Fourth Meeting. 4th May, 1882.
Professor F. W. Hutton, Vice-President, in the chair.
1. The following motion was passed at this meeting:—"That this Society desires to place on record its high appreciation of the great services that have been rendered to science by the late Dr. Charles Darwin and its deep sense of the loss that science has sustained through his death."
2. "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera," by E. Meyrick, B.A. (Transactions, p. 3.)
3. "Notes on some of the Diatomaceous Deposits of New Zealand," by J. Inglis. (Transactions, p. 340.)
Fifth Meeting. 1st June, 1882.
W. M. Maskell, Honorary Treasurer, in the chair.
"On the New Zealand Siphonariidæ," by Prof. F. W. Hutton. (Transactions, p. 141.)
Sixth Meeting. 6th July, 1882.
Prof. F. W. Hutton, Vice-President, in the chair.
New Member—Stanley Edwards.
"On some Points of Difference between the English Crayfish (Astacus fluviatilis) and a New Zealand one (Paranephrops setosus)," by C. Chilton, M.A. (Transactions, p. 150.)
Seventh Meeting. 3rd August, 1882.
R. W. Fereday, Vice-President, in the chair.
1. "Notes on some Branchiate Gastropoda," by Prof. F. W. Hutton. (Transactions, p. 118.)
2. Prof. F. W. Hutton exhibited specimens from the Weka Pass Rock Paintings, by means of the microscope, for the purpose of showing the presence of stalagmite.
Eighth Meeting. 7th September, 1882.
Professor J. von Haast, President, in the chair.
New Members.—P. Westenra, A. Durand, A. Appleby.
1. "Further Additions to our Knowledge of the New Zealand Crustacea," by C. Chilton, M.A. (Transactions, p. 69.)
2. "Notes on the Structure of Struthiolaria papulosa, by Professor F. W. Hutton. (Transactions, p. 117.)
3. "Descriptions of some new Tertiary Shells from Wanganui," by Professor F. W. Hutton. (Transactions, p. 410.)
4. "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera," by E. Meyrick, B.A. (Transactions, p. 33.)
