PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF 

 CANTERBURY. 



First Meeting : 3rd May, 1905. 

 Dr. Farr, President, in the chair. 



Dr. Chilton reported that he and Captain Hutton had 

 attended the last meeting of the Board of Governors of the New 

 Zealand Institute, and that Captain Hutton, F.R.S., had been 

 elected President of the Institute for the current year. 



Dr. Chilton then delivered his ex-presidential address on 

 " Mimicry in Nature." 



Second Meeting : 1th June, 1905. 

 Mr. R. Speight, Vice-President, in the chair. 



New Members. — Dr. W. Malcolm Thomson, Dr. A. C. Sand- 

 stein, Major Snow, Mr. F. Hitchings, Mr. J. S. Jamieson, Mr. 

 C. P. Powell, Mr. F. Clark, Mr. E. Kidson, Mr. G. Hurst Seager, 

 and Mr. C. A. Seager. 



Address. — Mr. R. Nairn gave an address on " Autumn 

 Colouring of Leaves." 



Papers.- — 1. " Note on a Water-beetle found in Sea- water," 

 by Dr. Chilton. (Transactions, p. 63.) 



2. " Note on the Occurrence of Metoponorthus pruinosus in 

 New Zealand," by Dr. Chilton. (Transactions, p. 64.) 



3. " On a Skeleton of Emeus crassus from the North Island," 

 by Captain Hutton, F.R.S. ; communicated by Dr. Chilton. 

 (Transactions, p. 66.) 



4. " On Crassatellites trailli" by Captain Hutton, F.R.S. ; 

 communicated by Dr. Chilton. (Transactions, p. 65.) 



5. " Notes on the Hemiptera of the ' Index Faunee-Nova- 

 Zealandia?,' " by Mr. G. W. Kirkaldy ; communicated by Dr. 

 Chilton. (Transactions, p. 61.) 



6. " The Combustion of Methane in the Presence of Palladium- 

 Asbestos," by Mr. H. G. Denham. (Transactions, p. 39.) 



7. " The Technical Analysis of Coal and Coal-testing," by 

 Mr. A. M. Wright. (Transactions, p. 42.) 



