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Battot.—J. W. Jones, Conservator of Water, was elected a 
Fellow. 
Paprers.—‘ Correlation of the Marine Tertiaries of Australia, 
Part II,” by Prof. R. Tare, F.G.S., and Jonn Dennant, F.G.S. 
“ Description of New Land Snail, Glyptorhagada euglypta,” by 
Prof. Tats, F.G.S. 
OrpDINARY MEETING, JUNE 2, 1896. 
Water Howcuin, F.G.S. (President), in the chair. 
Exuipits.—W. Howcuin, F.G.S., showed for Prof. R. Tarr, 
F.G.S., specimens of Apus Australiensis (Spencer and Hall) taken 
from a lake at the Leviathan Battery, Kalgoorlie, W.A., by G. 
R. Tare. The species resembled Lepidurus viridis common in 
rain pools about Adelaide, but it belongs to a distinct genus which 
as far as known has only one species in Australia, which was 
figured and described in 1896 in the Zoology of the Horn Ex- 
pedition. It had, however, been taken at Arkaringa Valley, 8.A., 
by R. Hews, of the Elder Exploring Expedition. R. Jacoz for- 
warded specimens of the moth aud cocoon of Antherea Roylez, the 
produce of cocoons taken by some of Dr. Jamieson’s party from 
the Cape Colony. 
Batior.—Tuomas J. GREENWAY was elected a Fellow. 
Papers.—“ Notes on a Genus of Gryllide,” by J. G. O. 
Tepper, F.L.S. ‘New Australian Lepidoptera,” by OswaLp 
Lower, F.Ent.S. 
OrpINARY MeeEtTING, JULY 7, 1896. 
WaALrER Howcuin, F.G.S. (President), in the chair. 
Battot—Dr. Jas. H. G. Drummonp, Dr. M. von Lukow!tTz, 
and E. W. Hawker were elected Fellows. 
Parer.—* The Artesian Water Supply, Lake Eyre Basin,” 
by J. W. Jones, Conservator of Water. 
OrDINARY MeretiInc, Aucust 4, 1896. 
Water Howcuin, F.G.S. (President), in the chair. 
Exuisits.—J. G. O. Tepprr, F.L.S., exhibited a nest of 
Palistes of the tamily Apide of a very large size, forwarded by 
Miss Exsiz Rosertson, from Chowilla, River Murray. HE. C. 
Stirtine, M.D., F.R.S., and A. Zretrz, F.LS., laid on the table 
the fossil bones of Genyornis Newtoni and other fossils and 
recent struthious birds for comparison. 
PapEer.—“ Preliminary notes on Genyornis Newtoni,” a new 
