166 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
be desired. By all means re-classify them, it is necessary; 
but the use of common-sense in so doing is more vital 
than that of dog-Latin or Greek. 
THE HASTER EXCURSION. 
Those of our members who chose to spend the Easter 
at Simpson’s Hotel, Port Hacking, will have many plea- 
sant recollections of the beauty of the district, of the ex- 
cellent collecting on the seashore and the surrounding 
hills, and of the splendid arrangements so kindly and 
ably made for their accommodation and transport by Mr. 
Wickham. Whether Mr. Wickham ordered the weather 
or not was a subject of dispute, but it certainly fitted in 
with his programme. The district is most suitable for 
every collector, the marine ones especially so, for there is 
rocky ocean and river foreshores, shelving beaches and 
mangrove swamps. Mr. Hedley’s admirable article on 
the “‘Heology of Sea Beaches”’ was of great assistance, and 
the members freely expressed the hope that he would some 
day publish a text-book, illustrated by his experiences, 
about Sydney Warbour, the Hawkesbury, and Port 
Hacking. 
Good Friday was spent in the more immediate vicinity 
of the hotel. In the morning, Mr. A. A. Hamilton led a 
botanical party, and in the afternoon the members did 
marine work along the shore. Each day some definite 
work was done, and the concluding trip to Marly. on 
Easter Monday was a fitting ending to a most successful 
holiday. 
Saturday was spent at Deer Park, on the Port Hack- 
ing River. A launch conveyed the party there, and some 
good collecting was done. Mr. Carpenter and his assis- 
tant put in a strenuous afternoon as cave inspectors, hunt- 
ing for wingless ant lions. Some good botanical work 
was done by the party, and Miss Wickham, in a heroie 
effort to kill a bulldog ant, unearthed an ant lion larva 
of extraordinary size. No one of the party had ever seen 
one in any way approaching it in size. 
Sunday morning found the party making its way 
along the beaches towards the Heads, in order to see some 
remarkable aboriginal carvings on ‘one of the headlands. 
