570 Proceedings. 



Fourth Meeting : 1st August, 1900. 

 Captain F. W. Hutton, President, in the chair. 



Mr. G. Coleridge Farr exhibited and explained a set of 

 instruments used for the magnetic survey of New Zealand. 



Captain Hutton exhibited a New Caledonian stone axe dug 

 up in Christchurch, and another from New Caledonia in com- 

 parison. 



Mr. Carlisle exhibited a Maori greenstone axe from Okain's 

 Bay, and a totara vessel dug up near Christchurch ; also a 

 copy of a Maori-English dictionary. 



Professor Dendy exhibited and made remarks upon a pair 

 of live kiwis from the Bay of Islands, obtained through Mr. 

 Pyecroft, who spoke on the subject. 



Captain Hutton exhibited a kiwi's egg. 



Professor Dendy exhibited a black rat (Mus rattus), ob- 

 tained near Sumner by Mr. France. 



Mr. R. Brown exhibited a number of hyacinth-bulbs, and 

 showed how they might be made to multiply by exposure to 

 sunlight. 



Fifth Meeting : 3rd October, 1900. 

 Captain F. W. Hutton, President, in the chair. 



New Member.— Mr. A. E. Flower. 



Papers. — 1. " Synopsis of the Diptera brack ycera of New- 

 Zealand," by Captain Hutton. (Transactions, p. 1.) 



2. " Description of the Caterpillar of Epirranthis alecto- 

 r aria," by Mr. G. R. Marriner ; communicated by Professor 

 Dendy. (Transactions, p. 147.) 



3. " Life-history of Plutella cruciferarum," by Mr. F. W. 

 Hilgendorf. (Transactions, p. 145.) 



Captain Hutton exhibited a specimen of the little whim- 

 brel (Mesoscolopax minutus), shot at Lake Ellesmere, and not 

 hitherto recorded from New Zealand, and a specimen of the 

 Lord Howe Island woodhen (Nesolimnas sylvestris) . 



Mr. L. Cockayne exhibited flowers of Iris bismarckiana, 

 Saxifraga peltata, and Siberian crabs. 



Professor Dendy exhibited flowers of a shrub from Gover- 

 nor's Bay (subsequently proved to be Osteospermitm), and a 

 monstrous flower of Narcissus odorus. 



