they resemble.

<hw>Lagostrophus</hw>, <i>n</i>. the scientific name of the
genus containing the animal called the <i>Banded-Wallaby</i>.
(Grk. <i>lagows</i>, a hare, and <i>strophos</i>, a band or
zone.) Its colour is a greyish-brown, with black and white
bands, its distinguishing characteristic. It is sometimes
called the <i>Banded-Kangaroo</i>, and is found at Dirk
Hartog's Island, and on one or two islands in Shark's Bay,
and in West Australia. For its interesting habits see
R. Lyddeker's `Marsupialia.'

<hw>Lake-Trout</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Tasmanian fish, <i>Galaxias
auratus</i>, family <i>Galaxidae</i>. See <i>Mountain-
Trout</i>.

<hw>Lamb down</hw>, <i>v. tr</i>.

(1) To knock down a cheque or a sum of money in a spree.
There is an old English verb, of Scandinavian origin, and
properly spelt <i>lamm</i>, which means to thrash, beat.

1873. J. B. Stephens, `Black Gin,' p. 51:

"It is the Bushman come to town--
Come to spend his cheque in town,
Come to do his lambing down."

1890. `The Argus,' June 7, p. 4, col. 2:

"The lambing down of cheques."

1890. Ibid. Aug. 9, p. 4, col. 5:

"The old woman thought that we were on gold, and would lamb
down at the finish in her shanty."

(2) To make a man get rid of his money to you; to clean him
out."

1873. Marcus Clarke, `Holiday Peak, etc.,' p. 21:

"The result was always the same--a shilling a nobbler. True,
that Trowbridge's did not `lamb down' so well as the Three
Posts, but then the Three Posts put fig tobacco in its brandy
casks, and Trowbridge's did not do that."

1880. Garnet Walch, `Victoria in 1880,' p.30:

"The operation--combining equal parts of hocussing,
overcharging, and direct robbery--and facetiously christened
by bush landlords `lambing down.'"

1890. `The Argus,' Aug. 16, p. 4, col. 7:

"One used to serve drinks in the bar, the other kept the
billiard-table. Between them they lambed down more shearers
and drovers than all the rest on the river."

<hw>Lamprey</hw>, <i>n</i>. The Australian Lampreys are
species of the genera <i>Mordacia</i> and <i>Geotria</i>,
of the same family as the "Lampreys" of the Northern Hemisphere.

<hw>Lancelet</hw>, <i>n</i>. The fishes of this name present in
Australasia are--

In Queensland, <i>Epigonichthys cultellus</i>, Peters, family
<i>Amplingae</i>; in Victoria and New South Wales, species of
<i>Heteropleuron</i>.

<hw>Lancewood</hw>, <i>n</i>. There are many lancewoods in
var