Contents

• HALFTITLETransactions of the New Zealand Institute
• CONTENTSContents.
• SECTIONNew Zealand Institute.
• SECTIONTransactions
  • SUBSECTIONTransactions of the New Zealand Institute, 1890.
    • ARTICLEArt. I.—Further Coccid Notes: with Descriptions of New Species from New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji.
    • ARTICLEArt. II.—An Exhibition of New and Interesting Forms of New Zealand Birds, with Remarks thereon.
    • ARTICLEArt. III.—The Habits and Life-history of the New Zealand Glowworm.
    • ARTICLEArt. IV.—On the New Zealand Cicadæ.
    • ARTICLEArt. V—A few Words on the Codlin - moths, Carpocapsa pomonella, L., and Cacoecia excessana, Walk.
    • ARTICLEArt. VI.—Notes on the New Zealand Squillidæ.
    • ARTICLEArt. VII.—On the Changes in Form of a Parasitic Isopod (Nerocila).
    • ARTICLEArt. VIII.—On the Anatomy of the Red Cod (Lotella bacchus).
    • ARTICLEArt. IX.—Descriptions of New Species of New Zealand Land and Fresh-water Shells.
    • ARTICLEArt. X.—Miscellaneous Communications on New Zealand Land and Fresh-water Molluscs.
    • ARTICLEArt. XI.—New Species of Lepidoptera.
    • ARTICLEArt. XII.—Revised List of the Marine Bryozoa of New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEArt. XIII.—Note on the Breeding Habits of the European Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEArt. XIV.—Note on Blights.
    • ARTICLEArt. XV.—Takahe versus Kakapo.
    • ARTICLEArt. XVI.—On the Origin of the Sternum.
    • ARTICLEArt. XVII.—Description of a New Species of Migas, with Notes on its Habits.
    • ARTICLEArt. XVIII.—Notice of the Occurrence of the Basking Shark (Selache maxima,L.) in New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEArt. XIX.—On New Species of Araneæ.
    • ARTICLEArt. XX.—Notes on Sceloglaux albifacies, the Laughing Owl of New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXI.—Description of a Remarkable Variation in the Colour of Platycercus auriceps.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXII.—On the Occurrence of Danais plexippus and Sphinx convolvuli (?) in Nelson.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXIII.—On Rats and Mice.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXIV.—On Rabbits, Weasels, and Sparrows.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXV.—Further Notes on Coloured Sheep.† See vol. xxi., art. liii.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXVI.—On the Birds of the Kermadec Islands.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXVII.—A New Parasitic Copepod.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXVIII.—On, the Wandering Albatros; with an Exhibition of Specimens, and the Determination of a New-Species (Dio...
    • ARTICLEArt. XXIX.—Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fossil Flora of New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXX.—On the Drift in South Canterbury.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXI.—On the Timaru Loess as a Climate Register.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXII.—On Glacier-motion.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXIII.— On the Microscopical Structure of the Ohine-muri Gold.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXIV.—-On the Relation of the Kidnapper and Pohui Conglomerates to the Napier Limestones and Petane Marls.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXV.—Note on the Eruptive Rocks of the Bluff Peninsula, Southland.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXVI.—On the Murchison Glacier.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXVII.—On Avian Remains found under a Lava-flow near Timaru, in Canterbury.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXVIII.—Note on the Disappearance of the Moa.
    • ARTICLEArt. XXXIX.—On a Deposit of Diatomaceous Earth at Pakaraka, Bay of Islands, Auckland.
    • ARTICLEArt. XL.—A Description of some Newly-discovered Indigenous Plants, being a Further Contribution towards the making kn...
    • ARTICLEArt. XLI.—An Enumeration of Fungi recently discovered in New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEArt. XLII.—Descriptions of New Native Plants, with Notes on some Known Species.
    • ARTICLEArt. XLIII.—On a New Species of Celmisia.
    • ARTICLEArt. XLIV.—Further Notes on the Three Kings Islands.
    • ARTICLEArt. XLV.—On a Remarkable Variety of Asplenium umbrosum, J. Sm.
    • ARTICLEArt. XLVI.—On the Botany of the Snares
    • ARTICLEArt. XLVII.—On Pleurophyllum; Hook. f.
    • ARTICLEArt. XLVIII.—On the Botany of Antipodes Island.
    • ARTICLEArt. XLIX.—Description of New Species of Centrolepis, Labill.
    • ARTICLEArt. L.—On the Macrocephalous Olearias ofNew Zealand with Description of a New Species.
    • ARTICLEArt. LI.—-Notes on Certain Species of Carex in New Zealand.
    • SECTIONIV.—Miscellaneous.
      • ARTICLEArt. LII.—The Story of John Rutherford
      • ARTICLEArt. LIII.—On some Means for increasing the Scale of Photographic Lenses and the Use of Telescopic Powers in connecti...
      • ARTICLEArt. LIV.—The Determination of the Origin of the Earthquake of the 5th December, 1881, felt at Christchurch and other...
      • ARTICLEArt. LV.—The Origin of the Earthquake of the 27th December, 1888, felt in Canterbury and Westland.
      • ARTICLEArt. LVI.—Notes on the Earthquake of 7th March, 1890, felt at Napier, Gisborne, and other Places.
      • ARTICLEArt. LVII.—Bush Notes; or, Short Objective Jottings.
      • ARTICLEArt. LVIII.—The Outlying Islands south of New Zealand.
