Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1895 [electronic resource]

Contents.

Transactions.
	I.—Miscellaneous.
		Pages
Art. I.	The Displacement of Species in New Zealand. By T. Kirk, F.L.S.	1–27
II.	True Instincts of Animals. By Charles W. Purnell	27–36
III.	The Ancient Tribe Te Panenehu. By Captain Gilbert Mair	36–40
IV.	The History of Otakanini Pa, Kaipara. By S. Percy Smith	41–47
V.	Volcanic Activity in Sunday Island in 1814. By S. Percy Smith	47–49
VI.	On Dusky Sound. By Richard Henry, Government Resident in charge of Resolution Island Reserve. Communicated by Sir J. Hector	50–54
VII.	The Ceremony of Rahui. By Taylor White	54–59
VIII.	The Railway and its Place in Social Economy. By A. G. Purchas, M.R.C.S.Eng.	59–62
IX.	Antarctic Research. By Major-General Schaw, C.B., R.E.	62–71
X.	A Wellington Weather Prognostic. By Major-General Schaw, C.B., R.E.	71–73
XI.	The Ultimate Problem of Philosophy. By William W. Carlile	74–86
XII.	Memorabilia of certain Animal Prodigies; Native and Foreign, Ancient and Modern. By W. Colcnso, F.R.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), &c.	87–97
XIII.	Democracy. By the Rev. J. Bates	97–111
XIV.	The Training of Teachers for Primary Schools. By the Rev. J. Bates	111–117
XV.	Abel Tasman and his Journal. By Dr. T. M. Hocken, F.L.S.	117–140
XVI.	On an Account of a Massacre at the Entrance of Dunedin Harbour in the Year 1817. By A. Hamilton	141–147
XVII.	On the Forests of New Zealand. By A. Hamilton	147–163
XVIII.	On the Rise and Progress of our Knowledge of the Oceanic Areas. By A. Hamilton	163–178
XIX.	A Comparison of the Magnetic Screening produced by Different Metals. By J. A. Erskine, M.A.	178–182
XX.	Magnetic Viscosity. By E. Rutherford, M.A., B.Sc., 1851 Exhibition Science Scholar	182–204

	II.—Zoology.
XXI.	New Zealand Sponges: Third Paper. By H. B. Kirk, M.A.	205–210
XXII.	Notes on New Zealand Land Planarians: Part II. By Arthur Dendy, D.Sc., F.L.S., Professor of Biology in the Canterbury College, University of New Zealand	210–214
XXIII.	Note on the Discovery of Living Specimens of Geonemertes novœ-zealandiœ. By Arthur Dendy	214–215
XXIV.	New Zealand Diptera: No. 1. By P. Marshall, M. A., B.Sc., F.G.S., Lecturer on Natural Science, Lincoln College	216–250
XXV.	New Zealand Diptera : No. 2. Mycetophilidœ. By P. Marshall	250–309
XXVI.	New Zealand Diptera: No. 3. Simulidœ. By P. Marshall	310–311
XXVII.	On Dodonidia helmsi, Fereday. By P. Marshall	312–313
XXVIII.	Notes on some New Zealand Fishes, with Description of a New Species. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S., Curator of the Canterbury Museum	314–318
XXIX.	Further Contributions to the Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand. By Henry Suter. Communicated by Captain Hutton, F.R.S.	319–323
XXX.	On a New Species of Deinacrida or Forest-cricket from Nelson. By Sir Walter L. Buller, K.C.M.G., D.Sc., F.R.S.	323–326
XXXI.	Notes on New Zealand Ornithology, with an Exhibition of Specimens. By Sir W. L. Buller	326–358
XXXII.	On the Occurrence of the Nankeen Kestrel of Australia (Cerchneis cenchroides) in New Zealand. By Sir W. L. Buller	359
XXXIII.	Notes on some Species of New Zealand Birds. By J. Walling Handley. Communicated by Sir Walter Buller	360–367
XXXIV.	Bird Life on a Run. By H. Guthrie-Smith	367–375
XXXV.	An Ornithological Note. By R. Coupland Harding	376–377
XXXVI.	Notes on Rare Lepidoptera in Wellington. By Walter P. Cohen	377–379
XXXVII.	On the Unusual Abundance of certain Species of Plume-moths during the Summer of 1894–95. By G. V. Hudson, F.E.S.	379
XXXVIII.	Further Coccid Notes: with Descriptions of New Species, and Discussion of Questions of Interest. By W. M. Maskell, Registrar of the University of New Zealand, Corr. Mem. Roy. Soc. of South Australia	380–411
XXXIX.	Contributions towards a Monograph of the Aleurodidœ, a Family of Hemiptera-Homoptera. By W. M. Maskell	411–449
XL.	Zoological Notes, Nelson District. By R. I. Kingsley	449–450
XLI.	On Animal and Vegetable Parasites associated with the Production of Neoplasms in Cattle and Sheep. By Archibald Park, M.R.C.V.S. Communicated by Sir J. Hector	451–454
XLII.	Notes on the Cicadidœ of New Zealand. By W. F. Kirby, F.L.S., F.E.S., Assistant in Zoological Department, British Museum (Natural History), South Kensington, London. Communicated by G. V. Hudson, F.E.S.	454–459

