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ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



For 1885-86. 



Ordinary Meeting, November 10, 1885. 



H. C. Mais, MICE., in the chair. 



Ballot. — T. S. Eeed was elected a Fellow. 



"W. L. Cleland, M.B., read some notes drawing attention to 

 the existence of polished rock-surfaces on the top of Caroona 

 Hill, Lake Eyre. 



H. T. "Whittell, M.D., drew attention to and described a 

 telescopic eye-piece for the microscope to correct imperfec- 

 tions in the illumination of objects. 



Ordinary Meeting, December 1, 1885. 



H. C. Mais, M.I.C.E., in the chair. 

 Ballot.— J. T. Mitchell, M.D., was elected a Fellow. 

 Paper by Mr. B. B. Lucas upon " The British Standards of 

 "Weights and Measures." 



Ordinary Meeting, February 2, 1886. 



H. C. Mais, M.I.C.E., in the chair. 



Mr. J. G. O. Tepper was transferred to the list of Fellows 

 from the list of Corresponding Members. 



J. Gr. O. Tepper, F.L.S., exhibited a number of insects and 

 insect-habitations. Also preparations of the codlin moth and 

 its larva, found at Unley. 



Frazer S. Crawford reported that he had found a species 

 of Tortrix, which had attacked some apple trees near Port Ade- 

 laide. The larva was about an inch and a-half long, but was 

 marked differently from that of the codlin moth, by having 

 spots of an ovoid form on the sides. 



W. Ernest Cooke, B.A., read a paper entitled " Xotes on 

 the Planet 'Jupiter.'" 



