First Meeting: 1st. May, 1912.
Present: Mr. G. V. Hudson, President, in the chair, and about forty members and friends.

The President referred to the improvements made in the lecture-room, and conveyed the thanks of the Society to the Director of the Museum, Mr. A. Hamilton, for his action in the matter.

New Member.—Mr. M. H. Browne

Papers.—1. “The Axioms of Geometry,” by Professor D. K. Picken.

2. “Notes on the Entomology of the Ohakune and Waiouru Districts,” by G. V. Hudson, F.E.S.

3. “Description of a New Species of Perla (Stone-fly) in New Zealand,” by G. V. Hudson, F.E.S.

4. “On Two Blepharocerids from New Zealand,” by C. G. Lamb, M.A., B.Sc., Clare College, Cambridge; communicated by the President, Mr. G. V. Hudson.

5. “Remarks on the Domestic Depravity of a Queensland Ant,” by G. V. Hudson.

6. “Somatochlora brauers, in New Zealand,” by A. Hamilton.

7. “Localities of Lepidoptera in New Zealand,” by A. Hamilton.

8. “Deinacrida rugosa Buller,” by A. Hamilton.

Exhibit.—Mr. A. Hamilton exhibited a number of wetas from the Museum collections.