      • ARTICLEArt. LIX.—The Age of Pulp: a Speculation on the Future of the Wood-fibre Industry.
      • ARTICLEArt. LX.—Thermal Springs in Lake Waikare, Waikato.
      • ARTICLEArt. LXI.—On Vine-growing in Hawke's Bay.
      • ARTICLEArt. LXII.—Curious Polynesian Words.
      • ARTICLEArt. LXIII.—The Rainfall of New Zealand.
      • ARTICLEArt. LXIV.—Milk as a Vehicle of Disease.
• SECTIONNew Zealand Institute.
  • SUBSECTIONNew Zealand Institute.
    • ARTICLETwenty-second Annual Report, 1889-90.
    • ARTICLENew Zealand Institute Accounts, 1889-90.
    • ARTICLECorrespondence Respecting Donation of Books.
• SECTIONProceedings.
  • SUBSECTIONWellington Philosophical Society.
    • ARTICLEInaugural Address
    • ARTICLEOn a New and Sensitive Barometer.
    • ARTICLEOn a huge Kiwi (Apteryx maxima) from Stewart Island.
    • ARTICLENotice of a Mantis Shrimp dredged at Wellington
    • ARTICLENomination of a Member to vote in Election of Governors of the Institute
    • ARTICLENotes on the Entomology of the Inland Kaikouras.
    • ARTICLEAbstract.
    • ARTICLEElection of Officers for 1891
    • ARTICLEFurther Notes on New Zealand Fishes.
    • ARTICLEOn Patent Fuel.
    • ARTICLEOn the Discovery of Leiodon Remains in Middle Waipara.
    • ARTICLEOn Belemnites australis with Dicotyledonous Leaves.
    • ARTICLEOn the Alleged Insular Character of Young Secondary and Older Tertiary Formations in New Zealand.
    • ARTICLEOn Lithological Characters in Sequence as a Means of Correlation and as Indicative of Age.
    • ARTICLERemark on Telescopic Photography
  • SUBSECTIONAuckland Institute.
    • ARTICLEAnniversary Address
    • ARTICLEReminiscences of Egypt.
    • ARTICLELanguage: or, The Formation of Words signifying Abstract Ideas.
    • ARTICLEOn the Foods of the Ancient Maori.
    • ARTICLENote on the Habits of the Kingfisher (Halcyon vagans).
    • ARTICLEOn John Dalton and his Work.
    • ARTICLEOn the Remarkable Character of our Native Fauna.
    • ARTICLEOn Spontaneous Division in Star-fish.
    • ARTICLEResolution regarding the late R. C. Barstow
    • ARTICLEOn Immortality in the Animal World.
    • ARTICLEOn The Study of Shakespeare.
    • ARTICLEOn British Influence in South Africa.
    • ARTICLEAbstract of Annual Report.
    • ARTICLEElection of Officers for 1891
  • SUBSECTIONPhilosophical Institute of Canterbury.
    • ARTICLEA New Solution of Euclid I. 47.
    • ARTICLEAbstract.
    • ARTICLEElection of Officers for 1891
    • ARTICLEAnnual Address
  • SECTIONOtago Institute.
    • ARTICLEArrangements for Meeting in Christchurch of the Australasian Association for the Promotion of Science
    • ARTICLENotes on the Etymology of the Word ‘Penguin.’
    • ARTICLEOn the Existence of the Cat in Ancient Italy
    • ARTICLEExhibit of Cast of Neobalæna marginata
    • ARTICLEThird Meeting: 8th July, 1890. Dr. Hocken, Vice-president, in the chair.
      • ARTICLEOn the Geological Demonstration of the Glacial Extinction of the Moa.
    • ARTICLEOn the Philosophy of David Hume.
    • ARTICLEOn the Moa, and the Probable Cause of its Extinction.
    • ARTICLEOn Two Species of Cumacea
    • ARTICLEOn the Dramatic Works of Ibsen.
    • ARTICLEAbstract.
    • ARTICLEElection of Officers for 1891
    • ARTICLERemarks on the History of the Orago Institute.
  • SECTIONWestland Institute.
    • ARTICLEAbstract of Annual Report.
    • ARTICLEElection of Officers for 1891.
  • SECTIONHawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.
    • ARTICLEInaugural Address
    • ARTICLEOn Two Neck-ornaments or Pendants made of Bone (found in Otago)
    • ARTICLEExhhibits of Birds and Eggs from the Kermadec Islands
    • ARTICLEOn Health.
    • ARTICLEOn Fish-fungus.
    • ARTICLEOn Useless or Injurious Instincts in Insects.
    • ARTICLEOn the geological Descent of the Horse.
    • ARTICLEOn Spiders and their Webs.
    • ARTICLEAbstract of Annual Report.
    • ARTICLEElection of Officers for 1891
    • ARTICLEObservation on crinum asiaticum and a large Star-fish
  • SECTIONNelson Philosophical Society.
    • ARTICLEMount Cook and its Glaciers.
    • ARTICLEAlaska.
    • ARTICLEAbstract of Annual Report.
    • ARTICLEElection of Officers for 1891
    • ARTICLEDonations to the Museum exhibited
• SECTIONAppendix.
  • ARTICLEMeteorology.
  • ARTICLEGeneral Remarks for 1890.
  • ARTICLEEarthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1890.
  • ARTICLEHonorary Members.
  • ARTICLEOrdinary Members.
  • ARTICLEList of Institutions and Persons To Whom This Volume is Presented by the Governors of the New Zealand Institute.
• ARTICLEIndex.

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