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Ordinary Meeting, March 2, 1886. 

 ~W. Howchin, F.G.S., iu the chair. 



Ballot. — A. Zietz and D. Fleming were elected Fellows. 

 Clement L. Wragge, F.E.G.S., read " Scientific Eesults of 

 the Voyage of the S.S. Maranoa." 



Ordinary Meeting, April 6, 1886. 



~W. Howchin, F.G.S., in the chair. 



Ballot. — W. B. Poole and James L. Scott were elected 

 Fellows. 



J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., exhibited a number of Mantidce and 

 JPhasmidcB. Also a species of Acantholophus found on Xantlwr- 

 rhcsa Tatei, Kangaroo Island. Also a species of weevil 

 (Chrysolophus), black with a white line. Also the core, sec- 

 tions, resin, and leaf-basis of Xantlwrrlioea Tatei from Kan- 

 garoo Island. 



Prof. Eennie read a paper upon " Poisoning by Tinned 

 Foods." 



Ordinary Meeting, May 4, 1886. 



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



Ballot. — Prof. Bragg was elected a Fellow, and the Eev. C. 

 G. Nicholay a Corresponding Member. 



A. Zietz showed a series of fishes belonging to South Aus- 

 tralian waters. 



F. A. Pulleine showed specimens of Migerlia WilliamsJiousii 

 and Limopsis Tenison-Woodsii from Encounter Bay. 



J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., read a paper on "Aerial Boats; 

 suggestions as to the principles of construction, and the obstacles 

 to be surmounted." 



Ordinary Meeting, June 1, 1886. 



W. Howchin, F.G.S., in the chair. 



Frazer S. Crawford showed some olives from near the Ade- 

 laide Gaol which had been attacked by Aspidiotus Nerii. 



He also corrected an error made by the Hon. P. L. Van der 

 Byl, of Cape Colony, in giving evidence before the Commis- 

 sion on Vegetable Products in Melbourne, in which he stated 

 that Saria Picrchasii had been seen in South Australia on the 

 Acacia armata. The coccus found upon these plants was in 

 reality yet undetermined, but he would provisionally name 

 it Erinum globosum. Saria Purcliasii was not common now, 

 although abundant at the Cape. 



