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Captain F. W. Hutton exhibited specimens of graptolites 

 from Preservation Inlet. 



Dr. Chilton exhibited specimens of a fresh-water shrimp, 

 Xiphocaris compressa, de Haan, from Norfolk Island. 



Fourth Meeting : 7th August, 1901. 



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



Address. — Professor Dendy delivered an address on " The 

 Sense of Sight," illustrated by numerous diagrams. 



Dr. Chilton exhibited specimens of Schizopod Crustaceans 

 (Euphansia and Nyctiphanes spp.) found at Sumner by Dr. 

 Dendy, and made remarks upon their luminiferous organs. 



Fifth Meeting : 5th September, 1901. 



Mr. J. B. Mayne, Vice-president, in the chair. 



Address. — Professor Arnold Wall, M.A., delivered an 

 address on " Evolution in Literary Types," and a discussion 

 followed in which several of those present took part. 



Sixth Meeting: 2nd October, 1901. 



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



Address. — Dr. Charles Chilton delivered an address on 

 " Learned Societies of Europe." 



Paper. — " Eelics of the Moriori Eace," by Professor Arthur 

 Dendy. (Transactions, p. 123.) 



Seventh Meeting: 6th November, 1901. 



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



Professor Dendy exhibited and made remarks upon a new 

 type of pelagic hydroid recently obtained at Sumner. 



Papers. — 1. " The Beetles of the Auckland Islands," by 

 Captain F. W. Hutton. (Transactions, p. 175.) 



2. " Additions to the Diptera Fauna of New Zealand," by 

 Captain F. W. Hutton. (Transactions, p. 179.) 



