Minutes of Proceedings XXXVIi 
Dr. MARLoTH, Dr. KANNEMEYER and Mr. BoLUS made some remarks 
on the subject of stone implements, and, at the request of Dr. Muir, Dr. 
Marloth undertook to make inquiries with a view to discovering the 
constitution of the cement used in joining the wooden handle to the 
stone implement. 
Mr, PERINGUEY presented a work on South African beetles, a con- 
tinuation of his previous work on this subject. He defined as South 
Africa the country south of a line joining Mossamedes and Mozam- 
bique. 
Mr, Bouvs said that botanists adopted the definition of South Africa 
as the country south of the Tropic of Capricorn for convenience. These 
lines must be of course arbitrary, but it was convenient for classifica- 
tion to map out countries into districts. 
ORDINARY MoNTHLY MEETING. 
Wednesday, December 7, 1892. 
Mr. D. Gru, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 
The undermentioned presents were announced, and the thanks of the 
Society voted to the donors : 
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Vol. XV., 
Part 1. 
Annual Report of Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada, 
1888-89, Vol. IV., plates. 
Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, Nos. 264, 265. 
Journal and Proceedings of the Hamilton Association, No. 8. 
The Eastern Province Magazine, Vol. I., No. 1. 
Jahrbiicher der K. K. Central Anstalt fiir Meteorologie und Erd- 
magnetismus, 1890. 
Memorias y Revista de la Sociedad Cientifica ‘Antonio Alzate,’ 
Tome VI., Nos. 1 and 2. 
Annual Report of Queensland Museum, 1892. 
Memoirs aud Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philoso- 
phical Society, 1891-92. | 
Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 1892, 
No. 2. 
Dr. MaRLorH reported that he had examined the stone implement 
with the wooden handle which was exhibited at the last meeting, and 
found that the cement used in connecting the handle to the head con- 
sisted of resin, probably fine resin, and chalk. He had also found 
