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belonging to the genus Satyrium, known only in South 

 Africa, and therefore probably an alien to Australia. Prof. 

 Osborn exhibited Plantago psyllium, L., from Nantawarra. 

 near Port Wakefield. This is its first record for Australia, 

 its native habitat being the 6andy shores of the Adriatic. Also 

 Poa caespitosa, Forst., a sport from the south park lands, 

 Adelaide, in which the viviparous flowers were replaced by 

 bulbils. Also several micro-fungi, including three new rusts, 

 a smut, once reported, many years ago, by Mr. J. G. O. 

 Tepper ; a smut, once reported, 20 years ago, in New T South 

 Wales; and a rust from Wirrega, which was either new or 

 previously incorrectly described. The President showed a 

 scorpion over six inches in length, from the Central Provinces, 

 India. 



Professor Rennie read some notes by Mr. R. T. Baker, 

 explanatory of samples (botanical, timber, and oils) forwarded 

 by him in connection with the paper by himself and Mr. H. G. 

 Smith, read at the last meeting. It was resolved ''That a 

 special vote of thanks be given to Messrs. Baker and Smith for 

 the gift of their valuable samples." 



Paper. — 'The Australian Ant-genus, Myrmecorhyncus, 

 Ern. Andre, and its Position in the Subfamily Camponotinae," 

 by Professor William Norton Wheeler, of Harvard 

 University, U.S.A. 



Ordinary Meeting, April 12, 1917. 



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

 chair. 



Nomination. — Charles A. E. Fenner, D.Sc, F.G.S.. was 

 nominated as Fellow. 



Prof. Bragg. — The President announced that our Hon. 

 Fellow, Professor W. H. Bragg, had been awarded, by the 

 Royal Society of London, the Rumford Medal for hi6 

 researches in physics. 



Exhibits. — Mr. W. Howchin showed diatomaceous earth 

 from Lord Howe Island (vide Miscellanea). He also 

 exhibited a section of an "Iron Ball" or "Box," a hollow 

 segregation of iron found in shale. Dr. Pulleine showed a 

 specimen of Pisonia Brunoniana, covered with captured flies ; 

 also a large slab of talc from a native storehouse, and a bull- 

 roarer associated with it. Mr. A.M. Lea showed two drawers 

 of insects taken by Capt. S. A. White and himself on a recent 

 trip to Ooldea ; a drawer of showy longicorn beetles, from 

 tropical Australia ; a stag beetle (from Mr. Ashby) so covered 

 with small ticks that its body was almost concealed ; two 

 scorpions (from Mr. E. L. Savage), one of which, when taken, 

 was carrying about thirty young ones on its back ; and (also 