XLIII.	List of New Zealand Hydroida. By H. Farquhar	459–468
XLIV.	On the Habits of New Zealand Ants. By W. W. Smith, F.E.S.	468–479
XLV.	On the Construction of the Comb of the Hive-bee. By Coleman Phillips	479–490
	III.—Botany.
XLVI.	Notes on MS. Descriptions of Collections made during Captain Cook's First Voyage. By T. Kirk, F.L.S.	491–493
XLVII.	Notes on Dactylanthus taylori, Hook. f. By T. Kirk, F.L.S.	493–497
XLVIII.	On Zannichellia and Lepilœna in New Zealand. By T. Kirk	498–500
XLIX.	On the Products of a Ballast-heap. By T. Kirk	501–507
L.	Notice of the Occurrence of an Undescribed Palmlily on the Auckland Peninsula. By T. Kirk	508–509
LI.	A Revision of the New Zealand Species of Hymenanthera, R. Br. By T. Kirk	510–515
LII.	Notes on Certain Veronicas, and Descriptions of New Species. By T. Kirk	515–531
LIII.	New Zealand Musci: Notes on a New Genus. By Robert Brown	531–533
LIV.	On some Additions to the New Zealand Flora. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Curator of the Auckland Museum	534–537
LV.	Botanical Notes, Nelson District. By R. I. Kingsley	537–538
LVI.	Descriptions of Three New Native Plants. By D. Petrie, M.A., F.L.S.	538–539
LVII.	List of the Flowering Plants indigenous to Otago, with Indications of their Distribution and Range in Altitude. By D. Petrie	540–591
LVIII.	Phænogams: 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, F.R.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), &c.	591–613
LIX.	New Zealand Cryptogams: A List of a few Additional Cryptogamic Plants, of the Orders Hepaticœ and Fungi, more recently detected in New Zealand. By W. Colenso	614–615
LX.	Cryptogams: A Description of Two New Ferns, a New Lycopodium, and a New Moss, lately detected in our New Zealand Forests. By W. Colenso	615–618
LXI.	A Description of Three Ferns believed to be undescribed, discovered more than Fifty Years ago in the Northern District of New Zealand. By W. Colenso	618–622
LXII.	Note on a Branched Specimen of a Tree-fern (Hemitelia smithii). By A. Hamilton	622–623
LXIII.	On Cordiceps robertsii. By H. C. Field	623–624
	IV.—Geology.
LXIV.	Notes on some Rocks from the Kermadec Islands. By R. Speight, M. A.	625–627
LXV.	On a Deposit of Moa-bones at Kapua. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S., Curator of the Canterbury Museum	627–644

