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During tlie year there have been man}- new and interesting' 

 exhibits of natural history, chiefly procured by J. G. O. Tepper 

 and A. Zietz. The principal were : — 'Some rare and interesting 

 plants from Kangaroo Island, by J. Gr. O. Tepper ; a species of 

 Opistiobranchia {^Af/laia Uneolatct) new for Australian waters, 

 by A. Zietz ; six species of indigenous bees from Kangaroo 

 Island, by J. G. O. Tepper ; two species of Grevillea new for 

 the province, by J. G. O. Tepper ; a new species of Dactylotum, 

 by the same; a new species of hermit crab i^Gryl}oi:>agiirus 

 hthodomus) , by A. Zietz ; a new species of sponge crab [Tfromicv 

 licavernosa), by the same. 



The membership of the Society consists of 122 Fellows, 11 

 Hon. Fellows, 14 corresponding members, and two associates. 



Six new Fellows have been elected during the year. 



The reports of the two Sections, namely the Field Naturalist 

 and the Microscopical Sections, are laid on the table, and show 

 that both are flourishing and virtually self-supporting. In 

 common with the parent Society, they feel the want of a larger- 

 number of individual workers to give them a still greater ad- 

 ditional stimulus and vitality. This want seems inseparable 

 from a small community, the majority of whose members are 

 of necessity actively engaged in other pursuits than those of 

 science. 



During the past year the library has been enriched by ad- 

 ditional volumes of the " Geological and Natural History Sur- 

 veys of Canada and the United States," and " Additional Des- 

 criptions of South Australian Extra-tropical Plants," by Baron, 

 von Mueller. The Council has also arranged for an exchange- 

 with a Japanese publication, namely the " Proceedings of the 

 Seismological Society of Japan." 



In the last annual report the Council referred to the fact 

 that the many valuable books belonging to the Society were 

 about to be transferred to the Public Library when duplicates- 

 had been removed. It was found that after this had been done 

 there was such a small residuum left as not to be worth while 

 carrying out the idea. The space at the disposal of the Public- 

 Library authorities is so limited as not to allow of the books of 

 the Society being received as a whole. 



The Council has considered itself justified in continuing to 

 have plates drawn and printed illustrative of the mollusca of 

 the older tertiary rocks of South Australia, a subject to wbich 

 Prof. Tate has for some years past applied his extensive and 

 special knowledge. In the volume of the current year will be 

 found the first part of the division dealing with the Gastro- 

 poda. 



The Council has with much regret to refer to the very large 

 amount that is due on unpaid subscriptions. The unfortunate 



