436 Proceedings. 



Election of Officers for 1900. — President — Captain 

 F. W. Sattoii ; Vi.ce-preslients — L. Cockayne, J. B. Mayne ; 

 Hon. Secretary — Professor A. Dendy ; Hon. Treasurer — Cap- 

 tain F. W. Hutton ; Gonncil—'Dr:. Symes, H. B. Webb, E. M. 

 Laing, Professor Wall, Professor Scott, J. S. S. Cooper; Hon. 

 Auditor — George Way. 



Presidential Address. — The retiring President, Mr. L. 

 Cockayne, delivered an address on " Some Little-known Coun- 

 try in the Waitnakariri District." 



Mr. E. Nairn exhibited a flowering specimen of Anigozanthus 

 from the Swan Eiver, Australia. 



Professor Dendy exhibited an experiment to show the 

 formation of starch by green plants in the presence of sun- 

 light. 



Professor Dendy exhibited living and preserved specimens 

 of a new species of Peripatus (P. viridimaculatns), lately dis- 

 covered by him in the neighbourhood of Lake Te Anau. 



This speciea was distinguished by the presence of only fourteen pairs 

 of walking-legs, two rows of green spots on the back, and a prominent 

 ovipositor in the female. It doubtless laid eggs, like the Victorian 

 F. oviparus. 



Other species of Peripatus were exhibited in comparison, 

 with the above. 



