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another page; and Mr. G. G. Mayo, a Fellow for 46 years, 

 of whose connection with the Society a notice appeared on 

 page 379 of Volume XLIV. of our Transactions. He also 

 congratulated Dr. Edward Angas Johnson on his election as a 

 Fellow of the Royal Sanitary Institute of London. 



Papers. — "On the Occurrence of Aboriginal Stone Imple- 

 ments of Unusual Types in the Tableland Regions of Central 

 Australia"; and "Notes on the Methods adopted by the 

 Aborigines of Australia in the Making of Stone Implements, 

 based on Actual Observation," both by Professor Walter 

 Howchin, F.G.S. 



Exhibits. — Mr. L. Keith Ward showed flint drippings 

 from Wilson Bluff, in the south-west corner of South Aus- 

 tralia, near Eucla, and from Sponge Cove, at the head of the 

 Bight, in both cases found on the top of the cliff. Capt. S. 

 A. White showed specimens of the Red Cedar Twig Borer 

 (Hypsepsyla robusta) and twigs of Gedrela, var. Aus- 

 tralis, from the Queensland forests, showing the destruc- 

 tive work of the insect; also two species of freshwater shells 

 from Lake Frome; small flies, which cluster in dense masses; 

 and specimens of the wood, polished and unpolished, of the 

 Oak (Tarrietia argyrodendron and T. actinophylla ) . Mr. A. 

 M. Lea exhibited a new flea-beetle (Mordellistena) parasitic 

 on white ants at Townsville, and some small objects, resembling 

 insects' eggs, but which proved to be a deposit of lime particles,, 

 found adhering to a fowl's egg. Dr. Angas Johnson showed 

 gastroliths from a yabbie; ambergris from Port MacDonnell; 

 and She Pine, native damsons (Podocarpus elata), from 

 Queensland, showing the expanded front stem. 



Annual Meeting, October 13, 1921. 



The President (Sir Joseph C. Verco, M.D., F.R.C.S.) 

 in the chair. 



The President welcomed as a visitor Sir Edgeworth 

 David, Professor of Geology in the University of Sydney. 

 He also referred to the death of Mr. W. L. Ware, a Fellow 

 of the Society since 1878 and Hon. Auditor since 1910. 



The British Science Guild (S.A. Branch) forwarded a 

 letter referring to the series of Natural History Handbooks 

 to be issued under its auspices, and soliciting subscriptions 

 towards the cost of illustrating the same. The authors' ser- 

 vices were being given gratuitously, and the Government had 

 agreed to print and issue the books. 



Nominations. — The following were nominated as Fellows: 

 —Owen M. Moulden, M.B., B.Sc, Dr. Melville Birks^ 

 Professor T. Harvey Johnston, M.A., DJ3c, and Oscar W, 

 Tiegs, M.Sc. 



