Minutes of Proceedings Ixiil 
Dr. MARLOTH then read his paper on ‘Some Scientific Results of an 
Excursion to the Hex River Mountains.’ 
In the discussion that followed, Mr. Brapy discussed at length the 
entomological discoveries made during the expedition. 
ORDINARY MOoNTHLY MEETING. 
Wednesday, November 29, 1893. 
Mr. R. MaArtoru, Ph.D., M.A., President, in the Chair. 
Messrs. W. J. BUISSINNE and W. WESTHOFEN were elected ordinary 
members of the Society. 
The undermentioned donations were anounced, and the thanks of the 
Society voted to the donors : 
Bericht des Vereins fiir Naturkunde zu Kassel, 1891-92, XX XVIII. 
Catalogue of Section I. of the Museum of the Geological Survey of 
Canada. 
Jahresbericht des Vereins fiir Erdkunde zu Dresden. 
Memorias y Revista de la Sociedad Cientifica ‘Antonio Alzate,’ 
Tomo VI., Nos. 11 and 12. 
Meteorological Observations made at the Adelaide Observatory in 
1884-85. 
Bulletins de Académie Royale des Sciences, etc., de Belgique, XXIL., 
DEX, XOX; SOX Ss 
Annuaire de |’Académie Royale des Sciences, etc., de Belgique, 1892, 
1893. 
Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Australasian Association for 
the Advancement of Science. | 
Sydney Observatory Astronomical Results, 1879-80-81. 
Report of the Trustees of the Australian Museum, 1892. 
Mr. R. TRIMEN called special attention to the fine series of photo- 
graphs presented to the Society by Dr. Emil Holub, illustrative of that 
well-known traveller’s South African Exhibition given in Prague and 
Vienna. These well-executed photographs represent a selection of the 
more interesting zoological and anthropological groups exhibited, there 
being thirty-five of the former and twenty-one of the latter. In the 
zoological set twenty-three illustrate the mammalia, eleven the birds, 
and one the reptiles. The larger mammals of South Africa are well 
represented, and most of the groups are remarkably numerous in char- 
acteristic specimens of both sexes and of the young animals also. The 
same remark applies to the birds, whose nests are shown as well in | 
several instances. The anthropological set illustrates the dwellings, 
