PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY. 



Second Meeting. 2nd Aprils 1874:, 

 Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S., President, in the chair. 

 I^ew member. — Rev. 0. Turrell. 



1. *^ On the Occurrence of Hcematococcus sanguineus on the "Wool of a dead 

 Sheep," by Swen Berggren, Ph.D. ; communicated by the President. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 369.) 



2. " On Wolffia, the smallest flowering Plant known, discovered by Baron 

 F. von Mueller in Mount Emu Creek, in Australia," by LI. Powell, M.D. 



3. " On the Occurrence of Lamna cornubica, the Porbeagle Shark, in New 

 Zealand," by Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.E.S. (Transactions, p. 237.) 



The President remarked on a new method of preserving Lepidoptera, 

 invented in Paris, and exhibited specimens. 



The President also exhibited some " Message-sticks " of the natives of 

 Western Australia, presented to the museum by his Excellency Governor 

 Weld. 



Third Meeting. 7th May, 1874. 



Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S., President, in the chair. 



New member, — J. S. Guthrie. 



" On the Disappearance of the larger Kinds of Lizard from North Canter- 

 ^bury," by. the Kev. J. W. Stack, M.A. (Transactions, p. 295.) 



Fourth Meeting. Ath June, 1874. 

 Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S., President, in the chair. 

 No papers were read. 



Fifth Meeting. 2nd July, 1874. 



Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.B.S., President, in the chair. 



New member, — A. R. In wood. 



" Note on the colouring Matter of Hcematococcus sanguineus" by LI. 

 Powell, M.D. (Transactions, p. 404.) 



