THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 77 
ing examples of the frog Hyla phyllochroa which is not un- 
common about his garden. The leaders were Mrs. Fitz-John 
and Mr. Steel, and “billy tea” and cups, ete., were kindly pro- 
vided by Mrs. Steel, water being carried down from Mr. Steel’s 
house, near the creek, that in the latter not being suitable for 
drinking. The excursion was very successful and interesting. 
A. A. Brewster. 
The party was met at the station by the leaders, Mrs. Hitz- 
John and Mr. Steel. After a few minutes walk we reached Mr. 
Steel’s residence, where we gathered up the “billies” of Water 
and provisions kindly provided by Mr. and Mrs. Steel. At the 
entrance to the gully Mr. Gallard showed in a small swamp oak 
the presence of a eryptophaga moth larva which was exposed 
by splitting the branches in which it was boring. These larvae 
leave their burrows at night to feed on leaves and have a habit 
of cutting off fresh leaves and sticking them in the felted cover- 
ing of the burrow. Fresh examples of these were 
noted. At the next turn on the left we entered the 
gully proper, where the President (Miss Brewster), who was in 
charge of the Botanical section, found ourselves surrounded 
with specimens of botanic interest. Some of the bush plants, 
notably the Banksias, were in full bloom, and rendered the 
beautiful little gully extremely attractive, but the most important 
point from a botanical view was the possibilities of the place 
for another visit later on in the flowering season. 
Mrs. Fitz-John had taken a little dredging net and with this 
many most interesting specimens were secured from the rock 
pools. These comprised numbers of dragon fly larvae of dif- 
ferent species, Chauliodes larvae and also that of Sialis lutaria, 
all of which were identified by Mr. Gallard and numerous speci- 
mens secured. Our old artist friend, Mr. Foster, was present, 
and collected plenty of material for artistic use. At the ap- 
proach of 5 o’elock the party had reluctantly to leave the de- 
lightful little gully, and at Mr. Steel’s gate the thanks of the 
excursionists to Mr. and Mrs. Steel, and Mrs. Fitz-John for so 
pleasant and profitable an outing, were expressed by the Pre- 
sident. 
L. GALLArRD. 
November 11th. It was a merry party of “Nat’s.” that 
arrived at the Pennant Hills station in the early afternoon of 
November 11th, and, led by Mr. Steel and Mr. Gallard, struck 
out for the bush. It was not long before the haunts of men 
