222 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
evening the short black hairs which form the black. bands 
round the body, were protruding from the lower and under 
part of case. By 7 o’clock of the 29th, the hairs were pro- 
jecting all over the case, which was now quite opaque. These 
hairs, as is well known, readily pierce the skin when touched, 
and are difficult to remove. The moth emerged between 
27th May and 4th June, and laid in all 325 eggs, dying on 
5th June. The first-mentioned caterpillar, found on 7th 
December, died on 27th January. During the last few weeks 
it refused to eat. 
SOME MISCELLANEOUS BOTANICAL NOTES. 
A. A. Hamilton. 
Phebalium Billardicri, Juss.—A handsome shrub of 8-12 
feet, which is better worth the attention of the grower than 
many of the exotics cultivated in N.S. Wales. Its compact 
habit and quick growth (it reaches the full height in about 
5 years) are both desirable qualities. The corymbs of star- 
like flowers which are produced in great profusion are pleas- 
ing, while the silvery texture of the underside of the leaves 
rivals that of the far-famed ‘‘Silver Leaved Tree’’ of ‘Table 
Mountain, (Leucadendron argenteum), known to all travel- 
lers who have called at the ‘“‘Cape.’’ To these qualities may 
be added the perfume, which arises from the essential oil 
secreted in glands in the leaves and other parts of the plant, 
a character common to all the members of the Nat. Ord. 
Rutaceae, to which it belong. Plants are easily raised from 
fresh seeds, and are hardy in the Port Jackson district. It 
is widely distributed in the coastal belt, North and South of 
Sydney, and is found in gullies on the Blue Mountains from 
Springwood to Mt. Victoria. 
Panax cephalobotrys, F.v. M.—Most of our members have 
visited Katoomba Falls, and some, deviating from the main 
track have climbed up to the ‘“‘Orphan Rock.” It may not 
be generally known however that this by-track if followed 
a few yards further will bring us to the old tram line upon 
which the coals were hauled from the now disused mine. 
Anyone caring to follow the tram line down into the Miner’s 
Glen may see this rare plant in situ. It is a Northern species 
and appears to have rarely been seen in any other locality. 
Veronica Derwentia, Littlej.__A bright herbaceous per- 
ennial, which may be grown from seeds, or by division of the 
root clumps. Though hardly comparable with our shrubby 
garden varieties with their graceful particolored “‘Tassels,’’ 
‘it should prove, with its long slender racemes of blue and 
white flowers, a desirable novelty for the herbaceous border. 
As it grows equally well in the colder parts of the State 
(Twofold Bay, Kiandra, and the higher parts of the Blue 
Mountains) as in the warmer districts (Richmond and Clar- 
ence Rivers), it is evidently adaptable to a wide range of 
