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however, by the author's personal knowledge. It was compiled in connection 
with a study of the flora of Uitenhage and Port Elizabeth, but it is hoped 
that it may be welcome to other botanists who desire to have readily available 
a summary showing the general trend of distribution of South African 
genera. 
" Note upon the Endocranial Cast obtained from the Ancient Calvaria 
found at Boskop, Transvaal," by G. Elliot Smith. 
The author describes the cast representing the form of the cranial cavity 
of the skull-cap from Boskop described by Mr. S. H. Haughton, and states 
that whatever the date of the Boskop remains may be, the evidence now in 
our possession suggests that this early inhabitant of the Transvaal represents 
the type of the immediate ancestors of the men of the Upper Palaeolithic 
Age, possibly somewhat modified in the course of his southern migration. 
It probably represents the earliest (not necessarily in actual age) known 
phase of Homo sapieyis in the course of his transformation from a condition 
analogous to that of Neanderthal man to that of Cro-Magnon. 
Ordinary Meeting. 
An Ordinary Meeting was held on Wednesday, June 20th, 1917, at 
8.15 p.m., in the Board Room of the South African Association, Church 
Square, Capetown. 
The President, Dr. L. Peringijey, was in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed. 
Mr. J. Boyd, F.I.C, A.R.T.C. (Glasgow) was elected a member of the 
Society. 
Notice of Motion was given by Mr. C. W. Mally with reference to the 
preservation of anatomical material. 
Exhibitions. 
Miss J. E. Smith, M.Sc, gave an exhibition of some higher fungi and 
lichens found in South Africa. The exhibits included some interesting forms 
from the National Botanic Gardens, Kirstenbosch, among them Tremella 
frondosa, Agaricus deliciosum (an edible fungus, allied to the mushroom, 
very common at Kirstenbosch), and a Pezizi, found inside the stem of a 
tree fern. Attention was drawn to the diverse adaptations for spore pro- 
tection and dispersal. 
Mr. C, W. Mally gave an exhibit of the beetle Formicomus ccerideus, 
which attacks and devours the living pernicious scale. This beetle is not 
merely a scavenger, but from Mr. Mally's observations it is clear that scale 
insects are killed by it, and it may be a valuable auxiliary in the destruction 
of the scale. 
