bitor had a sort of copyright over them, and without his 

 consent they should not be made public. He mentioned a 

 letter which accompanied some drawings of butterflies, in which 

 the exhibitor asked that they might not be copied, and remarked 

 that it would be a breach of etiquette to copy such drawings 

 without the consent of the contributor. He then placed the 

 drawings alluded to upon the table, as well as some fossils 

 received from Mr. J. G. O. Tepper, of Ardrossan, amongst the 

 latter being the head of a Tribolite (Olenus) , which Professor 

 Tate pronounced to be an undoubted evidence of the Lower 

 Silurian origin of the rock from which it was taken. 



The Hoif. Secretary read a paper entitled " A Census of the 

 Insect Fauna of South Australia," by 0. Tepper (see page 33). 



A discussion followed, during which Professor Tate said Mr. 

 Tepper had shown wonderful industry and observation in his 

 researches, and had made himself acquainted with the habits of 

 the insects in a way that showed how entomology could be made 

 of practical benefit. A good many people looked upon beetle 

 and butterfly collecting as a ridiculous pursuit, on a par with 

 the accumulation of old china ; but when timber gets destroyed 

 and other ravages were committed the knowledge of the ento- 

 mologist was sought for as valuable. Reference was also made 

 by members to various insects from abroad which had become 

 acclimatised, amongst which was the curculio {OtiorTiynchus 

 meridionalis ?) attacking the bark, leaves, and tender shoots of 

 shrubs and trees. 



Ordinary Meeting, Ar&rsx 5, 1879. 



Professor E. Tate, F.G.S., President, in the chair. 



Baron Perdinand von Mueller, K.C.M.G., P.E.S., &c, and 

 George French Angas, P.L.S., Corr. Memb. Zool. Soc, were 

 elected honorary members. 



William Russell, of Port Adelaide, was elected an ordinary 

 member. 



The Hox. Secretary read a letter from the Committee of 

 Council of Adelaide University, in answer to letter from the 

 Adelaide Philosophical Society of July 1, 1879, re mining 

 engineering, reiterating the opinion that the proposed addition 

 to the curriculum would entail an expense which the University 

 Council would not be justified at present in incurring. He 

 also stated that an acknowledgment of its receipt had been 

 forwarded. 



Professor Tate gave notice of motion for next meeting, as 

 follows : — " That in the event of the Board of Governors of 

 the Institute being called upon to decide upon the question of 

 opening the Museum on Sunday afternoons, this Society 



