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ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Royal Society of South Australia 



(Incorporated) 



FOR THE Year November 1, 1921, to October 31, 1922. 



Ordinary Meeting, November 10, 1921. 



The President (R. S. Rogers, M.A., M.D.) in the chair. 



The President referred to the approaching centenary of 

 the Royal Society of New South Wales, and it was resolved — 

 "That a suitable letter of congratulation be forwarded to that 

 Society." 



Elections. — Owen M. Moulden, M.B., B.S.; Melville 

 Birks, M.B., B.S., L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S.; Professor T. Harvey 

 Johnston, M.A., D.Sc. ; and Oscar W. Tiegs, M.Sc, as 

 Fellows. 



Papers. — ''The JPathological Morphology of Cintractia 

 spinificis,'' by Prof. T. G. B. Osborn, D.Sc. ; ''Occurrence 

 of Remains of Small Crustacea in the Proterozoic (?) or Lower 

 Cambrian(?) Rocks of Reynella, near Adelaide," by Prof. 

 Sir Edgeworth David, D.Sc, F.R.S., etc. ; "A New Species 

 of Lycom for South Australia," by R. H. Pulleine, M.B. 



Exhibits. — Mr. L. Keith Ward showed lantern slides 

 of Typical Views of tho Eucla Basin and Nullarbor Plain, 

 with Maps descriptive of the topography, geology, rainfall, 

 and artesian water supply of the district. Mr. A. M. Lea 

 exhibited the three known blind beetles of South Australia, 

 Illajphanus stephensi (Carabidae), Bod wayia mimita, Lea 

 (Tricopterygidae), and Halorhynchiis caeciis (Curculionidae). 

 Capt. S. A. White showed botanical specimens from the 

 North-western District of New South Wales. Sir Douglas 

 Mawson showed calcareous deposits from a series of caves in 

 the limestone near Reynella. 



Ordinary Meeting, April 13, 1922. 



The President (R. S. Rogers, M.A., M.D.) in the chair. 



The President welcomed as a visitor Dr. McGillivray, 

 President of the Broken Hill Ornithological Society. He also 

 announced with deep regret the death of Mr. F. R. Zietz, 



