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Minutes of Proceedings, 1889-90 . . '. . . vii 



President's Address, Aug. 28, 1890:— Parasitic Bees and 

 Wasps and their own Parasites. By L. P^iringuey, 

 RE.S., F.Z.S xvii 



Some Scientific Eesults of a Mission to South Africa. 



By H. G. Seeley, F.R.S 1 



The Modern Weather Bureau. By Cleveland Abbe, M.A. 17 



Some Adaptations of South African Plants to the Cli- 

 mate. By R. Marloth, Ph.D., M.A 31 



Description of New Species of South African Eumolpid^. 



By E. Lefevre 39 



Notes on Cyphia voluhilis, Willd. (Plate). By Selmar 



ScHONLAND, Hon. M.A. Oxon, Ph.D., E.L.S. . . . M 



Third Contribution to the South African Coleopterous 

 Fauna ; on Beetles collected in Tropical South- 

 western Africa by Mr. A. W. Eriksson. By L. 

 P^RiNGUEY, F.Z.S., F.E.S (Part II.) 1 



Fourth Contribution to the South African Coleopterous 

 Fauna ; Description of New Coleoptera in the South 

 African Museum. By L. P6ringuey, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



(Part II.) 95 



