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Papers. — "The Lepidoptera of Broken Hill, New South 

 Wales, Part 1," by Oswald B. Lower, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 'A 

 Supposed Incidental Occurrence of a Sucker Fish (Eclieneis 

 australis, Bennett) in South Australian Waters," by Edgar 

 R. Waite, F.L.S. The discussion on the latter was postponed 

 until the next meeting. 



Ordinary Meeting, July 8, 1915. 



The President (J. C. Verco, M.D., F.R.C.S.) in the chair. 



Election. — Alan Rowe, journalist, 10, Boskenna Avenue, 

 Norwood, was elected a Fellow. 



Professor W. H. Bragg. — The President referred to 

 the work done by Professor Bragg and his son, Mr. W. L. 

 Bragg, in connection with molecular ph3^sics. Professor Bragg 

 was from 1886 to 1910 a Fellow of this Society, and is now an 

 Honorary Fellow. Their joint work has been recognized by 

 the Colombia University, New York, by the presentation to 

 them of the Barnard Gold Medal, awarded once in five years 

 for discoveries in physical or astronomical science. 



Exhibits. — Dr. R. S. Rogers exhibited a growing orchid 

 (Ptero.stylis concinnu, Br.), said to exist in South Australia, 

 but of which he had never seen a specimen collected in this 

 State. The one shown was found in Victoria. Professor 

 OsBORN showed again the bezoars from the paunches of sheep 

 and a cow, exhibited by Captain S. A. AVhite on May 13. He 

 had critically examined them, and only one was found to be 

 composed of hair. The others were of two types, one consist- 

 ing of very loose fibrous material, which proved to be lignified 

 vegetable matter, and the other of similar material mixed with 

 a considerable amount of sandy clay. Captain S. A. White 

 exhibited the following birds, referring shortly to their habits : 

 — Projniro'ps cafer (Cape Long-tailed Sugar-bird), from South 

 Africa; AiifJiobaphis violaceae (Orange-breasted Sunbird), 

 from French Hoek, Hottento-Holland Mountains, South 

 Africa; N ectarinia famosa (Malachite Sunbird), from Sea-Cow 

 River, South Africa ; Cim.yris kirJci (Kirk's Sunbird), from the 

 island of Lamu, East Africa; Cimyris gutturalis (Scarlet- 

 chested Sunbird), from the foot of Mount Kilamanjaro, 

 Central Africa ; Cimyrifi Uvcogueler (White-breasted Sunbird), 

 from Somaliland ; and one not identified, taken near the 

 caravan route to Lake Nyanza, 100 miles from Pomba Bay, 

 Central Africa. Also a stone nest-egg, which had been swal- 

 lowed by, and had caused the death of, three brown snakes. 

 Also a shell, brought up in the net of the trawler ''Endeavour" 

 off the north coast of Queensland, from a depth of fifty 

 fathoms. This was pronounced by the President to be a 

 young Pleuronectes jaj]07i?ca, frequently found of a much 



