PROCEEIJINGS 



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NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE 



1910. 



PART II. 



^VELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Third MEETixn : (jfh .Inly, 1910. 

 Mi-, a. Hamilton, President, in the chair. 

 IS'ew Member.— Mr. E. S. Baldwin. 



Astronomical Serf ion. — The President referred to the report of the 

 connnittee on tlie pi'oposed formation of an Astronomical Section, and 

 announced that owing to lack of time the Council was not prepared to 

 recommend any proposal at present, hni that a conference between the 

 Council and the committee would take place at an early date. 



Mr. C. P. Powles, chairman of the committee, expressed disappoint- 

 ment that the Council had not had time to reach a conclusion, and hoped 

 the intended conference would Ije held shortly for the purpose of putting 

 something definite before the public. 



Fa2)ers. — 1. " Notes and Descriptions of Ntw Zealand Leindopteni,'' 

 by Mr. E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S.; communicated by Mr. (I. Y. 

 Hudson. 



2. "A Revision of the Classification of the New Zealand Tortricina," 

 by Mr. E. xMeyrick, B.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. ; communicated by Mr. C. V. 

 Hudson. 



3. " Notes on the Life-history of Mehinchra rhodopleura and Leucania 

 eyiastra Meyrick," by Mr. R. M. Sunley. 



1. "New Zealand Lepidoptera : Notes on Collections made in 

 1909-10," by Mr. H. Hamilton, A.O.S.M. ; communicated by Mr. A. 

 Hamilton. 



Exhibits. — The President exhibited interesting entomological speci- 

 mens recently added to the Museum; also some stone implements recently 

 received from India. 



Tlie President announced that the sum of £10 had been voted to 

 Professor Bickerton to assist him in the elaboration and publication of 



