Contents - Volume 19, 1886
All full-page illustrations (plates) in this volume can be seen in the Picture Gallery.
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- Errata.
- Contents.
- List of Plates.
- New Zealand Institute.
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Transactions.
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Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 1886.
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I.—Zoology.
- Art. I.—Monograph of New Zealand Noctuina.
- Art. II.—On the “Honeydew” of Coccidæ, and the Fungus accompanying these Insects.
- Art. III.—Further Notes on New Zealand Coccidæ.
- Art. IV.—On the Freshwater Infusoria of the Wellington District.
- Art. V.—On New Zealand Glow-worms.
- Art. VI.—Note on a curious Double Worm.
- Art. VII.—On Ixodes maskellii, a Parasite of the Albatross (Diomedea exulans).
- Art. VIII.—On the Occurrence of the English Scaly Lizard (Zootoca vivipara) in New Zealand.
- Art. IX.—Description of a New Species of Moth (Pasiphila lichenodes).
- Art. X.—On New Species of Araneidea.
- Art. XI.—On the Work of Earth-worms in New Zealand.[Read before the Auckland Institute, 14th November, 1886.]
- Art. XII.—Notes on New Zealand Earth-worms.
- Art. XIII.—A Description of the curiously-deformed Bill of a Huia, (Heteralocha acutirostris, Gould), an endemic New Zealand Bird.
- Art. XIV.—A Description of a large and new Species of Orthopterous Insect, of the Genus Hemideina, Walker.
- Art. XV.—Further Notes and Observations on the Gestation, Birth, and Young of a Lizard, a Species of Naultinus.
- Art. XVI.—Remarks on Palinurus lalandii, M. Edw., and P. edwardsii, Hutton.
- Art. XVII.—On a new Species of Giant Cuttlefish, stranded at Cape Campbell, June 30th, 1886 (Architeuthis Kirkii).
- Art. XVIII.—On the Anatomy of the Limpet (Patinella radians, Quoy).
- Art. XIX.—On the Mollusca of the Vicinity of Auckland.
- Art.. XX.—The Land Mollusca of the Thames Goldfields.
- Art.. XXI.—Description of the Little Barrier or Hauturu Island, the Birds which inhabit it, and the Locality as a Protection to them.
- Art.. XXII.—Notes on Ornithology.
- Art. XXIII.—Ornithological Notes.
- Art. XXIV.—Notes on some Moa Remains found at the Great Barrier Island during February, 1886.
- Art. XXV.—On a New Species of Alpheus.
- Art.. XXVI.—Notes on some Foraminifera, from the Hauraki Gulf.
- Art.. XXVII.—On the Occurrence of Junonia vellida and Deopeia pulchella in New Zealand.
- Art.. XXVIII.—Descriptions of New Spiders.
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II.—Botany.
- Art. XXIX.—On some New Native Plants.
- Art. XXX.—On a remarkable branching Specimen of Hemitelia smithii.
- Art. XXXI.—On the New Zealand Species of Coprosma.
- Art. XXXII.—A few Observations on the Tree-Ferns of New Zealand; with particular Reference to their peculiar Epiphytes, their Habit, and their manner of Growth.
- Art. XXXIII.—A Description of some newly-discovered and rare indigenous Phænogamic Plants, being a further Contribution towards making known the Botany of New Zealand.[Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 11th October, 1886.]
- Art. XXXIV.—A Description of some newly-discovered Cryptogamic Plants, being a further Contribution towards the making known the Botany of New Zealand.
- Art. XXXV.—An Enumeration of Fungi recently discovered in New Zealand, with brief Notes on the Species Novæ.
- Art. XXXVI.—Observations on the Glands in the Leaf and Stem of Myoporum lætum, Forster.
- Art. XXXVII.—Observations on the Development of the Flower of Coriaria ruscifolia; Linn.
- Art. XXXVIII.—The Medicinal Properties of some New Zealand Plants.
- Art. XXXIX.—Descriptions of new Native Plants.
- Art. XL.—Descriptions of new Native Plants.
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III.—Geology.
- Art. XLI.—Narrative of an Ascent of Ruapehu.
- Art. XLII.—Notes in reference to the Prime Causes of the Phenomena of Earthquakes and Volcanoes.
- Art. XLIII.—On the Cause of Volcanic Action.
- Art. XLIV.—Observations on the Eruption of Mount Tarawera, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 10th June, 1886.
- Art. XLV.—Notes on the Eruption of Tarawera Mountain and Rotomahana, 10th June, 1886, as seen from Taheke, Lake Rotoiti.
- Art. XLVI.—Thermal Activity in the Ruapehu Crater.
- Art. XLVII.—Phenomena connected with the Tarawera Eruption of 10th June, 1886, as observed at Gisborne.
- Art. XLVIII.—Notes on the Eruption of Tarawera, as observed at Opotiki.
- Art. XLIX.—Traces of Volcanic Dust-showers at Napier, Petane, and generally throughout the East Coast Districts, North of Cape Kidnappers.
- Art. L.—A Description of a Scaphites, found near Cape Turnagain.
- Art. LI.—Notes on the Hot Springs Nos. 1 and 2, Great Barrier Island, with Sketches showing the Temperature of the Waters.
- Art. LII.—On the Geology of the Trelissick or Broken River Basin, Selwyn County.
- Art. LIII.—On the so-called Gabbro of Dun Mountain.
