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Papers.— " Correlation of Marine Tertiaries of Australia 

 (part I.y by Prof. Tate, F.G.S. and Johx DexnAxNT, F.G.S. 

 " Descriptions of New Lepidoptera," by Oswald Lower, F.Ent.S. 



Ordinary Meeting, June 6, 1893. 



Prof. Tate, F.G.S., F.L.S. (President), in the chair. 



Recognition of Merit. — The President drew the attention 

 of the meeting to the distinctions i-ecently conferred by Her 

 Majesty the Queen on two of the Fellows of the Society, namely, 

 Sir Charles Todd, K.C.M.G., and Dr. E. C. Stirling, C.M.G., both 

 of whom had taken an active part in the Society's work in the 

 past. It was carried that the Society record its congratulations. 



Ballot — Uriah Dudley was elected a Fellow. 



Exhibits. — Maurice Holtze, F.L.S., exhibited chipped 

 tools made by the aborigines of Western Australia from glass 

 bottles, also specimens of the true " rose of Jericho " (Asteriscus 

 pygmcf^a) and the Californian "resurrection plant" {Selagiiiella 

 lepidoiyhylla). W. T. Bednall, showed specimens of rare 

 exotic shells, and drew particular attention to a cast of Pleuro- 

 tomaria Adansoniaiia, the original of which was taken off Tobago, 

 AVest Indies. Walter Gill, F.L.S., laid on the table dates 

 from six years old palms, growing at Hergott Springs, S.A. 



Papers. — " Poisonous Constituents of Htepliania hernandi- 

 folia,'' by Prof. Rennie, D. Sc, and E. F. Turner. " New 

 Species of Australian Marine Gastropoda," by Prof. Tate, F.G.S. 

 " Additions to the List of S.A. Marine Gastropods," by Prof. 

 Tate, F.G.S. " Descriptions of S.A. Brachyscelid Galls," by 

 J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S. 



Ordinary Meeting, July 4, 1893. 



Prof. Tate, F.G.S., F.L.S. (President), in the chair. 



Ballot. — Laurence Birks was elected an Associate. 



Exhibits. — W". Howchin, F.G.S., exhibited specimens of 

 igneous and metamorphic rocks from Granite Island, Port 

 Victor, and The Bluff, Encounter Bay, showing how in parts 

 the granite appeared to be intrusive and in others bedded. 

 Also from the same localities, specimens of diorite, the only 

 other known place for the occurrence of this mineral in South 

 Australia being Kangaroo Island. J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., 

 showed Carteria acacue (Maskell), a brachyscelid, which instead 

 of forming galls, is covered with thick reddish waxy tests. These 

 were forwarded from Central Australia by Miss Dickenson. 

 Also C ylindrocoGcus amplia (Maskell) as occurring on Casuarina 

 quadriccdcis at Mt. Lofty. Mr. Maskell had recently placed 



