Otago Institute. 677 



(Transactions, p. 1.) Diagrams and specimens illustrating the 

 paper were exhibited. 



Dr. T. J. Parker read a paper on the occurrence of a rare 

 fish at St. Clair — Lopliotes cepedianus — a genus and species 

 new to New Zealand, this being the third known specimen, 

 the other two having been recorded from the Mediterranean 

 and the Sea of Japan. (Transactions, p. 223.) 



Mr, Hamilton, the Honorary Secretary, exhibited some 

 material, mainly broken tubes of scapulee and fragments of 

 barnacles, dredged by Captain Fairchild south of the Bounty 

 Islands, in 110 fathoms. The shells contained were of about 

 thirty species, all small, and mainly shallow-water forms. 



The President announced that Mr. D. Petrie, F.L.S., had 

 presented a copy of Dr. Berggren's work on " Azolla," in 

 German and Swedish, to the library ; that the Council had 

 forwarded an order for books for the library to England, and 

 had taken steps to complete the set of " ' Challenger' Eeports." 

 ^eiv Members. — T. N. Brown, Eoslyn ; Alexander Thom- 

 son, Dunedin. 



Third Meeting : 11th July, 1893. 

 Dr. T. M. Hocken, President, in the chair. 



Mr. D. Petrie, F.L.S., presented a paper " On some 

 Newly-discovered Native Plants." (Transactions, p. 266.) 



Mr. Petrie gave a popular account of the species described in detail 

 in the paper, together witli observations on their habitats, &c. In the 

 discussion which followed, the President took the opportunity of inform- 

 ing the members that the Council had resolved once again to approach the 

 Government to induce them to print a new edition of " The Flora of New 

 Zealand," and thus to render accessible to botanical students the descrip- 

 tions of the large number of species discovered since the original edition 

 was published. 



Dr. Parker then exhibited some models of restorations of 

 extinct animals recently added to the Museum collection. 



Two species of fish received lately by the Museum from 

 this neighbourhood were shown — Gongromurcena hahentata 

 and Brama rail. 



Mr. Hamilton read the first part of a paper on the 

 modes of burial formerly observed among the inhabitants of 

 New Zealand. 



The President notified that Dr. Belcher would be unable 

 to deliver his lecture on " Sophokles " at the next meeting, as 

 previously announced. 



New Members. — Dr. Gordon Macdonald, A. McNicol, 

 J. E. Tennant, J. H. Hoskings. 



