MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS. 



Ordi7iary Monthly Meeting. 

 Wednesday, August 31, 1887. 

 Mr. W. H. Finlay, M.A., F.R.A.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. J. Andrews and Dr. R. N. Hormazdje (Howard) were duly 

 . elected Ordinary Members of the Society. 



The Rev. G. H. R. Fisk read a short note referring to a return by 

 . Sir J. Fayrer in which the phrase scorpion-bite occurred, and also a 

 note from Sir J.F. saying that this was of course a mistake and 

 should be scorpion-sting. 



Mr. Fisk exhibited five specimens of Testudo Trimeni, the first 

 that had reached him since the tortoise had been named. This 

 species of tortoise was first exhibited and its peculiarities pointed out 

 by Mr. Fisk in May, 1884. 



Professor MacOwan explained the method of arranging in trays 

 the specimens in the Government Herbarium. 



Mr. Peringuey read a paper on " The Economy of Insect-Life in 

 reference to the Fertilization of Plants," and exhibited a number of 

 specimens of flies with long rostra specially suited for flowers with 

 deep nectaries. 



Prof. MacOwan bore testimony to the value of this paper and des- 

 cribed the process of vegetative reproduction of the Disa Grandiflora. 



Mr. Finlay read a paper <» i "'' Approximate Tide Constants for 

 Table Bay and Algoa Bay," poiuling out that the tables at present in 

 use were 24 minutes in error. 



Ordinary Monthly Meeting. 



Wednesday, September 28, 1887. 



Mr. W. H. Finlay, M.A., F.R.A.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Rev. H. M. Foot, Hon. J. W. Sauer, and Mr. Advocate H. B. 

 Sauer were duly elected Ordinary Members of the Society. 



