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exhibited a collection of insects from Central Australia, 

 recently obtained by Professor Wood Jones, tlie most remark- 

 of which was an ants '-nest beetle (Paussoptinus dolichog- 

 TiathusJ, the specimen being only the second known; also 

 some curious mud-wasps' nests from Western Australia, 

 received from Mr. P. V. Klem, and a sample of pea-soup 

 meal, bought in Adelaide, riddled by the bread-beetle 

 ( Anohium paniceum). Mr. Edquist showed a cup presented 

 "by the South Australian Ornithological Association, awarded 

 annually to the State school whose scholar sent in the best 

 essay or drawing bearing upon our native birds or trees. Dr. 

 Angas Johnson showed matte tea (Ilex paraguensis) from 

 Argentina, ginsing-root from China, and talc from Tumby 

 Bay. 



Ordinary Meeting, July 8, 1920. 



The President (Sir Joseph C. Verco, M.D., F.R.C.S.) 

 in the chair. 



Business. — Letter was received stating that His Excel- 

 lency Sir Archibald Weigall, K.C.M.G., accepted the position 

 of Patron, vice the late Governor. Dr. R. H. Pulleine was 

 elected delegate to the Council at the forthcoming Hobart 

 meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement 

 of Science. 



Nomination. — A. A. Simpson, C.M.G., was nominated 

 a Fellow. 



Resolved, on the motion of Mr. E. Ashby, seconded by 

 Mr. J. M. Black — 'That in the opinion of this Society all 

 scientific publications, irrespective of the country of origin, 

 or of the language in which they are printed, should be 

 admitted on equal terms into Australia, and that a copy of 

 this resolution be forwarded to the Prime Minister through 

 the Advisory Council of the Commonwealth Institute of 

 Science and Industry." 



Papers. — "Chitons of D'Entrecasteaux Channel, 

 Southern Tasmania," by Edwin Ashby, F.L.S., M.B.O.U.; 

 "Additions to the Flora of South Australia, No. 17," by 

 J. M. Black. 



Exhibits. — Professor Howchin exhibited and read some 

 notes on Crinoids from the Cretaceous beds of Central Aus- 

 tralia [publication deferred]. Mr. E. Ashby exhibited two 

 abnormal apples and abnormal specimens of Hardenhergia. 

 Dr. Angas Johnson showed gourd and tube used in drinking 

 matte tea in Argentina; samples of barytes; and granite from 

 Bird Island, near Cape Thevenard, South Australia, polished, 

 as he thought, by the feet of countless sea birds frequenting 

 the island, but in the opinion of Professor Howchin the glaze 



