562 Pi'oceeclimjs. 



4. Professor Parker exhibited a model of the hypotrychous infusor, Stylonichia 

 mytilus, made for the Museum by Mr. Bourne. 



5. The President announced that the funds of the Institute had been augmented by 

 the accession of three life-members, and remarked on the desirability of more members 

 paying the life composition. 



Thied Meeting. 19th July, 1881. - 

 G. M. Thomson, President, in the chair. 

 New Members. — WilHam Elder, Edmund Piper. 



1. " On New Cariees," by D. Petrie. (Tramactiovs, p. 363). 



2. " On the Development of the Discomedusa," by Dr. Wilhelm Haacke. 



Special attention was directed to Professor Hackel's recent discovery of the occasional 

 occurrence of direct or abbreviated development in Aurelia aurita. 



3. Professor Parker exhibited and remarked upon specimens of a species of Sac- 

 charomyces found in great quantity on the surface of tan-pits at Mornington, near Dunedin. 



4. Professor Parker exhibited and made remarks upon sections of the stem of 

 Macrocystis, showing sieve-tubes, like those of Cucurhita. 



FouETH Meeting. BOth August, 1881. 



G. M. Thomson, President, in the chair. 



1. " Electric Lighting," by E. Jones. 



The lecture was copiously illustrated by apparatus and diagrams. 



Fifth Meeting. 21st September, 1881. 

 A. Montgomery, Vice-President, in the chair. 

 New Member. — William M. Cole. 



1. Professor Parker exhibited two oil paintings of Notornis, coloured from the Te 

 Auau specimen, recently executed by Miss F. M. Wimperis and Miss Maud McLaren, and 

 presented to the Museum by the respective artists. 



2. "On the Skeleton of Notornis mantelli,'" by Professor Parker. [Trans- 

 actions, p. 245). 



3. Professor Parker exhibited skeletons of the Trout and Barramunda (Ceratodus 

 forsteri), prepared for the Museum by Mr. Jennings, the cartilaginous parts being pre- 

 served by the glycerine jelly process. 



Sixth Meeting. 22nd November, 1881. 

 G. M. Thomson, President, in the chair. 

 1. " On a new Carex," by D. Petrie. (Transactions, p. 363). 



