100 



specimens, comprising 65 species. They had been presented to 

 the Museum by the Rev. R. T. Mathews, of Port Lincoln. 



Ballot.— Prof. T. W. E. David, B.A., of the Sydney Uni- 

 versity, N.S.W., and John Dennant, F.G.S., of the Education 

 Department, Victoria, were elected Hon. Fellows ; and Dr. 

 Morgan and A. M. Lee, Colonial Entomologist, W.A., were 

 elected Fellows. 



Papers. — "Descriptions of Coleoptera," by Rev. Thomas 

 Blackburn, B.A. " Opisthobranchs of the Older Tertiaries of 

 Australia," by M. Cossmann, of Paris, an Hon. Fellow. " Notes 

 on Australian Typhlopidae," by E. R. Waite, Australian Museum. 

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

 " Catalogue of the Native Flora about Port Elliot," by Miss 

 Jessie Hussey. The catalogued names number 355 ; of these 

 the following 25, including three new species to the province, are 

 additional to the region (vide Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A., p. 68, 1889) 

 — Claytonia corrigiolacea, Casuarina paludosa, Atriplex Mueller i, 

 A. prostratum, Dodoncea Bauer i, D. humilis, Pimelea Hussey ana 

 (new species), Daviesia genistifolia, Pultenea tenuifolia, Heli- 

 chrysum cinereum, Cassinia punctulata, Logania crassifolia, 

 Styphelia costata, Scutellaria humilis, Pterostylis nutans, P. nana, 

 P. prcBCOx, P. obtusa, Acianthus caudatns, Centrolepis polygna, 

 and Danthonia bipartita. 



Ordinary Meeting, May 4, 1897. 



Walter Howchin, F.G.S. (President), in the chair. 



Exhibits. — J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., exhibited a case of Indian 

 Lepidoptera. Prof. Tate, F.G.S., laid on the table a fossil species 

 of nautilus obtained near Port Pirie, S.A. W. H. Selway showed 

 an autumnal species of Pterostylis. 



Ballot. — C. W. Marsh was elected a Fellow. 



Paper. — Prof. Tate, F.G.S., read a paper dealing with the 

 conchological collections in the London and Paris Museums. 



Ordinary Meeting, June 1, 1897. 



Walter Howchin, F.G.S. (President), in the chair. 



Exhibits. — W. Howchin, F.G.S., exhibited a large number of 

 glaciated pebbles and rocks illustrative of the glacial features at 

 Inman Valley, S.A. ; also photograph of polished surface of 

 Selwyn's Rock, Inman Valley, S.A. Prof. Tate, F.G.S., laid on 

 the table photographs of evidences of glaciation at Crown Gorge 

 and Yellow Cliff, on the River Finke, Central Australia. 



Election of Sub-Committee. — After a discussion on the best 

 methods of disseminating information on local predatory insects 



