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ExmiBrTS.--W. Howcuin, F.G.S., the fruit, seed, and 
leaves of the Leichhardt tree, which had been brought down 
from beyond Tennant's Creek, Northern Territory, by H. Y. 
L. Brown, Government Geologist. D. FLEMING, Chairman 
of the Microscopical Section, exhibited a Polyzoan, from the 
River Torrens ( Plumelella repens). 
DISPOSAL or THE LiBRARY.— Professor RENNIE, D.Sc., in- 
troduced the proposal to hand over the books and periodicals 
of the Society to the Board of Governors of the Public Lib- 
rary, etc., for the consideration of the meeting. It was then 
proposed by Dr. CLELAND, seconded by D. FrEMING, and car- 
ried unanimously— "That the Council of the Society be em- 
powered to make arrangements with the Board of Governors 
of the Publie Library, etc., to take over and keep for publie 
use such portions of the Royal Society's Library as may be 
considered by the Council desirable, and hold under such 
terms as the Council may determine to be in the best inter- 
ests of the members of the Society." 
NomrnaTrons.—David Gordon, Warehouseman, Adelaide, 
and Howard Whitbread, Pharmacist, Adelaide, as Fellows. 
ORDINARY MEETING, APRIL 7, 1904. 
JOSEPH C. Vzrco, M.D., F.R.C.S. (President), in the 
chair. 
Ехнівітв.--7. б. O. TEPPER, F.L.S., a branch of lemon 
tree оп which was growing a large parasitic plant (Loranthus 
exocarpi). The specimen was collected by Mr. Fergusson, of 
the School of Mines, from a garden at Mitcham, and shows 
that this species of Loranthus grows on the Citrus. Mr. ZIETZ 
observed that the Loranthus readily grows on fruit trees 
Mr. TEPPER also exhibited a case of insects, collected by Mr. 
H. Basedow, in the north-west part of South Australia. Some 
445 specimens were obtained, and have been presented to the 
South Australian Museum by the collector. The identifica 
tion of the Coleoptera has been undertaken by the Rev. 
Thomas Blackburn, B.A.; the Lepidoptera by Mr. Oswald 
B. Lower, F.E.S. (Lond.); whilst the identification of the 
Orthoptera and any other orders there may be in the col- 
lection has been undertaken by J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S. 
Barror.—David Gordon and Howard Whitbread, both of 
Adelaide, elected as Fellows. : 
PAPERS.— “Recent Corals from the South Australian and 
Victorian Coasts,” by Jomn DENNANT, F.G.S. ХУ. HOWCHIN, 
F.G.S., in bringing this paper before the meeting, remark- 
ed: —“Owing to the President's generosity the plates would 
cost the Society nothing, and that many of the corals de- 
scribed had been dredged by Dr. Verco.^ Mr. Howcurn gave 
a preliminary and verbal account of the geological discoveries 
he had made during the late vacation. After illustrating on 
