34 DESCRIPTION OF A SPECIHS OF ELEOTRIS. 
panied by examples of the three classes forming the ant-colony, 
acari parasitic on the ants, and fungi growing on the ants’ nest. 
This exhibit had been forwarded by Master H. Blackman, 
Breakfast Creek. 
Mr. De Vis exhibited specimens of native chloride of silver, 
or “horn silver,’ from Silverfield, near Herberton, those derived 
from the more external parts of the reef or lode, being in the 
form of large nodules. He, at the same time, referred to the 
peculiar nature of the ore, its probable origin, its different 
portions of the lode, and the exceptional nature of the discovery. 
FPRIDAY, 10th APR 
Tue Presipent, J. BANCROFT, Esq., M.D., in tHe CuHatr. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
A. Goering, Esq., Brisbane; F. Whitteron, Esq., Glenalbyn, 
Dalby; R. Spencer Brown, Ksq., Brisbane; P. Fletcher, Esq., 
Brisbane. 
DONATIONS ANNOUNCED. 
“Final Report of the South Australian Institute for nine 
months ending June 30th, 1884” Adelaide, 1884. From the © 
South Australian Institute. 
‘Descriptive Sketch of the Physical Geography and Geology 
of Canada,” by Alfred R. C. Selwyn and G. M. Dawson; 
Geological Map of British North America, 2 sheets; ‘‘ Com- 
parative Vocabularies of the Indian Tribes of British Columbia,” 
by W. Fraser Tolmie and G. M. Dawson. Montreal, 1884. 
From the Director of the Geological Survey of Canada. 
“Bericht tiber die Senckenbergische Naturforschende 
Gesellschaft, 1884.” Frankfurt a M. 1884. From the Society. 
“Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 
1884.” Hobart, 1885. From the Society. 
