CONTENTS OF VOLUME ONE PAGE Dedication v The Advisory Council of the Victoria History vil General Advertisement ............. vii Contents xiii List of Illustrations .............. xv Preface xvii Table of Abbreviations ............. xix Natural History : Geology . . .- By C. FOX-STRANGWAYS, F.G.S., late of H.M. Geological Survey ...... i Palaeontology . . . By R. LYDEKKER, F.R.S.. F.L.S., F.G.S. . . .19 Botany By HARRY FISHER Introduction .............. 27 Botanical Divisions .............31 Phaenogamia .............. 35 Cryptogamia Vascularia ............ 47 Cryptogamia Cellularia . . . . 47 Musci (Mosses) ............. 47 Hepaticae (Liverworts and Scale Mosses) . . . . . . . . .50 Characeae .............. 50 Algae 50 Lichenes (Lichens) ............. 53 Fungi . 55 Zoology : Molluscs By B. B. WOODWARD, FL.S., F.G.S, F.R.M.S. . 61 Insects By FRANK BOUSKELL, F.E.S., F.R.H.S. ... 64 Hymenoptera (Ants, Wasps, Bees, etc.) ......... 64 Aculeata .............. 65 Coleoptera (Beetles) . . . 66 Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) . . . 78 Rhopalocera 79 Heterocera 79 Diptera (Ffies) . 89 Hemiptera Heteroptera (Bugs) . . . . . . . . . .92 Spiders By FRANK BOUSKELL, F.E.S., F.R.H.S. ... 94 Crustaceans . . . . By the Rev. T. R. R. STEBBING, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 96 Fishes ..... By MONTAGU BROWNE, F.Z.S. . . . .108 Reptiles and Batrachians . . ....112 Birds . .114 Mammals .... .... 158 xiii
