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H ^v^' '* -¥ * 'W^' ^ THIE Victorian Naturalist: THE JOURNAL & MAGAZINE OF THE MAY, 1907, TO APRIL, 1908. Ibon. EDitor : MR. F. Q. A. BARNARD. The Author of each Article is responsible for the facts and opinions recorded. /Ift e 1 1> II r 11 e : WALKER, MAY ct CO., PRINTERS, iMACKILLOP STREET (off 390 LITTLE COLLINS STREET). 1908. "/"^VV^^^v^W THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. MAY, 1907, to APRIU 1908. CONTENTS. Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria:— pauk Annual Report ------ 43 Proceedings 1, 17, 41, 6a, 81, 93, 105, 121, 137, 149, 161, 177 Reports of Excursions - _ _ 20, 21, 124, 141, 153 ORIGINAL PAPERS. Barnard, F. G. A. —Over the Dividing Range - - 111 Batey, I. —The Animal-Life of the Sunbury District Sixty Years Ago - - - - - 69 Cole, C. F.—Bird-Life in the Xagambie District - - ' 75 Some Birds of the Hawthuni District - - - 89 Ewart, Prof. A. J., Ph.D., D.Sc, F.L.S.— New or Rare Aus- tralian Plants in the National Herbarium, Melbourne 12 Contributions to the Flora of Australia—No. 5 - -06 No. 8 - - 190 On Supposed New Victorian Plant Records - - 86 The Negative Phototaxis of Blow-Fly Larvaj - - 61 Unrecorded Introduced Plants - - - - 15 Victorian Plant Records - - - - - 144 French, C, F.L.S., F.E.S.— A Naturalist's Health Trip to Northern Queensland (with 5 plates) - - 167 Hall, T. S.,M.A., Harvey, J. H., and Thorn, W.— Buchan and its Caves - - - - - 97 Hardv, a. D., F.L.S.—The Plenty Ranges in Early Spring - 128 Jacobsox, E. —Notes on Web-Spinning Ants - - - 36 JarVIS, E. —Life-History of Butterfly Hetcronijmpha pliihrope, Boisd. -----. 194 Keartland, G. a. —Notes on the Plumage of Australian Parrots - - - - - -158 Mattixgley, a. H. E.—a Trip to Mud Island, Port Phillip - 4 M'Alpine, D. —The Specific Name of the Introduced Plant known as " Onion Weed" - - - 154 INDEX. PAGE. North, A. J., C.M.Z.S. —Description of a New Species of Chalcophaps from North-Western Australia 135 Notes on Grant's Bird of Paradise - - - - 136 Sayce, O. a. —Descrii)tion of a New Remarkable Crustacean with Primitive Malacostracan Characters 117 Thiele, E. O. —Physiographical and Geological Notes on the Mt. Wellington District, North Gippsland (with map, diagram, and plates) _ _ _ 23 TovKY, J. R. —Remarks on the National Herbarium of Mel- bourne .----- 116 Waterhouse, G. a., B.Sc, F.E.S., and Lyell, G., F.E.S.— Some Dimboola Butterflies _ _ _ 165 PAGE I'AGE Aboriginal Quarries, Mt. Bird-Life on Resolution William - - 115, 116 Island- - _ - 92 Acacia glunduligicarpa - 190 Birds, Extinct - - - 176 Acacia pycnantha - - 95 Birds near Melbourne - - 148 Acacias in bloom 68, 84, 96, 164 Birds of Hawthorn District - 89 ' - ' Across the Baw Baw Moun- Blackbird, The English 95 tains and Past the Yarra Blackfish, The - - - 72 Falls" 160 Black Rock, Excursion to - 161 Alga, A Freshwater - 64 Black Swan, Close Season for 18 Anaspidse - - - - 119 Blow-Fly Larvae, Negative Anaspides tasmanica 118 Phototaxis of - - 61 Animal-Life of Sunbury Dis- Botanical Correction, A - 80 trict - - - - 69^.Brisbane, Natural Historj^ in 80 Ants, Notes on Web-spinning 36 Buchan: Caves, The - 83, 97 Armitage, R. W., Notes on Butterflies, Some Dimboola 1 65 Queensland Fire - fly Butterfly, The Caper 134, 148 Beetle - - - - 178 Candollea soholifera - - 55 Australia, Contributions to Cam's dingo - - - - 70 Flora - - - - 56 "Canterbury Museum, Re " " Australian Insects 63 cords of" 79 Australian Plants, New or Cassinia arcuata - 55 Rare - - 12, 56, 190 Cassinias - - - . 