ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS 
Royal Society of South Australia 
(Incorporated! 
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ORDINARY MEETING, NOVEMBER 3, 1903. 
JOSEPH C. Verco, M.D., F.R.C.S. (President), in the 
chair. 
ExniniTS.—J. б. O. TEPPER, F.L.S., a sprig of Pinus hali- 
pensis covered with scale (Chermes, sp.) insect. This scale is 
extremely injurious to plant life. Unlike others of the same 
family, ıt occupies the extremities of the limbs first, and 
works downwards, producing top-drying, and ultimately 
death. Probably introduced from the East. Mr. TEPPER 
also exhibited a moth ( Doratifera oxleyi), colour brown, male 
smaller than female. The caterpillar, before passing into 
the larval state, spins a very thin cocoon, which it stiffens by 
discharging into and saturating it with a thick, agglutinative 
fluid, finally cutting the silk to allow the escape of the ma- 
tured moth. Mr. S. SMEATON, B.A., had seen this moth in 
the sugar gums of a brilliant colour; it is not eaten by birds. 
D. FLEMING, Chairman of the Microscopical Section, ex- 
hibited some young fish and eggs taken from the River Tor- 
rens. 
PAPERS.--The Tate Memorial Medal Prize Essay : — "The 
Port Victor Granite," by H. W. Gartrell, communicated by 
W. G. WoorwoUGH, B.Sc., F.G.S. “Description of Austra- 
lian Curculionide, with Notes on Previously Described 
Species," Part ii, by A. M. LEA, Government Entomolog'st, 
Tasmania. 
ORDINARY MEETING, DECEMBER 1, 1903. 
JosgPH C. Vzrco, M.D., F.R.C.S. (President), in the 
chair. 
Present—Professor E. H. Rennie, D.Sc. (Vice-President), 
W. Rutt, C.E. (Hon. Treasurer), Dr. Cleland, W. Howchin, 
F.G.S. (Editor of the Transactions, etc.), Samuel Dixon, D. 
Fleming, W. Н. Baker, H. Basedow, Miss E. Collison, B.Sc., 
and the Hon. Secretary. 
