366 Prori't'di ng.s of the Roijal Socieiij of Victoria. 



lloyston Drew (\ictoriaii Research Scholar), Heber (Ireen, and P. 

 K. H. St. John. Mr. Gabriel showed the two species of Ischnochton 

 described by Mr. Hull; Messrs. Gatliff and Gabriel, Chairman and 

 Drew, Green and St. John showed specimens illustrating their 

 papers. Mr. T. (jritfith Taylor exhibited and spoke on rock speci- 

 mens from Antarctica. 



August 8th. — Papers read : " On the Cross-Inoculation of rlie 

 ]loot-tubercle Bacteria upon Native and the Cultivated Legu- 

 minosae," by Professor A. J. Ewart, D.Sc, and Norman Thomson 

 B.Ag.Sc. Mr. A. J. Higgin .showed a Leitz metallographic micro 

 scope; Dr. Hall, by permission of the Director of the Geological 

 .Survey, show'ed a Parkes-Lapworth microscope, and also teeth of 

 Nototherium tasmanicum from Tasmania, lent by Mr. T. Stepliens. 

 Prof. Skeats showed an alkaline rock from Macedon, which indi- 

 cated the way in which " buckshot gravel " could originate. Dr. 

 Payne Philpots showed aboriginal jaws which gave evidence of 

 great wear and of the absence of dental caries. 



September 12th. — Paper read : " Paralysis in Horses and Cows 

 due to the Ingestion of Fodder," by Dr. J. A. Gilruth, M.R.C.V.S. 

 Mr. J. J. Fenton exhibited a dioptreuieter. Mr. F. Chapman 

 showed marble froni Buchan, such as is being used in the new 

 reading-room at the Public Library. 



October 10th. — Papers read : (1) " The Anatomy of Two Aus- 

 tralian Land Snails, Paryphanta atramentavia, Shuttleworth, and 

 P. compacta, Cox and Hedley, by Olive B. Davies, B.Sc. ; (2) " The 

 Correlation or Size of Head and Intelligence, as Estimated from the 

 Cubic Capacity of Brain of 355 Melbourne Criminals," by Pro- 

 fessor R. J. A. Berry and L. W. G. Biichuer. Prof. Ewart showed 

 the seed of Caesalpinia sp., a native of Queensland, said to liave 

 come from the Otway Forest. 



Noveniber 14th. — Lecture: "Rock Paintings and Carvings in 

 South Africa," by J. L. Elmore, M.D. Papers read : (1) " On the 

 Country between Melbourne and the Dandenong Creek," by T. S. 

 Hart, M.A., F.G.S.; (2) "The Correlation of Size of Head and 

 Intelligence, as Estimated from the Cubic Capacity of Brain of 

 Thirty-three Melbourne Criminals Hanged for Murdei," by Pro- 

 fessor R. J. A. Berry and L. W. G. Blichner. 



December 12th. — Papers read: (1) "Parasitic llyiiicn(>i)teia of 

 Victoria," by P. Cameron (coinnniiiicated ])y J. A. Kershaw); (2) 

 " The Syiinx of the Common Fowl ; Its Structure and Develop- 

 ment," l)y A. O. V. Tymms (Goveinment Research Scholar); (3) 

 " The Viscosity of Croani," 1)V l^'ranccs K. M. Duinarosq. M.A., 



