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fully protecting them from mosquitos. The men also use them by placing them 

 over their heads while they sleep in a trough made in the sand. Mr. Edwin 

 AsHBY showed a large series of chitons in illustration of his paper. 



Ordinary Meeting, July 12, 1923. 



The President (R. H. Pulleine, M.B.) in the chair. 



Elections. — R. M. McBride, J. P., John Conrick, and Lester M. W. 

 Judell, B.Sc, as Fellows. 



Nomination. — Norman B. Tindale as Fellow. 



Papers. — "New Australian Micro-Lepidoptera," by A. Jefferis Turner, 

 M.D., F.E.S. ; "External Characters of Pouch Embryos of Marsupials: No. 6, 

 Dasycercus cristicanda," by Professor F. Wood Jones, D.Sc, F.Z.S. 



Exhibits. — Mr. A. M. Lea exhibited a magnificent leaf-mimicking moth of 

 the genus Phyllodes from the New Hebrides, sent by the Rev. A. Theo. Waters ; 

 also a small collection of beetles taken by Professor F. Wood Jones at McDouall's 

 Peak, in the interior of South Australia, the more interesting species belong 

 to the genera Clivina, Scymbalium, Macromalocera, Pterohelaeiis, and 

 Strongyliiim. Mr. Edwin Ashby exhibited a specimen and painting of the 

 Ploughshare-leaved Wattle (Acacia vomeriformis) collected at Mylor; also 

 six genera, including seven species, of land snails collected by him at Innsbruck, 

 Tyrol ; also American Humming Birds. Dr. Pulleine exhibited a large per- 

 forated shell plaque of unknown age, made from the shell of Tridacna sp., from 

 Vella la Vella, Solomon Islands, being the largest specimen ever recorded. 



Ordinary Meeting, August 9, 1923. 



The President (R. H. Pulleine, M.B.) in the chair. 



The President referred to the death of the late Thomas Gill, C.M.G., 

 I.S.O., Honorary Fellow of this Society and Honorary Secretary of the South 

 Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia. It was 

 resolved that a letter of condolence be sent to his family ; also that a letter of 

 thanks be sent to the Royal Geographical Society, London, which had sent us 

 an almost complete set of their publications, dating back to 1831. 



Election. — Norman B. Tindale was elected a Fellow. 



Nominations. — Archibald Strong, M.A., D.Litt., and J. F. Thomas were 

 nominated as Fellows. 



Papers. — "Composition of the Waters of the Great Australian Artesian 

 Basin in South Austraha, and its Significance," by R. L. Jack, B.E. ; "Notes 

 on a Collection of Polyplacophora from Carnarvon, Western Australia, with 

 Definitions of a New Genus and Two New Species," and "Review of the Aus- 

 tralian Representatives of the Genus Crypfopla.r" by Edwin Ashby, F.L.S., 

 M.B.O.U. ; "Survey of the Australian Sheep Maggot-fly Problem," by Professor 

 T. Harvey Johnston, M.A., D.Sc; "External Characters of Pouch Embryos 

 of Marsupials: No. 7, Myrmecobius fasciatus," by Professor F. Wood Jones, 

 D.Sc; "Australian Coleoptera, Part IV.," by Albert H. Elston, F.E.S. 



Exhibits. — Mr. A. M. Lea showed a drawer of small cockchafer beetles, 

 some of which are very destructive to the roots of grass. One species of 

 Maechidius probably lives in the nests of ants, and has its appendages curiously 

 modified. Professor F. Wood Jones exhibited bones from Rocky River Station, 

 Kangaroo Island, comprising Diprotodon ausfralis, D. minor, Sthcnnrus orcas, 

 and 6^. atlas. These were first found twenty years ago but not I'ecorded. 

 Recently, considerable quantities have been found, and it is hoped that detailed 

 search will be made for more complete remains. Dr. R. H. Pulleine exhibited 

 cvlindro-conical aboriginal stones from the Darling and x\lbemarle. near Menindie. 



A Special Meeting was called for August 30, and adjourned to Sep- 

 tember 6 and September 13, to consider the recommendation of the Council to 



