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Abstract of Proceedings, Session 1877-78 



Annual Eeport 



Anniversary Address by Professor E. Tate 



Dr. Schomburgk on Plant Fragments found in the Tombs, and other 

 Monumental Buildings of the Ancient Egyptians 



Mr. Otto Tepper on the Decrease of many Species of Insects and the 

 Increase of some in South Australia 



Mr. Otto Tepper on the Habits and Description of a new South 

 Australian Beetle (Melolontha destructor) ... 



Mr. H. H. Hayter on Infantile Mortality in South Australia 



Mr. Gavin Scoular on the Origin of Mineral Veins, with special 

 reference to the Barossa District (abstract) 



Mr. W. T. Bednall on Australian Trigonias and their Distribution 



Professor E. Tate on the Eecent Marginellidse of South Australia 



Professor E. Tate on the Fossil Marginellidas of Australasia ... 



Mr. Otto Tepper on a New Theory of Whirlwinds (plate hi.) ... 



Eev. J. E. Tenison Woods on New Species of Fossil Corals from 

 Aldinga, &c. (plates i. and ii.) 



Professor E. Tate on Notes on the Correlation of the Coral-bearing 

 Strata in South Australia, with a list of Species of Fossil Corals 



Mr. T. E. Eawlinson, C.E., on Subterranean Water Supply in the 

 Interior (abridged) 



List of Members and EuleS and Eegulations of the Philosophical 

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