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Volume 27, 1894

Transactions.

I.—Zoology.

Pages
Art. I. Synoptical List of Coccidæ reported from Australasia and the Pacific Islands up to December, 1894. By W. M. Maskell, Registrar of the University of New Zealand, Corr. Mem. Roy. Soc. of South Australia 135
II. Further Coccid Notes: with Descriptions of New Species from New Zealand, Australia, Sandwich Islands, and elsewhere, and Remarks upon many Species already reported. By W. M. Maskell 3675
III. Illustrations of Darwinism; or, The Avifauna of New Zealand considered in Relation to the Fundamental Law of Descent with Modification. By Sir Walter L. Buller, K.C.M.G., D.Sc., F.R.S., &c. 75104
IV. Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand; with an Exhibition of Rare Specimens. By Sir W. L. Buller 104126
V. On a New Species of Fern-bird (Sphenceacus) from the Snares Islands; with an Exhibition of Specimens. By Sir W. L. Buller 127128
VI. Notes on the Flightless Duck of the Auckland Islands (Nesonetta aucklandica). By Sir W. L. Buller 128129
VII. Notes on Phalacrocorax colensoi, of the Auckland Islands, and on Phalacrocorax onslowi, of the Chatham Islands. By Sir W. L. Buller 129132
VIII. Notes on Œstrelata neglecta; with an Exhibition of Specimens. By Sir W. L. Buller 132134
IX. Some Curiosities of Bird-life. By Sir W. L. Buller 134142
X. On the Wetas, a Group of Orthopterous Insects inhabiting New Zealand; with Descriptions of Two New Species. By Sir W. L. Buller 143147
XI. Observations on some peculiar Maori Remains, with Remarks on the Ancient Institution of Tapu. By Sir W. L. Buller 148154
XII. Note on the Vegetable Caterpillar (Cordiceps robertsii). By Sir W. L. Buller 155156
XIII. On the Axial Skeleton in the Dinornithidæ. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S., Curator of the Canterbury Museum 157–173
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Art. XIV. On the Occurrence of a Pneumatic Foramen in the Femur of a Moa. By Captain F. W. Hutton 173174
XV. On a New Species of Weta (Locustidœ) from Bounty Island. By Captain F. W. Hutton 174176
XVI. On Majaqueus œquinoctialis, from Antipodes Island. By Captain F. W. Hutton 177
XVII. Notes on New Zealand Land Planarians: Part I. By Arthur Dendy, D.Sc., Professor of Biology in the Canterbury College, University of New Zealand 177189
XVIII. Note on a New Variety of Peripatus novœ zealandiœ, Hutton. By Arthur Dendy 190191
XIX. Notes on a New Zealand Land Nemertine. By Arthur Dendy 191194
XX. Notes on New Zealand Echinodsrms. By H. Farquhar 194208
XXI. Descriptions of Two New Gymnoblastic Hydroids. By H. Farquhar 208209
XXII. Notes on some Crustacea from Macquarie Island. By George M. Thomson, F.L.S. 210214
XXIII. On the most frequent Pelagic Copepods and Cladoceres of the Hauraki Gulf. By Dr. Augustus Krämer, Physician H.I.M.S. “Bussard” 214223
XXIV. Notes on the Larger Species of Paryphanta in New Zealand, with some Remarks on the Distribution and Dispersal of Land-shells. By W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S. 224228
XXV. Further Contributions towards a Bibliography of the Dinornithidae, the Great Extinct Birds of New Zealand, usually called Moas: Supplement No. 1. By A. Hamilton 228231
XXVI. On the Feathers of a Small Species of Moa (Megalapteryx) found in a Cave at the Head of the Waikaia River; with a Notice of a Moa-hunter's Camping-place on the Old Man Range. By A. Hamilton 232238
XXVII. Zoological Notes: (1) Arboreal Nests of Bush-rat (Mus maorium); (2) Paryphanta-hochstetteri found at Low Levels at West Wanganui. By R. I. Kingsley 238239
XXVIII. Remarks on the Rats of New Zealand. By Taylor White 240261
XXIX. On the Bird Moa and its Aliases. By Taylor White 262273
XXX. The Kea (Nestor notabilis), a Sheep-eating Parrot. By Taylor White 273280
XXXI. On the Abundance of Vanessa itea in Wellington during Season 1894. By Water P. Cohen 281
XXXII. A Chapter in the History of the Warfare against Insect-pests. By W. M. Maskell 282284
XXXIII. On the Anatomy of Flight of Certain Birds. By Sir James Hector, F.R.S. 284287
XXXIV. Further Contribution to a Knowledge of the New Zealand Sponges. By H. B. Kirk, M.A. 287292
XXXV. On a New Shell (Anomia walteri). By Sir J. Hector 292293
XXXVI. On some New Species of Tipulae (Daddy-long-legs) found in New Zealand. By G. V. Hudson, F.E.S. 293295
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IL.—Botany.

