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perly examined the generic structure and attempted to indicate 

 its true position in classification." According to the author, 

 who had inspected original drawings of the species — Smerin- 

 thus (?) Wai/ii, Tepper, vol. v., p. 29, is a known species of 

 Geometrina. Lithosia rubrata, id., p. 30, is also already des- 

 cribed ; it is not a true LitJiosia, though belonging to the family. 

 Thryphcena (?) tineceforinis, Tepper, id., p. 31, is the very 

 well-known JSIecyna polygonalis, Hb., one of the Botydcd 

 {Pyralidina), and is abundant throughout most of the world, 

 including Europe, the whole of Australia and New Zealand. 

 Moreover, he considers all the butterflies, vol. iv., pp. 25 et seq^.^ 

 already named, and has no doubt that Lycmna Phoebe, Murray, 

 which he collected at Adelaide and Port Lincoln, is one of the 

 species included. 



Oedin^aet Meeting, June 5, 1883. 



Chaeles Todd, C.M.G-., President, in the chair. 



Ballot. — "W. H. Phillips and Geo. F. Giles were elected 

 Fellows. 



Prof. Tate, E.G.S., sent some " Notes upon the Occurrence 

 of Psalidura in South Australia;" also a list of unrecorded 

 plants from Eyre Peninsula, chiefly based upon a collection 

 made bv Mrs. A. Eichards, Corresponding Member, during 

 October, 1882. 



Mr. J. G. O. Tepper sent some "Botanical Notes" and a 

 reply to some remarks made by Mr. Meyrick, and read at the 

 previous meeting. 



Mr. W. EuTT, C.E., mentioned an exceptional rainfall which 

 had recently occurred at Hamley Bridge. A tank, 26 feet 

 above ground, 21 feet square, with vertical sides, between the 

 afternoons of May 5 and 7 collected water to the depth of 15 

 inches. The President said the rainfall for this district was 

 six inches for the month. 



Mr. J. G. O. Tepper presented some suspected fossils found 

 by Mr. East, of Riverton, near Mount Lock, at an altitude of 

 2,800 feet. They were discovered on the surface of the Mount 

 in decomposed mica slate. 



Mr. J. Haslam, C.E., read a paper upon "Sanitary Drainage." 



Ordinary Meeting, July 3, 1883. 



Charles Todd, C.M.G., President, in the chair. 



Ballot. — "\V. H. Cornish was elected a Fellow. 



Exhibits. — Mr. E. S. Crawford showed specimens of a plant 

 found by Mr. H. T. Gluyas, of Telowie, much infested 

 with a species of fungus, which appeared in two distinc^ 



