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ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



.0pl ^mttv of ^mtl\ ^ustviilia. 



Foe 1886-8^ 



Oediis-aey Meeting, K'oyembee 4, 1886. 



H. T. Whittell, M.D., in the chair. 



Exhibits. — J. Gr. O. Teppee, P.L.S., some uew and rare- 

 plants from Kangaroo Island. A. Zietz, Aglaia JineoJata from 

 the Port Adelaide Creek. 



Papee. — "A revision of the recent Lamellibranch and Pallio- 

 branch Mollusca of South Australia," bj Prof. E. Tate, P.GrS.,. 

 &c. 



Oedinaet MEETi]!TCi, Decembee 7, 1886. 



Prof. Eejs^nie in the chair. 



Exhibits. — J. G. O. Teppee, E.L.S., JPoJapliiis sj). new. Sir 

 species of indigenous bees from Kangaroo Island, including the 

 Yucca bee. Two butterflies, new for the province, and other 

 insects. Eive species of Grevillea. A. Zietz, Gryllopagiirus 

 litlwdomus from Edithburgh, T.P. 



Papee. — E. C. Stielii^g, M.D., on the " Generation and 

 Method of Parturition of the Kangaroo." Thomas Black- 

 BrEN", M.A., on the " Staphjlinidse" contained in the Public 

 Museum, Adelaide; also, "Descriptions of Twenty Xew 

 Species of South Australian Coleoptera." E. H. Pulleii^e, 

 on the " South Australian Species of the genus Calosoma'' 

 "W. H0WCHI17, E.G.S., a " Geological Sketch of a Section of 

 Eletcher's Graving Dock at Glanville, with special references 

 to some old beaches." Prof. EE:tfNiE exhibited and explained 

 the standard apparatus for testing the flashing point of 

 petroleum. 



Oedhs-aey Meetii^Ct, Febeuaey 1, 1887. 

 J. S. Lloyd in the chair. 



Ballot. — A. E. Eobin, D. J. Adcock, S. Dixon, Eev. Thomas 

 Blackburn, M.A., were elected Eellows. 



