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Proceedings. 



Bouvardias 

 Stillingia sebifera 

 Bougainvillia glabra 

 Callicarpa rosea . . 

 Sterculia acerifolia 

 Botryodendron latifolium 

 Justitia carnea . . 

 Jacaranda mimosasfolia 

 Polygala oppositifolia 

 Vitis ovata 

 Barleria cristata . . 

 Seaforthia elegans 

 Erica buccans 

 Acrnena kingiana and pendula 

 Grewia occidentale 



severely. Echeverias . . . . . . 



,, Solandra grandiflora 



slightly. Fuchsia splendens and soft- 



„ wooded kinds . . 



,, Goldfussias 



,, Pohutukawa 



severely. Rata 



slightly. Aralia papyrif era 



,, Salvias, tender varieties. . 



severely. Tree ferns (young fronds) 



„ Epacris, varieties (flowers only) 



,, Bhododendron, Princess Alice .. 



„ Kawakawa (where at all exposed) 



slightly. Karaka (where at all exposed and 



„ small) 



severely, 

 slightly. 



severely. 



slightly. 



severely. 



slightly, 

 severely. 



slightly. 



Fourth Meeting. 3rd September, 1884. 

 Mr. Martin Chapman in the chair. 

 New Members — Dr. Levinge and Maurice Eichmond. 



1. "Keview of a Paper on the Moa, by M. A. de Quatrefages," by W. 

 M. Maskell. 



The author said that a good translation of this paper would be found in the " Annals 

 and Magazine of Natural History " for 1884. 



2. Dr. Hector described a collection of minerals made by Mr. McKay at Wade, Auck- 

 land, where serpentine contains ores of zinc and baryta. These are probably of the age 

 of the auriferous injections of Coromandel, which belong to the cretaceous period, aud not 

 to the older reefs of Otago or Beef ton. Igneous rocks from the Queen of Beauty Mine, 

 Makara, also collected by Mr. McKay, were shown, which proved to be of the same compo- 

 sition and structure as those at the Thames and "Wade. 



Fifth Meeting-. 1st October, 1884. 

 Dr. Buller, President, in the chair. 

 New Members. — Captain Hewitt and A. J. Eutherford. 



1. Notes on the New Zealand Beeches," by T. Kirk, F.L.S. (Transac- 

 tions, p. 298.) 



2. " Description of some new Insects in New Zealand," by W. Colenso, 

 F.L.S. (Transactions, p. 151.) 



3. "A List of Fungi recently discovered in New Zealand," by W. 

 Colenso, F.L.S. (Transactions, p. 265.) 



4. " On a newly discovered Lizard," by W. Colenso, F.L.S. (Transac- 

 tions,-^. 149.) 



