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psittacus occidentalis'' sent by Mr. P. "W. Andrews. He supple- 

 mented the same with some bibliographical notes, and Dr. 

 Stirling exhibited a stuffed specimen. 



A list of Algae collected at Hallett's Cove, St. Vincent 

 Grulf, by Mr. J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., Corresponding Member, 

 and identified by Prof. J. Argadh, was laid on the table. 



C. Todd, C.M.G-., drew attention to the fact that the differ- 

 ence of longitude between Singapore, Banjoewangie, Adelaide 

 and Melbourne had been satisfactorily determined. 



Okdinary Meeting, April 3, 1883. 



C. Todd, C.M.Gt. (President), in the chair. 



Ballot. — F. S. C. Driffield, Herbert Hughes, jun., and John 

 Henry Mohan were elected Fellows. 



Exhibits. — Prof. Tate, F.Gt.S., &c., showed some cakes of 

 mud upon which the wings of termites had become impressed 

 very perfectly, showing the nervules distinctly. He suggested 

 that in undisturbed localities these impressions might be 

 covered with another thin layer of mud, and in course of time 

 the impressions would become fossilised. 



The President submitted a code of rules for regulating the 

 loan of books from the library to the Fellows and Members of 

 the Society, and requested confirmation of the same by the 

 Fellows present. This was done, and it was decided to put the 

 rules into practice, subject to the decision of the annual 

 meeting. 



The President announced that His Excellency the Grovernor 

 had accepted the office of Yice-Patron of the Society. 



The President said it was a pleasant circumstance that 

 Lieut. Darwin, son of the late Charles Darwin, the great 

 naturalist, had been deputed by the Eoyal Society in London 

 to come to the Colonies and take observations of the transit of 

 Venus, in which, however, through the state of the weather, he 

 had not been very successful. Lieut. Darwin was also engaged, 

 in conjunction with himself, in determining the longitudes. 



Prof. Tate, F.G.S., &c., read a " Diagnosis of a New Species 

 of Composita?," by Baron von Mueller, and named by the 

 latter Achiophora Tatei. 



Prof. Tate, F.G.S., also read a paper on the " Proteaceae of 

 the Australian Alps," by James Stirling, F.L.S., of Omeo, 

 A^ictoria. 



H. "Whittell, M.D., read a description of a "Dissection of 

 a Compound Ascidian." 



