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cannot at present supply this information,-but are contented at 
having brought under notice what, in a climate like ours, might 
prove an important method of investigation in solving difficult 
questions of a particular description. 
A discussion then arose in which Messrs. A. J. Turner, A. 
Norton, L. A. Bernays, and W. Fryar took part, and in this the 
general views enunciated by Mr. ‘Tryon were subjected to criticism 
from several points of view ; but the members, having examined 
the numerous insects and human remains exhibited, bore testi- 
mony to t!:e accuracy of Mr. Tryon’s conclusion as to the part 
played by the white ants. Mr. Tryon having replied, he then 
exhibited, on behalf of Mr. F. M. Bailey, several new plants from 
the Musgrave River. 
FRIDAY, 14TH OCTOBER, 1887. 
J-- THORPE, EsQ., IN THE CHAIR. 
DONATIONS. 
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September, 1887. From the Field Naturalists’ Club of Victoria. 
“Register of Papers published in the Tasmanian Journal, and 
in the Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 
from 1841-1885,” compiled by Alex. Moreton. ‘Tasmania, 1887. 
From the Society. 
“Twenty-first Annual Report of the Acclimatization Society of 
Queensland,” and “ Report of the Council for the year 1887.” 
Brisbane, 1887. From the Society. 
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London, 1887. From Messrs. Wyman & Sons, publishers. 
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of Southern India (Belemnitide-Nautilide).’ Calcutta, 1861. 
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wana System.’ (3) Vol. IV., Pt. 2, ‘The Fossil Flora of some 
of the Coal-fields in Western Bengal.’ Calcutta, 1886. (4) 
Series X., ‘Indian Tertiary and Post Tertiary Vertebrata ; Vol. 
III, Pt. 7 and 8, ‘Siwalik Crocodilia, Lacertilia and Ophidia, 
