142 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
In the sandstone scrub along the watercourses or near peaty 
bogs several beautiful pink-flowering shrubs of Leptospermur 
scoparium were seen, which, Mr. Cheel explained, were iden- 
tical with Leptospermum floribunda of older works, and which: 
would very likely have to be taken up again, as it was quite 
a different plant from the original Acoparium of Forster. 
Some plants of Acacia linifolia and Acacia discolor were seen 
in flower, and also Grevillea buaifolia and Lambertia fornvosa. 
A nice patch of plants that interested the members very much 
was the “Native Plum” (Podocarpus spinulosus). This species 
appeared to be quite new to several of the members, and its 
edible fruits were appreciated very much. The large gibbose 
fruits of Hakea pubescens, and the softly pubescent young foli- 
age were then examined, and compared with the common coastal 
“Needle: Bush” (Hakea acicularis). Some fine specimens of 
Styphelia longifolia were collected by one of the members why 
had mistaken it for the common S8. viridis, which has muck 
shorter and more blunt leaves than the former, which had com- 
paratively long acuminate leaves. After examining several 
grasses, sedges, and various introduced weeds, as well as some 
plants of Ailanthus glandulosa (Tree of the Gods), and Tana- 
cetum vulgare (Tansy), the two latter having probably escaped 
from loeal gardens, the party warmed up “billy,” and concluded 
an enjoyable afternoon’s outing with tea and cakes. 
H. G. 
GALLS OF APIOMORPHA MUNITA. 
By Miss A. A. Brewster. 
The female galls of Apiomorpha munita are about a quarter 
of an inch high, with four long linear appendages, one from 
each corner. ‘The appendages are from 24 to 3 inches long. 
On some of these are numerous narrow cylindrical male galls 
On cutting open a gall of the top-shaped female insect, the lat- 
ter was seen covered with a mealy secretion and resting on its 
head with its tail upwards. It is thus in a good position to. 
stick the sap of the tissue at the base of the gall. The wall 
of the latter was white with a mealy secretion, and looked like:a 
little whitewashed room. On examining the insect with a lens, 
the little cone-shaped legs could be seen well in the case of the 
hind and middle pairs, but the front legs are much smaller and 
hidden under a fold of skin. The antennae are short. The 
front of the head is in the form of a flap with a circular dise 