84 Bandicoot, Short-tailed - 71 Casuarinas or She -oaks 159 Barnard, F. G. A., Presiden- Caves, The Buchan 97 tial Address - - - 48 Clialcnphaps occidental is, n. sp. 135 Over the Dividing Range Chapman F. , Silurian Lime- 95, 111 stone Fossils, Mt. Wel- Batey, Animal-Life of Sun- lington - 34 bury District - - 69 Choristodon rubigvnosus 180 Bauera stssiliflora - -55 Cladophora crispata 190 Beaumaris, Excursion to - 1 Coburg, Excursion to - 20 Beetles, Food-Plants of Vic- Coburg, Excursion to East 21 torian Longicorn - - 155 Cole, C. F., Bird-Life in Na Behnois Java - - - 134 gamble District - 75 Bird-Life at Nagambie - 75 Some Birds of Hawthorn Bird-Life in New Zealand 92, 104 District - - - 89 — 1 INDEX. PAGE PAGE Correspondence - - - 93 " Facilities for Study of " Crustacean, A New - - 117 Natural History - 48 Dasyurus yeoffroi/i - - 66 Fire-fly Beetle - - - 178 " Dasyurus viverrinus - - 70 " Fishes of Australia - 40 Dennant PalEeontological Flora of Australia, Contribu- Collection, The - - 140 tions to - - - oiS Deyeuxia - - - 13, 80 Flying Squirrel - - - 71 Diniboola Butterflies - - 165 Foraminifera of Victoria - 104 Dingo - - - - 70 Fossils, Mt. Wellington - 34 Dividing Range, Over the - 1 1 Frankston, Excursion to - 153 EUery, The late E. L. J. - 152 French, C, A Naturalist's Elodea canadensis - 38, 68 Health Trip to Northern Eucalyptus aipina - - oo Queensland - - - 167 Ewart, Prof. A. J., Contri- " From Eange to Sea" - 136 butions to Flora of Aus- Fruit Fly, The - - - 35 tralia - - - - oQ Fungus Growth, A - - 180 Negative Phototaxis of (jadopsis murmoratus - - 72 Blow-Fly Larvee - - 61 Geology in Eailway Cuttings 158 New or Eare Australian Otossopjsittacus concinnus 163, 179 Plants - - - 12 Grampians, Plants of - 55 On Supposed New Vic- Grant's Bird of Paradise - 136 torian Plant Eecords - 86 Grayling - - - - 73 Some Notes on Field Work 139 Green-Leek Parrakeet 123, 179 Unrecorded Introduced Greensborough, Excursion Plants- - - - 1'5 to - - - - 94 Victorian Plant Eecords - 144 " Guide to Study of Aus- " Extinct Birds - • - 176 tralian Butterflies - 189 Fauna and Flora Committee 138 Hall, Mr. Robert - 96, 138 Field Naturalists' Club of Hall, T. S. , A Visit to Buchan 97 Victoria- " Handlist of the Birds of Annual Eeport - - 43 Australia" - - - KSO Conversazione for Juniors 42 Hardy, A. D., Earlj^ Spring Excursions in Plenty Ranges 95, 128 Beaumaris - - - 1 Harvey, J. H., The Buchan Black Rock - - - 161 Caves Twenty Years Ago 98 Coburg - - - 20 Hawthorn District, Birds of 89 East Coburg - - 21 Herbarium, Remarks on - Frankston - - - 153 National - - 140 Greensborough - - 94 Heron, Nest and Eggs of - Kororoit Creek - - 1 Night - - - 153 Melton - - - 124 Herring, Freshwater - - 73 Mt. William - - 177 Heteronympha phHerope But- - Eingwood - - 20, 105 terfly, Life-History of li'4 ' Sandringham - - 105 How Dift'erent Animals Werribee Gorge - - 141 See"' - - - - 83 - Wheeler's Hill - - 121 Howitt, The late A. W. 181 Exhibition of Wild Flowers 108 Hydromus chrysogaster - Ci9 Financial Statement - 47 Ichneumon and Saw-fly - 60 Office-bearers, 1907-8 - 53 Introduced plants - - 15 President's Address - 48 Jacobson, E. , Notes on Web- Proceedings, 1, 17, 41. 65, 81, spinning Ants - - 36 93, 105, 121, 137, 149, 161, Jarvis, E., Life-History of 177 Butterfly Heteronynqjha Special Meeting - - 81 philerope - - - 194 1 INDEX. PAfiK PAGE Kangaroo - - - - 72 North, A. J., Description of Kapiti Island, 'S.Z. - - NH New Species of Chalco- Keartlaud, G. A., Plumage phaps - - - - Wi') of Australian Parrots - 156 Note on (^rant's Bird of Koala - - - - 71 Paradise _ - - l;j(j Koonati(/a ciirsur, n. sp. - 120 Oak, The English - - 95 Koonungidie - - - 111) (FjCOphyUu smariiydutu - ."56 Kororoit Creek, Excursion to 1 (Kcophijlla virescens - - 37 Lancelield, Observations at 111 Ogyris ivaterhoiii>eri - 163, 1(55 Lawrence Rocks. A Night " OnionWeed" 104, 138, 151, on - - - - 178 152, 154 Lieberkulin, A New - - 39 Oijossuni, Common - - 7 Lizards in Captivity - - 148 Opossum, Ring-tailed - 71 Lizards, Sunbury - - 74 Opossums, Close Season for Lohivanellns lohatus - - <)4 18, 54 Lomaria discolor, var. hijiin- Orchid, Varieties of Ptero- 11. nutijida - oo, 0-3, '3 