XXXVII. The Algae of New Zealand: their Characteristics and Distribution. By Robert M. Laing, B.Sc. 297318
XXXVIII. On the Preparation and Preservation of Botanical Specimens. By T. Kirk, F.L.S. 318327
XXXIX. On New Forms, of Celmisia, Cass. By T. Kirk, F.L.S. 327330
XL. A Revision of the New Zealand Gentians. By T. Kirk 330341
XLI. On the New Zealand Species of Gunnera, L. By T. Kirk 341348
XLII. Descriptions of New or Remarkable Plants from the Upper Waimakariri. By T. Kirk 349353
XLIII. Description of New Grasses from Macquarie Island. By T. Kirk 353354
XLIV. A Revision of the New Zealand Species of Colobanthus, Bartling. By T. Kirk 354359
XLV. Notes and Reminiscences of Early Crossings of the romantically – situated Lake Waikaremoana, County of Hawke's Bay, of its Neighbouring Country, and of its peculiar Botany; performed in the Years 1841 and 1843. By W. Colenso, F.R.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), &c. 359382
XLVI. Phaenogams: A Description of a few more Newly-discovered Indigenous Plants; being a Further Contribution towards the making known the Botany of New Zealand. By W. Colenso 383399
XLVII. A Description of Two New Ferns and One New Lycopodium, lately detected in our New Zealand Forests. By W. Colenso 399401
XLVIII. An Account of the Finding of Two Australian Plants, hitherto unnoticed, here in New Zealand By W. Colenso 401402
XXXIX. On New Zealand Mosses. By T. W. Naylor Beckett, F.L.S. 403405
L. Description of New Native Plants. By D. Petrie, M.A., F.L.S. 405406
LI. On the Presence of some Noxious Weeds in Nelson District. By R. I. Kingsley 407
LII. Botanical Notes: Plants new to Nelson District, &c., from West Wanganui. By R. I. Kingsley 407409
LIII. Notes on New Zealand Mosses: Genus Grimmia, By Robert Brown 409421
LIV. Notes on New Zealand Mosses: Genus Orthotrichum. By Robert Brown 422446
LV. On the Growth of Ferns; and on a New Fern now first reported. By H. C. Field 446450

III.—Geology.

LVI. On the Hawke's Bay Pleistocene Beds and the Glacial Period. By H. Hill, F.G.S. 451476
LVII. On the Occurrence of Moa Footprints in the Bed of the Manawatu River, near Palmerston North. By H. Hill 476477
LVIII. The Nuhaka Hot Springs. By H. Hill 478479
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IV.—Miscellaneous.

Art. LIX. Magnetization of Iron by High-frequency Discharges. By E. Rutherford, M.A. 481513
LX. The Last Glacial Epoch: explained by Major-General Drayson's Discovery of the Second Rotation of the Earth. By Major-General Schaw, C.B., R.E. 513534
LXI. On some Peculiar Cases of the Reflection of Light. By Major-General Schaw 535538
LXII. The Immortality of the Cosmos; being an Attempt to show that the Theory of the Dissipation of Energy is limited to Finite Portions of Space. By Professor Bickerton 538545
LXIII. Synoptic Statement of the Principles and Phenomena of Cosmic Impact: prepared for the Criticism of Scientific Men and Societies. By Professor Bickerton 545558
LXIV. On an Oversight in Croll's Mode of lengthening the Age of the Sun's Heat. By Professor Bickerton 558559
LXV. Notes on a Visit to Macquarie Island. By A. Hamilton 559579
LXVI. Myths of Observation. By Edward Tregear 579593
LXVII. Ceremonial Language. By Edward Tregear 593597
LXVIII. The Modern History of a Block of Greenstone. By W. Colenso, F.R.S., & c. 598606
LXIX. Notes on Tombs of a Prehistoric Race of Colombia, South America. By R. I. Kingsley 606609
LXX. Maori Preserved Heads. By the Rev. Philip Walsh 610616
LXXI. Some Account of the Earliest Literature and Maps relating to New Zealand. By Dr. T. M. Hocken, F.L.S. 616634

I.—Zoologycontinued.

LXXII. On a New Species of Ant from New Zealand. By Professor C. Emery, University of Bologna, Italy: communicated by W. W. Smith 635636