 
Hucalypts in flower from which several species of Sitigmodera 
were captured. Amongst the latter was a pretty little species 
I have previously taken in the Blue Mts., and is as yet uniden- 
tified. A few late flowering bushes of Leptospermum yielded 
S. crenata, Don., and a species of Ocssers, while forms included in. 
the families Anthicidw, Mordellide and Malacodermide were 
plentiful. Beckia virgate bushes were literally swarming with 