stylis - - - - 85 Lorikeet, The Musk - l(j;3, 179 Or nitJiorhynrh as nnatinua - 72 LiLcwlu flavicoUis - - 178 Osmotic Growth - - - 68 " " - Lyell, Gr. , and Waterhouse, Our Boys and Girls 74 G. A., Some Dimboola Parudisea grardi - - - 136 Butterflies - - - 165 Parks, Encroachment on Magpie's Nest, A Curious - 74 Public- - - - 162 Mattingley, A. H., Trip to Parrakeet, Barraband's 123, 179 Mud Island - - - 4 Parrakeet, Green-Leek - 179 A Night on Lawrence Parrakeets, Pennant's - - 1"9 Rocks - - - - 178 Parrots, Plumage of Aus- M'Alpine, Specific Name of tralian - - - 156 Introduced Plant known Pelagodroma marina - - 4 as "Onion Weed" - 154 Ferameles, sp. - - - 71 Melton, Excursion to - - 124 Ferya letvisii - - - (iO Mosses - - - - 79 Petaurus breviceps - - 71 Mouse, Pouched - - 7U Peiaurus taynanoides - - 71 Mt. Wellington, Physiograpli- Petrel, White -faced Storm - 4 ical and Geological Notes 2o Petrel, The Dove - - 178 Mt. William, Aboriginal Stone Phaps chakoptera - - 179 Quarries at - - 115, 116 Phascolarctus cinereiis - - 71 Mt. William, Excursion to - 177 Phascologale, Brush-tailed - 70 Mud Island, Trip to - - 4 Phascologah ptrticUlutu - 70 Musk Lorikeets - - - l(j3 Phascologale swainsoni - - 70 Mutton-birds - - - 179 Phascolomys mitchelli - - 71 Myxonema tenue - - - (54 Pigeon, Bronzewing - - 180 Nagambie, Bird- Life at - 75 Pigeon, The Lilac-mantled - 135 National Hei-barium, Re- Plants, Frankston - - 153 marks on - - - 146 Plants, Grampian - - 55 National Museum, .Visit to - 41 Plants, Naturalized - - 100 Native Bear - - - 71 Plants, New or Rare Aus- Native Cat - - - - 70 tralian- - - - 12 Native Plants, Popular Names Plants, Records of Victtaian 67 for - - - - 85 Plants, Sealers' Cove - - 159 ' ' Nests and Eggs of Birds Plants, Unrecorded Intro- Found Breeding in Aus- duced - - - - 15 tralia and Tasmania " - 80 P/atycercus eleguns - - 179 New Victorian Plant Records 93 Platypus
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    Temporal lags and overlap in the diversification of weevils and flowering plants Duane D. McKennaa,1, Andrea S. Sequeirab, Adriana E. Marvaldic, and Brian D. Farrella aDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; bDepartment of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481; and cInstituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Zonas Aridas, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Te´cnicas, C.C. 507, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina Edited by May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, and approved March 3, 2009 (received for review October 22, 2008) The extraordinary diversity of herbivorous beetles is usually at- tributed to coevolution with angiosperms. However, the degree and nature of contemporaneity in beetle and angiosperm diversi- fication remain unclear. Here we present a large-scale molecular phylogeny for weevils (herbivorous beetles in the superfamily Curculionoidea), one of the most diverse lineages of insects, based on Ϸ8 kilobases of DNA sequence data from a worldwide sample including all families and subfamilies. Estimated divergence times derived from the combined molecular and fossil data indicate diversification into most families occurred on gymnosperms in the Jurassic, beginning Ϸ166 Ma. Subsequent colonization of early crown-group angiosperms occurred during the Early Cretaceous, but this alone evidently did not lead to an immediate and ma- jor diversification event in weevils. Comparative trends in weevil diversification and angiosperm dominance reveal that massive EVOLUTION diversification began in the mid-Cretaceous (ca. 112.0 to 93.5 Ma), when angiosperms first rose to widespread floristic dominance. These and other evidence suggest a deep and complex history of coevolution between weevils and angiosperms, including codiver- sification, resource tracking, and sequential evolution.
