known to him, which appeared to live on the leaves of Salvia 

 officinalis. 



The following communication was taken as read : — ■" On the 

 Tertiary Palliobranehs of Australia," by Prof. Tate. (See p. 

 140.) 



Mr. Charles Todd, C.M.Gr., here took the chair, and Prof. 

 Tate gave a popular lecture " On Lamp Shells," in the course 

 of which he said that the Australian seas have yielded fifteen 

 species of palliobranehs, some of which extend to JNew Zealand, 

 there associated with two restricted species. Our waters have 

 furnished only four species, and with the exception of Wald- 

 heimia flavescens are of extreme rarity. They are : — 



Waldheimia flavescens, which occurs around the south-east 

 and south coasts of the continent. He had collected it at the 

 two extremes of our coast-line. 



Terebratulina cancellata has been found in dredgings on two 

 separate occasions from Backstairs Passage by Mr. Bednall 

 and Mr. S. Smeaton. Of the few individuals extant in the 

 cabinets of our local conchologists, one only is adult. It is the 

 largest living species in the genus. 



Kraussia Lamarckiana is known as a South Australian shell 

 from a few detached valves collected on the east shore of St. 

 Yincent's Gulf. 



Discina tenuis, described by Sowerby, is reported in Eeeve's 

 " Monograph of Crania" from China and South Australia. It 

 is unknown to collectors here. 



Annual Meeting, October 5, 1880. 



Professor Ralph Tate, F.Ct.S., President, in the Chair. 



The list of donations to the Library was read. 



Dr. Nesbit was elected a Fellow. 



The Hon. Secretary read the annual report and balance- 

 sheet (see page xxxiv.), which were ordered to be printed. 



Several alterations in the rules rendered necessary by the 

 Queen's assent to the assumption by the Society of the title 

 " Ptoyal Society of South Australia." as also by the ojDerations 

 of the newly- organised division for the direction of efforts for 

 the record of natural science phenomena, were agreed to after 

 a short discussion. 



Votes of thanks were accorded to the officers for the past 

 year. 



The following gentlemen were declared to have been duly 

 elected as the officers and council for the ensuing year : — 

 President — His Honor Chief Justice Way ; Vice-Presidents — 

 Messrs. C. Todd, C.M.Cr, and P. Chappie, B.A., B.Sc. ; 



