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Oedinart MeetijS^g, Februaet 5, 1885. 



Dr. AVhittell in tlie chair. 



Ballot. — Mr. W. A. Jones was elected a Fellow. 



Exhibits. — Dr. Cleland sliowed some fragments o£ "coral 

 found on the surface of a plain fifteen miles north-west 

 of Parma. In reference to this, Mr. Howchin stated that he 

 had been informed by the Conservator of Water that fossils 

 which he (the Conservator of Water) believed to be of Cre- 

 taceous age were found close to the surface in that locality, 

 whilst calcareous casts were met with in the boring made in the 

 neighbourhood. A stone showing casts of various molluscs 

 from the bore at Hergott was shown. Dr. Mayo exhibited a 

 lizard (CEclura rkomhifera), commonly known as the Australian 

 Gecko ; also a specimen of Lactuca saligna. 



Mr. F. H. Edwaeus, of Marino, MTote, saying that he had 

 trapped some native spotted cats {Dasyitrus) , in the stomachs 

 of which he had found peaches. 



A paper by F. W. AjStdeews was read on the " ]N'idiology of 

 the Leipoa ocellata'' 



Mr. Teppee showed a new variety of Drosera. 



Mr. S. Dixo:n" read a paper on " Some JN'ative South Aus- 

 tralian Plants suitable for Cultivation as Fodder." 



Mr. Teppee read a paper " On some New and Eare Insects." 



Oedinaet Meeting, Maech 3, 1885. 



Prof. Lamb in the chair. 



Ballot. — Prof. Eennie was elected a Fellow. 



Prof. Lamb read a paper on the " Persistency of Electrical 

 Currents in Masses of Iron ;" also a paper on the " Cause of 

 Luminosity in Flame." 



Prof. Eej^n"ie read some remarks on the cause of " Discolor- 

 .ation Observed in certain South Australian Bricks." 



Oedinaet MEETi]!fG, Apeil 14, 1885. 



Prof. Lamb in the chair. 



Exhibits. — Dr. Stirling exhibited and explained a number of 

 instruments for conducting physiological observations. 



Dr. Haacke made observations respecting " Two Eemarkable 

 Species of South Australian Fishes ;" also concerning " South 

 Australian Eays and Sharks, with special reference to the 

 gravid uterus of the former;'' also on the " Colour of Deep- 

 sea Crabs, Boiled Crayfish, and Hermit Crabs ;" and "On the 

 gravid uterus of some South Australian Lizards." 



