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Ordinabt Meeting, May 5, 1885. 



Professor Lamb in the chair. 



Ballot. — Mr. Thomas Grill was elected a Fellow. 



ExTirBTTS. — Dr. Mayo exhibited a specimen of beetle belong- 

 ing to the species Schizorrhina. Mr. Tepper laid on the table 

 a piece of limestone with regular ovate enclosures. Specimens 

 mounted on glass and immersed in spirit, and prepared by a 

 special method of Mr. Zietz, the prepftrateiir at the Museum, 

 were shown. They included one of the CyaniclcB, an annelide 

 thickly covered with fine long tentacles, a specimen of Cydippe 

 pileus, of I]iidendrium rameum, of Limax variegatus, of Triton 

 iceniaiiis (male and female), and two specimens of Gecko. All 

 the exhibits presented a very natural appearance. 



Mr. A. AY. Jo:xES read a paper upon " Iridiseent Clouds." 



Ordixart Meeting, June 2, 1885. 



Professor Lamb in the chair. 



Ballot. — Mr. AV. Ernest Cooke, B.A., was elected a Pellow. 



Exhibits. — Mr. Howchin showed a piece of hydratid oxide 

 of iron from Alice Springs, which had been mistaken for a 

 meteorite. Dr. AVhittell exhibited and explained the use of a 

 new and simple freezing microtome. 



Mr. Howchin made some remarks upon a specimen of Astro- 

 rliiza angulosa sent over from A^ictoria by Mr. AYatts, and 

 found by him in the Miocene beds of that colony. 



Mr. AVragge read a paper on some " Observations made by 

 him during the voyage of the s.s. Maranoa to this colony from 

 Endand." 



Ordinary Meeting, July 7, 1885. 



Professor Lamb in the chair. 



Ballot. — Mr. E. B. Lucas was elected a Eellow. 



Mr. G-AYiN Scoular forwarded a paper on '• Past Climatic 

 Changes in South Australia, with reference to a Griacial 

 Period," which was partly read. 



Ordinary Meeting, August 4th, 1885. 



Dr. AVhittell in the chair. 



Ballot. — Dr. Eenner was elected a Eellow. 



Exhibits. — Mr. Tepper brought an Orchid collected at 

 Cape AYilloughby by Mr. J. Horswill, apparently new. He 

 also read a list of fungi collected by him in the neighbourhood 

 of Clarendon. 



The remaining portion of Mr. Scoular's paper was read. 



A criticism on some portions of Mr. Scoular's argument was 

 forwarded bv Prof. Tate and read. 



