very numerous, and were known as kangaroo mice. The largest 

 specimen did not exceed four or five ounces in weight. The 

 domestic cat had been introduced at the period he had referred 

 to, and the little animal had soon disappeared. He had obtained 

 four or five specimens, but all of them dead ; and one live 

 specimen had died in a week from the time he had obtained it 

 before he could observe its habits. It was almost a kangaroo 

 in miniature, with a few differences. It did not move about in. 

 daylight, but was to be seen in the evening or at night, when 

 it was seen to be a swift animal for its size. He thought, 

 though it had ceased to exist in his district, it might be found 

 further inland, and that communication with the officers on the 

 telegraph line might result in specimens being procured which 

 he thought would be of value. 



Mr. Waterhouse said he knew the animal referred to from 

 the description. It was not a marsupial, but a rodent ; either 

 Hapolotas cervinus or Hapolotus Mltclielli. 



Paper read : — " On a Census of the Indigenous Flowering 

 Plants of Extratropical South Australia," by Professor Ralph 

 Tate (seep. 16). 



Ordinary Meeting, March 2, 1880. 



Mr. F. Chapple, B.A., B.Sc, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. W. C. Cox, H. C. Strother, Dr. J. F. Joyce, and the 

 Rev. W. Hopkins were elected Fellows. 



Mrs. Annie Richards, Fowler's Bay ; Mr. J. Canham, Stuart's 

 Creek ; and Mr. Paul Foelsche, Port Darwin, were elected 

 Corresponding Members. 



The list of donations to the Library w r as read. 



The Chairman said that in order to facilitate the operations 

 of the Society it had been thought advisable to change the 

 name of the Society by adopting the title of the " Royal Society 

 of South Australia." The Secretary would lay the whole 

 matter before them as it stood at present. 



The Hon. Secretary said that he understood that the proper 

 step to take was to forward a memorial to Her Majesty the 

 Queen through His Excellency the Grovernor. It was advisable 

 that this memorial should be formally adopted by the meeting, 

 and not simply emanate from the Council, although the 

 Council might be acting on the wishes of the members of the 

 Society. He read the memorial which it was proposed to adopt. 

 The prayer of the memorial was that Her Majesty would 

 become Patron of the Society under the new title proposed, 

 and the petition then proceeded to give a brief history of the 

 formation and progression of the Society. 



