6 SOUTH AFRICAN BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



At this stage a definite suggestion was laid before the 

 Transvaal Biological Society that the one Society should 

 amalo-amate with the other and so form the nucleus o£ the 



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new Society. Later, on the representations o£ Dr. Breijer 

 supported by other members of the Society, this was agreed 

 to and a committee, comprising members of both Societies 

 with Sir Arnold Theiler as President, was elected to arrange 

 the terms of amalgamation. These agreed upon, the South 

 African Biological Society came into existence considerably 

 strengthened by the financial position of the Transvaal 

 Biological Society and the activities of its members. 



80 far only one branch of the South African Biological 

 Society has been formed. This is the old Transvaal Biolo- 

 gical Society under a new name, of which Mr. D. Kehoe is 

 President and Dr. E. C. N. van Hoepen and Mr. A. K. 

 Haagner Vice-Presidents, with Mr. H. K. Munro as Honorary 

 Secretary. The local Society holds regular monthly meetings, 

 and at the time of writing five of these, with an average 

 attendance of fifteen members at each, have taken place, 

 and the following papers and demonstrations have been 

 presented ; — 



Itobiuson, E. M. Blood Smear Diagnosis. (18 Jan. 1917.) 



van der Bijl, P. A. Fomes applanatus and its effect on Black 



Iron- wood in South Africa. (IS Jan. 1917.) 

 Bedford, G. A. 11. Demonstration of some abnormal antennie of 



'Gastrophilus equi. (15 Feb. 1917.) 

 Fuller, C. The Venation of Termite Wings. {15 Feb. 1917.) 



Green, II. 11. Isolation and description of an organism which 



oxidises the arsenite of cattle dip to arsenate. 



{15 Mar. 1917.) 

 Roberts, A. Exhibit of a Flycatcher from German East Africa. 



{15 Mar. 1917.) 

 Janse, A. J. T. Demonstration of Moths collected at Karkloof, 



Natal. {19 Apl. 1917.) 

 Fuller, C. Demonstration: The Genesis of a Termite's nest 



illustrated by six months old colonies of 



Ternies (Odontotermes) an g us tat us and 



Termes (Micro term cs) incertus. {L9 



Apl. 1917.) 



