XXX Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 
H. Bayon and J. Walker were nominated as members. Sir William 
Turner Thiselton Dyer was elected an Honorary Fellow. C. F. K. 
Murray, E. L. Stephens, A. W. Tucker, H. J. Hembury, D. E. Malan 
were elected members. 
The following papers were read : — 
" Note on Double Alternants," by Dr. Thos. Muir. 
*' Xenopus Laevis (the Plathander)," by Dr. T. F. Dreyer. 
"A Short Note on the Occurrence of Aspergillosis in the Ostrich in 
South Africa," by Mr. James Walker. 
The author records the occurrence of Aspergillosis in the ostrich, and 
from the results of experiments and observations believes this to be the 
cause of a considerable mortality in chicks and to a less extent in adults. 
In the author's experiments the fungus concerned was Asjpergillis fumigatus. 
The seat of lesions is principally the lungs (pneumomycosis). Young 
chicks have little resistance thereto, the disease being of short duration 
and fatal. 
"A Preliminary Survey of the Meteorology of Kimberley," by Dr. J. E. 
Sutton. 
This paper is intended as a further contribution to a study of the meteor- 
ology of the Table-land of South Africa. Earlier instalments of the same 
series w^ere published from time to time in the Transactions of the South 
African Philosophical Society. An account is here given, in a statistical 
and tabular form, of the principal meteorological elements of Kenilworth 
(Kimberley) all of which, with the exception of the rainfall, are expressed 
in deviations from the normal monthly means derived from observations 
made during the last fifteen years. 
Some Geodetic Elements," by Mr. C. Moorsom. 
" South African Oligochaeta, Part I., on a Phreodrilid from Stellen- 
bosch Mountain," by Dr. E. S. Goddard and Mr. D. E. Malan. 
This paper deals with the anatomy of a new genus of Phreodrilid 
Oligochaeta, and constitutes the first record of the family in Africa. The 
specimens were obtained during September, 1911, on the top of Stellen- 
bosch Mountain. The new genus — Gondwanaedrilus — is of special interest 
since its occurrence in Africa completes in detail the circumpolar distri- 
bution of the family. Further, its anatomy is very important since it fills 
in the last gap in the series of peculiar dispositions and relations of the 
spermathecae, and leads to a clear understanding of peculiar modifications 
such as the autospermatheca " of Phreodriloides — an Australian form. 
The spermathecal ducts lead anteriorly into an " autospermatheca." The 
significance of the distribution is also discussed, and the differential 
characters and inter-relationship of the various genera of the family are 
summarised. 
"Contributions to a Knowledge of South African Oligochaeta, Part II. 
