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THE JOURNAL OF THE
Tasmonlan Field Naturalists' (Iub.
Vol. 1. APRIL, 1907.
No. 1.
CYurselves.
The Tasmanian lField Naturalists' Club,
having been in existence for over two
yea.rs, has felt the need of a journal of
its own, and at the annual meeting in
Sel!tember, lHOB, it was decided that such
a iot:t'nal should l>e issued, under the
title of "The Tasmanian Naturalist," the
first numbw of which now appears. One
c02Y of the journal is to be issued f,'ee
to all members whose subscriptions have
been paid; for those not belonging to
the Club a small chm.'ge is to be made.
The journal is intended to deal with
History in its widest sense, par-
ticular, but not exclusive, attention be-
ing paid to subjects of Tasmanian in-
terest.
It is hoped in time that desc.riptions
of new f.orms of life will appear in its
pages, but fCl' some time at least the
articles will be of a more Cl' less popu-
lar chal'acter, and under arrangement
with the 'p,'oprietors of "The Weekly
Courier," many of them will first appeal'
in that widely-.read journal.
Members and Othl'S inte['ested are in-
vited to contribute, addressing all com-
munications to the editor. Thirty copies
of their papel's will be supplied free to
all authors of articles of mOl'e than one
paO'e. Unless for special reasons papers
not exceed 3000 words in length,
and under 2000 aor'e preflled. Shori
paragraphs win also be acceptable.
[Previous to the establishing of our
journal the following papel's were pub-
lished fCl' the club:-
The Black-Headed Honey-'Eater (with
dI'awing), A. E. Brent.
Tasmanian Orc'hids (with drawings), L_
Rodway.
Club's Camp Out photographs),
E. A. Elliott.
Tasmanian Ferns, L. Rodway.
The Sc,.-ub Tit, A. L. :Eutlee
The Myrtaceae of Tasmania (with
photogoraphs), L. Rodway.
'l.96e :Jl of :R,emarJ(.able Jnseets.
By ARTHUR M. LEA, F.E.S., etc. (Government Entomologist,.
Amongst the different orders of in-
sects there are many kinM that are
remarkable for their shapes or transfor-
mations. But of the various orders there
is not one which contains species of such
queer forms, or in which the thanges are
so singular, as in the homoptera. Litt'e
attention, however, is paid thIS order
hy the majO'rity of naturalists, 'except
hy those officiall.y employed to deal with
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pests, the reasons being th;'tt the
jority of the species are of small
size, .of sober colours, .and fre-
quently difficult to presel'Ve. The
orde.' is comparatively small in num-
bers, and very fortunately lOO. >ls few 0';
them are useful to man, and many are
high'y destructive. The aphides (includ
ing vastatl"ix," so remark
able on account of its life history ami