- Art. LIV.—On the Geology of the Country between Oamaru and Moëraki.
- Art. LV.—Note on the Geology of the Valley of the Waihao in South Canterbury.
- Art. LVI.—The Waihao Greensands, and their Relation to the Ototara Limestone.
- Art. LVII.—Geology of Scinde Island, and the Relation of the Napier Limestones to others in the surrounding District.
- Art. LVIII.—Notes on the Age and Subdivisions of the Sedimentary Rocks in the Canterbury Mountains, based upon the PalæEontological Researches of Professor. Dr. C. Baron von Ettingshausen in Gratz (Austria).
- Art. LIX.—Notes on the Geology of the Bluff District.
- Art. LX.—On the Formation of Timaru Downs.
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IV.—Chemistry.
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V.—Miscellaneous.
- Art. LXII.—Address.—
- Art. LXIII.—Economic Antarctic Exploration.
- Art. LXIV.—The Track of a Word.
- Art. LXV.—Polynesian Folk-lore. “Hina's Voyage to the Sacred Isle.”
- Art. LXVI.—Notes on Antigone, 2–6.
- Art. LXVII.—A Note on Latin Place-names.
- Art. LXVIII.—Transcendental Geometry: Remarks suggested by Mr. Frankland's Paper, “The Non-Euclidian Geometry Vindicated.”[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 7th October, 1886.]
- Art. LXIX.—On “The Whence of the Maori.”
- Art. LXX.—Notes on Blasting at Ahuriri Bluff, Napier, in connection with the Construction of the Breakwater.
- Art. LXXI.—The Aryo-Semitic Maori.[Read before the Nelson Philosophical Society, 1st November, 1886.]
- Art. LXXII.—Kahikatea as a Building Timber.
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- New Zealand Institute.
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Proceedings.
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Wellington Philosophical Society.
- First Meeting. 30th June, 1886. Dr. Hector, President, in the chair.
- Second Meeting: 4th August, 1886. Dr. Hector in the chair.
- Fish Exhibited
- Third Meeting: 25th August, 1886. Dr. Hector in the chair.
- Fifth Meeting: 20th October, 1886. Dr. Hector in the chair.
- Salmon-trout from Hutt River
- Earthquakes at Charleston
- Fossils from Otago
- Sixth Meeting: 19th January, 1887. Dr. Hector in the chair.
- Additions to Museum
- Annual Meeting: 18th February, 1887. Dr. Hector, President, in the chair. Abstract of Report.
- Election of Office-bearers for 1887.
- New Method of Utilizing Silk Cocoons
- Geological Specimens exhibited
- On Trimorphism in Flowers of New Zealand Fuchsia.
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Auckland Institute.
- First Meeting: 18th May, 1886. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the Chair.
- Second Meeting: 14th June, 1886. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.
- Third Meeting: 28th June, 1886. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.
- Fifth Meeting: 26th July, 1886. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.
- Sixth Meeting: 9th August, 1886. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.
- Seventh Meeting: 23rd August, 1886. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.
- The Two Theories: Evolution or Creation.
- Eighth Meeting: 6th September, 1886. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.
- Ninth Meeting: 20th September, 1886.
- The White Terrace at Rotomahana.
- Tenth Meeting: 4th October, 1886. Professor F. D. Brown, President, in the chair.
- Twelfth Meeting: 14th November, 1886. Professor F. P. Brown, President, in the chair.
- Annual General Meeting, 21st February, 1887. J. A Pond, Vice-President, in the chair. Abstract of Annual Report.
- Election of Officers for 1887
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The Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.
- Popular Lecture No. 1: 28th April, 1886. Dr. W. H. Symes, President, in the chair.
- Popular Lecture, No. 2: 14th June, 1886. Dr. W. H. Symes, President, in the chair.
- Popular Lecture, No. 3: 30th August, 1886. Dr. W. H. Symes, President, in the chair.
- Popular Lecture, No. 4: 11th October, 1886. Dr. W. H. Symes, President, in the chair.
- On Poisoning by Metallic Antimony.
- Abstract.
- Election of Officers for 1887
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Otago Institute.
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Westland Institute.
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Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.
- First Meeting: 19th April, 1886. The President in the chair.
- Second Meeting: 10th May, 1886. The President in the chair.
- Fourth Meeting: 12th July, 1886. The President in the chair.
- Fifth Meeting: 9th August, 1886. The President in the chair.
- Sixth Meeting: 13th September, 1886. The President in the chair.
- Seventh Meeting: 11th October, 1886. The President, Dr. Spencer, in the chair.
- Abstract.
- Abstract of Annual Report.
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Southland Institute.
- First Meeting: 18th May, 1886. Archdeacon Stocker, Vice-President, in the chair.
- Second Meeting: 15th June, 1886. Archdeacon Stocker, Vice-President, in the chair.
- Third Meeting: 13th July, 1886. Dr. Galbraith, President, in the chair.
- Fourth Meeting: 17th August, 1886. Dr. Galbraith, President, in the chair.
- Fifth Meeting: 21st September, 1886. Dr. Galbraith, President, in the chair.
- Sixth Meeting; 12th October, 1886. Dr. Galbraith, President, in the chair.
- Adjourned Annual Meeting: 5th April, 1887.
- Election of Officers for 1887
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Nelson Philosophical Society.
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- Appendix.
- New Zealand Institute.