Ph')lo^(>phu-al hi^lilnh of Caiilerhvni . '^\) 



KhrliDii (if Of[i <■(!■•< far lUII. — TIk' follow uil; Wcir cleft;'!! otiliTl'S of 

 tlu Institute for the v<mi- l!>li : I'icsidc nl—y\y . A. M. Wiiuiit : Vl.cf- 

 /'irsi(/('iif.'<-— Mr. \\. M. LaiiijLi', Dr. L. Cockayne; //o/i. Sern'fnri/ — Mr. 

 U. S]H'iglit ; I/i)//. T rtdxnrer — Di-. ('. Chilton; lloii. Lihrandii — Mr. 

 K. I{. Waite; I'oiiiiril^-^^r. H. JJj'aiier, Mi'. .1. Dnminiond, Dr. [1. <:. 

 Denl.am, Dr. V. \\ . Hil-endorf. Mr. W. i\ . Jloti'y, Mr. S. Pa-re. 



I'dperx. — 1. "The Kediscovery of ]i<iii ininiJ us rritfunifolins." by 

 K M. Laing. 



In this paper the author gives an aeer)uiil of the rediscovery of this species of 

 lliiiiinniil lis on the niDUiita ins at tlie head of the Cameron l{iver, in Central Can- 

 terluiry. 



2. "Some HitlK'rto-uni'ecorded Plant-lial)itats (VI),"' Ijy Dr. L. 

 Cockayne. 



•5. ■■ Note on the Dis])er.sal of Marine Cnisfacfd l)y Means of Ships," 

 1); Dr. C. Chilton. 



This paper records the finding in the l.iyttelton Dock of specimens of an Aus- 

 tralian 8phaerOmid, which had heen brought over from Ah^lljourne by adhering to 

 the hull of the \ntarctic Exploring Expedition ship "Terra Nova." Both male 

 and female specimens were found, and some of them were still alive when taken 

 from a crack in a plank of the vessel, in which they had apparently harboured 

 during the voyage. Other I'ecorded instances of the dispersal of marine Crustacea 

 b • ships are quoted. 



I. " ilevision of tliv New Zealand StoiiKitoixxht," by Dr. C. Chilton. 



'J'his paper is an account of the New Zealand SqulUidae, supplementary to 

 that pulilished b\ tiie author in the Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. xxiii, p. .58. One 

 adtlitional species. Li/siosifuifhi hrozfii , is added to the New Zealand fauna j it 

 is an Australian species, and is probably identical with L. Iat'ifn)n< from .Japan. 

 Additional information w ith regard to other species is also given. 



.">. '■ iiepoi't on a Colloetion of (' nistdcca from thi' Kerina(k'e Islands," 

 by Di-. C. Chilton. 



.Vn account of the ('n/<taria collected at the Kermadec Islands in 1908 by 

 Ml'. W. Iv. B. Oliver and his companions. The collection is an extensive one, 

 comprising over eighty species, all the main divisions of the Cncstacea being 

 represented. Nearly all the species prove to be identical with forms already 

 known from Australia, New- Caledonia, &c., the greater majority of them being 

 Indo-Pacific species, and only a few belonging to the New Zealand fauna being 

 represented. 



<i. "Glaciated Surfaces and Houlder-<'lay at the liealey." by IC 

 Sjieiolit (see below, p. !)8). 



7. " Preliminary Account ot the Geological Features of the Christ- 

 church Artesian Area." by R. Speight. 



In this paper an account is given of the water-bearing beds of the Christchurch 

 artesian area, as deduced from the records kept for the past fifteen years by well- 

 sinkers. The general sequence of the beds is represented by a series of vertical 

 sections. Some account is also given of the source of the water, and special note 

 is made of the occurience of wells which are markedly affected by the tide. The 

 paper is intended to l>e a pi'ebniinaiv to others dealing with various features of 

 the area. 



^S. " On Centr(»idal Trianolcs. " b\- E. G. Hosti'. 



