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Palaeomicra u.g.—Characters of Micropteryx (typical), but veins 7 
and 8 stalked, 11 in forewings with additional branch. 
P. chrysargyra u.sp.—Forewings golden-ochreous, with two fasciz 
and several posterior marginal spots ochreous-whitish. Lake 
Wakatipu. 
P. chalcophanes n.sp.—Forewings golden-ochreous, with about ten 
small dark purple-fuscous marginal spots. Makatoku. 
Gracilariade. 
Conopomorpha u.g.—Characters of Gracilaria, but second joint of 
palpi rough-scaled, veins 11 of forewings and 4 of hindwings 
absent. 
C. cyanospila n.sp.—Forewings dark fuscous, strigulated with white 
and pale ochreous, with posterior and apical spots and sub- 
apical line metallic-blue. Taranaki to Masterton. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
Christchurch, Novy. 5th, 1885.—Dr. Symes, President, in the chair. 
The Secretary read the following report:—‘‘In accordance with 
the laws of the Institute, the Council begs to submit to the members. 
the annual report for the year ending Oct. 31, 1885. The session for 
1885 commenced in May instead of March, as in previous years, and 
during the year eight ordinary meetings and one special general meeting 
have been held. At the ordinary meetings sixteen papers have been 
read. These have been contributed by seven authors, and may be 
classified as follows :—Geology, 9; botany, 2; zoology, 2; miscellaneous, 
3. Some of these papers were on subjects which the Council thought 
were of wide and general interest, and it was confidently expected that 
the meetings would be largely attended. This expectation was, however, 
not altogether realised ; and hence, in order to give greater facility to non- 
members to attend the meetings at which such papers are read, Law 
VII. was amended at the special general meeting, held on August 6, by 
the omission of the word “two” before ‘ visitors,” so that every member 
may now introduce an indefinite number of visitors to the ordinary 
meetings. Sufficient time has hardly yet elapsea to give a fair trial to 
this alteration, but your Council confidently hopes that it will have the 
effect of considerably increasing the attendance at the ordinary meetings, 
and of thus adding to the public usefulness of the Institute. During the 
year 13new membags have joined the Institute, but 27 names have been 
struck off the list, so that the number of members at present on the 
books of the Institute is 135. Several additions have been made to 
the library, and an order for a considerable number of new books, 
including a complete set of the “Geological Magazine,” has lately been 
sent to London. At the suggestion of the Otago Institute, your 
Council has again passed a resolution strongly recommending the 
publication of a new Handbook of the Phanerogamic flora of New 
Zealand. Copies of this resolution were sent to the Otago Institute, 
the New Zealand Institute and the Colonial Secretary, and it is hoped 
that the Government will be induced to undertake the work, as it is, in 
the opinion of your Council, urgently required. Mr. W. M. Maskell has 
again been chosen to act as the representative of the Institute on the 