  • ACT, Australian Capital Territory

    ACT, Australian Capital Territory

    Biodiversity Summary for NRM Regions Species List What is the summary for and where does it come from? This list has been produced by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (SEWPC) for the Natural Resource Management Spatial Information System. The list was produced using the AustralianAustralian Natural Natural Heritage Heritage Assessment Assessment Tool Tool (ANHAT), which analyses data from a range of plant and animal surveys and collections from across Australia to automatically generate a report for each NRM region. Data sources (Appendix 2) include national and state herbaria, museums, state governments, CSIRO, Birds Australia and a range of surveys conducted by or for DEWHA. For each family of plant and animal covered by ANHAT (Appendix 1), this document gives the number of species in the country and how many of them are found in the region. It also identifies species listed as Vulnerable, Critically Endangered, Endangered or Conservation Dependent under the EPBC Act. A biodiversity summary for this region is also available. For more information please see: www.environment.gov.au/heritage/anhat/index.html Limitations • ANHAT currently contains information on the distribution of over 30,000 Australian taxa. This includes all mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs and fish, 137 families of vascular plants (over 15,000 species) and a range of invertebrate groups. Groups notnot yet yet covered covered in inANHAT ANHAT are notnot included included in in the the list. list. • The data used come from authoritative sources, but they are not perfect. All species names have been confirmed as valid species names, but it is not possible to confirm all species locations.
  • Threatened Species Protection Act 1995

    Threatened Species Protection Act 1995

    Contents (1995 - 83) Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 Long Title Part 1 - Preliminary 1. Short title 2. Commencement 3. Interpretation 4. Objectives to be furthered 5. Administration of public authorities 6. Crown to be bound Part 2 - Administration 7. Functions of Secretary 8. Scientific Advisory Committee 9. Community Review Committee Part 3 - Conservation of Threatened Species Division 1 - Threatened species strategy 10. Threatened species strategy 11. Procedure for making strategy 12. Amendment and revocation of strategy Division 2 - Listing of threatened flora and fauna 13. Lists of threatened flora and fauna 14. Notification by Minister and right of appeal 15. Eligibility for listing 16. Nomination for listing 17. Consideration of nomination by SAC 18. Preliminary recommendation by SAC 19. Final recommendation by SAC 20. CRC to be advised of public notification 21. Minister's decision Division 3 - Listing statements 22. Listing statements Division 4 - Critical habitats 23. Determination of critical habitats 24. Amendment and revocation of determinations Division 5 - Recovery plans for threatened species 25. Recovery plans 26. Amendment and revocation of recovery plans Division 6 - Threat abatement plans 27. Threat abatement plans 28. Amendment and revocation of threat abatement plans Division 7 - Land management plans and agreements 29. Land management plans 30. Agreements arising from land management plans 31. Public authority management agreements Part 4 - Interim Protection Orders 32. Power of Minister to make interim protection orders 33. Terms of interim protection orders 34. Notice of order to landholder 35. Recommendation by Resource Planning and Development Commission 36. Notice to comply 37. Notification to other Ministers 38. Limitation of licences, permits, &c., issued under other Acts 39.