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Spiders," with their life history, habits, etc., illustrated by 

 references to the common house and garden spiders. 



August 20. Mr. J. G. O. Tepper. F.L.S., discoursed on 

 "Natural History Objects of Common Interest," based on a 

 miscellaneous collection of insects forwarded to him by an 

 anonymous correspondent. 



Excursions. 



The first of the year was held on October 13 at Grenville 

 Glen by invitation of Mr. G. J. Ireland, when an opportunity 

 was afforded of exploring the sources of Brown Hill Creek at 

 Crafers. The leading feature was the collection of botanical 

 specimens which were in great profusion along the creek, a 

 spot that is not much disturbed by man or beast. 



Next followed the three days' excursion on November 10, 

 11, and 12, with Myponga as the rendezvous. This district 

 is one of the best within comparatively easy reach of the city 

 for botanical work. In this locality are to be found many 

 rare specimens of interest not met with in the Mount Lofty 

 Ranges. The party was comfortably provided for at private 

 houses. On the second day after arrival the party was con- 

 ducted to Lovely Valley, on the Yankalilla Road, and on 

 the following day the swampy country was exploited, where 

 collectors had an interesting time amongst both land and 

 water plants. Orchid-hunters were particularly well favoured. 

 This perhaps most interesting order of all our native flowers has 

 become quite an interesting feature of all the field work since 

 its special introduction by our late Chairman, Dr. Rogers, 

 who is a recognized authority on the subject, and has described 

 four new species and three new to the State, during the year, 

 in the Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 



Tlie annual picnic was held on December 15 at the Na- 

 tional Park. Following the afternoon's enjoyment, the Chair- 

 man, Mr. J. McC Black, invited the party to tea at the Belair 

 Hotel. 



During midsummer two marine excursions were ar- 

 ranged, which took place in February and March. The Fort 

 Adelaide River, as far as the Outer Harbour, was the selected 

 ground for dredging operations. On these occasions members 

 belonging to the Microscopical Section joined in the outing, 

 and interesting results were obtained. 



The Easter holidays were taken advantage of by a num- 

 ber of members, who arranged to visit Kangaroo Island. This 

 was the first occasion upon which the section had gone so far 

 afield. Penneshaw was made the centre for operations, and 

 excursions were made to Antechamber Bay, the south coast, 

 and Mount Thisbe, at the head of American River. The 



