Lamb, and of "A catalogue of the plants in the Botanic Garden, 

 Adelaide," and of " The Annual Report of the Botanic Garden for the 

 year 1877," bj Dr. S'chomburgk. Copies of the last two works were 

 distributed among the members present. 



The following gentlemen were elected ordinary members : — Messrs. 

 Geo. BrunsMll and W. L. Ware. 



The cordial thanks of the Society were presented to those gentlemen 

 not being members of the Society who had assisted by sending exhibits 

 to the late Conversazione. 



The existing Rules were repealed, and a new code, as proposed by 

 the Council, was passed with a few verbal amendments. 



The adjourned discussion upon Mr. Hayter's paper on " Infantile 

 Mortality in South Australia " was continued. 



Ordinary Meeting, 18th June, 1878. 



Professor Tate, F.G.S., V.P., in the chair. 



The following officers were elected for the remainder of the session t 

 — As Honorary Secretary, Mr. Walter Rutt, C.E.; as Vice-President, 

 Mr. T. D. Smeaton ; as Member of Council, Mr. D. B. Adamson. 



The Hon. Secretary laid on the table " The Statistical Register 

 for Victoria for 1876," and " Statistics of Friendly Societies for Victoria 

 for 1876." 



Mr. C. A. Wilson (hon. member) drew attention to the recent dis- 

 covery of two more planetoids. 



The Hon. Secretary read a paper, communicated by Mr. Otto 

 Tepper, on ''The Habits and Description of anew South Australian 

 Beetle (Melolontha destructor)" which was followed by a discussion. 



The Hon. Secretary read a paper, communicated by Mr. W. T. 

 Bednall, on " Australian Trigonias and their Distribution," which was 

 followed by a discussion. 



Professor Tate, F.G.S., V.P., read abstracts of two papers on 

 " Recent South Australian Marginellidee " and on " Fossil Australian 

 Marginellidse." 



Specimens in illustration of the foregoing papers were exhibited. 



Mr. T. D. Smeaton, V.P., exhibited the imago and chrysalides of 

 a large brown and white butterfly, which had within the last few years 

 established itself in South Australia. A discussion followed, in which 

 it was asserted that the species was Danais A?'chipus, that its original 

 habitat was the United States of America, and that it had been observed 

 in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and elsewhere in the Southern 

 Hemisphere. 



Ordinary Meeting, 16th July, 1878. 



Professor Tate, F.G.S., V.P., in the chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected : — As Corresponding Mem- 

 bers — Messrs. H. H. Hayter, F.S.S., Gavin Scoular, and Otto Tepper 

 as Ordinary Members — Mr. A. Adamson, Colonel Biggs, and Dr. Verco, 

 M.D., M.R.C.S.; as Associate — Mr. Stirling Smeaton. 



