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and the Elder expedition had brought back some specimens 

 which were labelled "Calcined Sand from the Hollows of 

 Burnt Trees." The interest attaching to these objects was 

 that many people thought they were meteorites. 



Papeks. — "Notes Descriptive of a Stereogram of the 

 Mount Lofty Ranges," by W. N. Benson, B.Sc. This was 

 communicated by Mr. W. Howchin, F.G.S., who remarked 

 that the present elevations of the Mount Lofty Ranges were 

 geologically modern, instead of very ancient as was formerly 

 believed. The new physiography was proving extremely valu- 

 able as a means of interpreting changes in earth movements 

 and physical contours. "Revision of the Australian Hes- 

 periadse," by O. B. Lower, F.L.S., F.E.S. 



Ordinary Meeting, September 14, 1911. 



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

 chair. 



Election. — H. R. Gillespie, carpenter, South Terrace, 

 Adelaide, was elected a Fellow. 



Exhibits. — Mr. J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., exhibited some 

 very minute scale insects from Callitris verrucosa, growing 

 near Lyndoch Valley. Although too immature for certain 

 identification it is probably Fiorina cameMce, described by Mas- 

 kell, in 1897, from China. Mr. A. M. Lea exhibited two 

 species of the tsetse-fly : — (1) Glossina morsitans, which at- 

 tacks horses and not man; (2) G. palpalis, which attacks man 

 and is the carrier for the trypanosome of sleeping-sickness. 

 Mr. Lea mentioned that a closely-allied fly (Stomoxys cal- 

 citrans) is found in Australia. It has been asserted but not 

 proved that this insect acts as an anthrax-carrier. Mr. W. 

 Howchin, F.G.S., exhibited a specimen of Miocene sandstone 

 thickly studded with fossil shells (chiefly Peclen antiaustralis), 

 'obtained from an excavation at the Bank of New South Wales, 

 North Terrace ; also samples of an old fresh -water deposit 

 containing numerous shells, laid down in a former lake area 

 now forming a river terrace 15 ft. above the present level of 

 the River Broughton, near Koolunga. 



Paper. — 'Notes on the Cambrian Glacial Beds of South 

 Australia," by F. Noetling, M.A., Ph.D., communicated by 

 the Honorary Secretary. 



Annual Meeting, October 12, 1911. 



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

 chair. 



The annual report and balance-sheet were read and 

 adopted. 



