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Fourth Meeting, ^th June, 1873. 

 Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S., in the chair. 



1, " Resume of the Characters of the Family Epeiridse," with illustrations, 

 by LI. Powell, M.D. 



2. " Kotes upon certain recently-described New Genera and Species of 

 Coleoptera, from Canterbury, New Zealand," by C. M. Wakefield. {Transactions, 

 p. 155.) 



Fifth Meeting. 2nd July, 1873. 

 H. J. Tancred, President, in the chair. 

 New members. — J. Townsend, G. A. Reade, A. Ormsby. 



1. " Observations on the Occurrence of a Butterfly, new to New Zealand, 

 of the Genus Danais" by E,. W. Fereday, C.M.E.S.L. [Transactions, p. 183.) 



2. Dr. Turnbull read extracts from the Report of the Royal Commission 

 of Victoria on Diptheria, and made observations on the same. 



Sixth Meeting. &th August, 1873. 

 H. J. Tancred, President, in the chair. 



1. "On the Occurrence of a New Species of Euphysetes [E. pottsii), a 

 remarkably small Catodont Whale, on the Coast of New Zealand," by Julius 

 Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S. (Transactioiis, p. 97.) 



2. " Note upon recently-described New Zealand Coleoptera," by C. M. 

 Wakefield. 



Dr. Haast expressed his concurrence with the author's opinion that all new 

 descriptions of New Zealand species, published in Europe, should be re-printed 

 in the colony. 



Seventh Meeting. Srd September, 1873. 



J. Inglis in the chair. 



New member. — D. S. Montague. 



1. " On Harpagornis, an Extinct Genus of Gigantic Raptorial Birds of 

 New Zealand " (Part I., containing Descriptions of the Pelvis of //. moorei 

 and H. assimilis), by Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S., Director of the Canterbury 

 Museum. {Transactions, p. 62.) 



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