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Papers. — " The Cryptogamic Flora of South Australia," by 

 Prof. LuDWiG, Ph.D. " The Grammar and Vocabulary of a 

 Tribe of Natives Inhabiting Central Australia, between the 

 Finke River and Alice Springs," by Rev. H. Kempe. " Remarks 

 on Plants in South Australia very probably aiding in the Pro- 

 pagation and Perpetuation of the Red Rust (Puccinea riihi- 

 govera)^^ by J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S. "Description of a New 

 Species of Cossus," by J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S. 



Ordinary Meeting, February 3, 1891. 



Rev. Thomas Blackburn, B.A. (President), in the chair. 



Ballot. — Ernest C. Saunders and Edwin Ashby were elected 

 Fellows. 



Exhibits.— W. Howchin, F.G.S., exhibited an extensive col- 

 lection of Celts or stone hatchets from Great Britain, Denmark, 

 India, and Australia. Also a carbonaceous shale, of Archasan 

 age, from near the Burra, of a black colour, which, on exposure 

 to heat, turns white and loses 18 per cent, of its weight. 

 J. J. East, F.G.S., showed specimens of serpentine from the 

 Monarch Mine, near Caroona, Lake Gillies ; it was supposed to 

 contain nickel, but the blowpipe test did not reveal that metal. 

 Also a specimen of emery ^ found recently in the Mount Lofty 

 Ranges. J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., exhibited the fruits of Adain- 

 sonia, from Western Australia, forwarded by his son. Also a 

 specimen of a New Zealand edible fungus ( Hirneola polytricha)^ 

 growing abundantly about Auckland, chiefly on the decaying wood 

 of Corynocarpus kvuigatus and Jlelicytus ramiJlo7'us, forwarded 

 by Allan Wight, of P^raa. A. Zietz, Assistant-Director of the 

 S.A. Museum, showed a number of native spear-heads, made 

 from various materials, some elaborately carved. D. B. Adamson 

 exhibited photographs of the recent solar eclipse. 



Paper. — " Coast Limestones of Fremantle, Western Aus- 

 tralia," by Rev. J. G. Nicolay. 



Ordinary Meeting, March 3, 1891. 



Rev. Thomas Blackburn, B.A. (President), in the chair. 



Ballot.— Walter Gill, F.L.S., Conservator of Forests ; W. H. 

 Selway, jun., and Dr. J. Johnson, F.R.C.S. (Eng.), were elected 

 Fellows of the Society. 



Motion. — A communication received from the Hon. Secretary 

 (A. E. McDonald, Esq.) of the Royal Geographical Society of 

 Australasia (Victorian Branch) was read, to the eftect that 

 "at a meeting of the Antarctic Committee, February 24, 1891, 



