564 Proceedings. 



Sixth Meeting : 1st October, 1902. 

 Mr. J. B. Mayne, President, in the chair. 

 New Member. — Mr. W. B. Marriner. 



Address. — Professor T. G. E. Blunt delivered an address 

 on " The Provencal Troubadours." 



Paper. — " Musci of the Calcareous Districts of New 

 Zealand, with Descriptions of New Species," by E. Brown. 

 {Transactions, p. 323.) 



Seventh Meeting : 5th November, 1902. 

 Mr. J. B. Mayne, President, in the chair. 



Address. — Professor E. J. Scott delivered an address on 

 " The Strength and Elasticity of some Australian and New 

 Zealand Timbers." 



At the close of the address, which was illustrated by numerous ex- 

 hibits and diagrams, the meeting adjourned to the Engineering Laboratory, 

 where Professor Scott gave a demonstration of the method of testing the 

 strength and elasticity of timber by the 50-ton testing-machine. 



Eighth Meeting : 26th November, 1902. 

 Mr. J. B. Mayne, President, in the chair. 



Address. — Dr. C. Coleridge Farr gave an address on "The 

 Interpretation of Earthquake Diagrams." {Transactions, 

 p. 415.) 



The address was illustrated by various lantern-slides, and the matter 

 was discussed by several of the members. 



Papers.- — 1. " On a Supposed Magnetic Sense of Direction 

 in Bees," by F. W. Hilgendorf, M.A., B.Sc. {Transactions, 

 p. 483.) 



2. " Short Notes on Various Insects," by F. W. Hilgen- 

 dorf, M.A., B.Sc. {Transactions, p. 264.) 



3. " Eevised and Expanded List of New Zealand Rotifera," 

 by F. W. Hilgendorf, M.A., B.Sc. {Transactions, p. 267.) 



4. " A New Species of Psyllidce," by G. E. Marriner. 

 {Transactions, p. 305.) 



5. " Some Eecent Changes in the Nomenclature of the New 

 Zealand Myrsinacece," by L. Cockayne. . {Transactions, 

 p. 355.) 



Exhibit. — The Secretary exhibited a fresh-water Isopod 

 recently found on Euapuke Island by Mr. H. B. Kirk. 



The Isopod belongs to the genus Phreatoicus, species of which are 

 known from Australia and from the underground waters of New Zealand, 

 but which had not been previously recorded from the surface waters of 

 New Zealand. 



