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Oedinary Meeting, September 8th, 1885. 



Mr. "W". Etjtt, C.E., in the chair. 



Mr. Geo. Styles, of Port Caroline, wrote respecting cyclones, 

 and their tendency to blow towards a centre, and suggested 

 that fuller meteorological observations should be published, so 

 that the advent of storms might be ascertained. 



Mr. AV. Eeis'est Cooke, B.A., made some critical remarks in 

 reply, showing that it was by no means an easy thing to fore- 

 cast the weather, even with the help of the telegraph. 



Mr. Bedis-all forwarded a description of species of Murex and 

 TifpJiis, of the coast of South Australia. 



Mr. E. G-I7EST sent a paper on the " Nomenclature and Des- 

 cription of some South Australian Butterflies." 



The unclassified results of a dredging expedition in St. 

 Vincent Grulf were laid on the table. 



Anis'Fal Meeting, October 6th, 1885. 



Dr. Whittell in the chair. 



Mr. L. C. E. Gee was appointed to audit the accounts. 



By-laws for the admission of bodies of science-workers, and 

 for their government as Sections of the Eoyal Society of South 

 Australia, v\'ere read, discussed, amended, and adopted. 



Exhibits. — Mr. Tepper showed a very large cocoon densely 

 packed with silk, which he had found in a mallee-log. The 

 insect producing it was unknown. 



The annual report was then read, as follows : — 



ANNUAL report. 



The Council has the honour of reporting that the following 

 papers have been laid before it : — " Geological Section from 

 the head of St. Yincent Gulf eastward across the Wakefield 

 and Light Eiver Basins," by J. J. East ; " Eemarks on Eecent 

 Papers upon the Palaeontology of South Australia," by Prof. 

 Tate, E.G.S. ; " Shothole Disease in Apricot, Almond, and 

 Peach Trees," by E. S. Crawford ; " Some Eoraminifera Pound 

 in the Boring at Hergott Township," by W. Howchin, E.G.S. ; 

 " The Nidiology of the Leipoa ocellata,'" by E. W. Andrews ; 

 "Some Native South Australian Plants suitable for Cultivation 

 as Eodder," by S. Dixon ; " Notes upon New and Eare 

 Insects," by J. G. O. Tepper, E.L.S.; "The Persistency of 

 Electrical Currents in Masses of Iron," by Prof. Lamb, E.E.S.; 

 "The Cause of Luminosity in Elame," by Prof. Lamb, E.E.S.; 

 "Notes on Discolouration Observed in certain Bricks," by 

 Prof. Eennie, D.Sc. ; " Two Eemarkable Species of South Aus- 

 tralian Eishes," by W. L. Haacke, Ph.D.; "Observations 

 respecting South Australian Eays and Sharks, with special 



