PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY.
First Meeting. 2nd March, 1876.
Dr. Powell, President, in the chair.
No papers were read.
Second (Special) Meeting. 9th March, 1876.
Dr. Powell, President, in the chair.
The President read his opening address.
Third Meeting. 6th April, 1876.
Dr. Powell, President, in the chair.
New Member.—E. A. Worthy.
"Notes on a Lomaria collected in the Malvern District," by T. H. Potts, F.L.S. (Transactions, p. 491.)
Fourth Meeting. 4th May, 1876.
Dr. Powell, President, in the chair.
1. "Notes on the Skeleton of Epiodon novæ zealandiæ," by Dr. Julius von Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S. (Transactions, p. 430.)
2. "Notes on the Occurrence of a Curlew, probably Numenius cyanopus, Vieillot, in New Zealand" by Dr. von Haast, F.R.S. (Transactions, p. 427.)
Fifth Meeting. 1st June, 1876.
Dr. Powell, President, in the chair.
New Members.—W. O. Jennings, H. Cotterill, J. P. McRae.
"On the Occurrence in New Zealand of a Species of Lepidoptera belonging to the Cossidæ Family," by R. W. Fereday, C.M.E.S.L. (Transactions, p. 459.)
Sixth Meeting. 6th July, 1876.
Dr. Coward, Vice-president, in the chair.
No papers were read.