LXVI.	On the Moa-bones from Enfield. By Captain F. W. Hutton	645–650
LXVII.	On the Discovery of Moa-remains on Riverton Beach. By C. A. Ewen. Communicated by Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S.	651–654
LXVIII.	On the Behaviour of Two Artesian Wells at the Canterbury Museum. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S., Curator	654–664
LXIX.	On the Affinities of Harpagornis : A Letter to Professor T. Jeffery Parker by R. W. Shufeldt, M.D., Smithsonian Institution, Washington, dated 25th January, 1895	665
LXX.	Denudation as a Factor of Geological Time. By H. Hill, B.A., F.G.S.	666–680
LXXI.	Ruapehu and the Volcanic Zone in 1895 : No. IV. By H. Hill	681–688
	V.—Chemistry.
LXXII.	On Iron from the Titaniferous Sand of New Zealand. By E. Purser. Communicated by T. H. Hustwick	689–694
LXXIII.	On the Action of Potassium-Cyanide Solution upon Gold. By J. S. Maclaurin, B.Sc.	695–708
LXXIV.	Notes on J. S. Maclaurin's Paper on the Action of Potassium-Cyanide Solutions upon Gold. By William Skey, Government Analyst	708–716

New Zealand Institute.
Twenty-seventh Annual Report	719–720
Accounts for 1894–95	720

Proceedings.
Wellington Philosophical Society.
On the Discovery of a New River and Valley in the Vicinity of Milford Sound. By D. Sutherland. Communicated by Sir J. Hector	724
Remarks on the late Dr. David Lyall, R.N. By T. Kirk	725
Remarks on Antarctic Research. By Major-General Schaw, C.B., R.E.	731
On a Cranial Fallacy. By E. Tregear, F.R.G.S.	732
On Seasonal Time-adjustment in Countries South of Lat. 30° By G. V. Hudson, F.E.S.	734
Remarks on an Albino Tui and Naultinus versicolor. By Sir W. Buller	735
Remarks on Aristotelia racemosa. By T. Kirk	735
Remarks on Drawings of New Zealand Veronicas. By Sir J. Hector	735
Resolution with regard to the late Professor C. V. Riley	735

Note on the Geology of the Outlying Islands of New Zealand. [ unclear: ] By Sir J. Hector	736–738
Note on Double-flowered Columbine. By T. Kirk	738
Election of Governors of New Zealand Institute	738
Discussion on the Geology of the Outlying Islands of New Zealand	738–743
On a New Species of Luminous Fish (Polyipnus kirkii). By Sir J. Hector	743
On an Eclipse Phenomenon. By Major-General Schaw, C.B., R.E.	744
Exhibit of Sketches by Mr. Deverill of the Outlying Islands	745
Abstract of Annual Report	745
Election of Officers for 1896	745
List of Exhibits	746
Auckland Institute.
Life and Crystals: Anniversary Address by Professor A. P. Thomas, F.L.S., President	747
On Argon, the Newly-discovered Constituent of the Air. By Professor F. D. Brown	747–748
Social Problems: Poverty and Unemployed Labour in Civilised Communities. By F. G. Ewington	748
The Recent Chitral Difficulty, and the Future of the Country between Western Afghanistan and the Indus. By the Right Rev. W. G. Cowie, D.D.	748
The Dawn of the English Drama. By Professor C.W. Egerton	748–749
Two Coming Eclipses. By Professor H. W. Segar	749
Browning's Vision of Life. By E. A. Mackechnie	749
Art and Photography. By E. W. Payton	750
Abstract of Annual Report	750–752
Election of Officers for 1896	752
Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.
Periodimeter, for measuring Periods of Rapidly-oscillating Currents. By E. Rutherford, M.A.	754
Note of Occurrence of Mus rattus at Opawa. By A. C. Murray-Aynsley	754
On the Dicraniums of New Zealand. By R. Brown	754
Abstract of Annual Report	755
Election of Officers for 1896	755
Exhibit of Nests and Young of the Katipo. By Captain Hutton	755
On the Holothurians of New Zealand. By Professor Dendy, D.Sc., President	755
otago institute.
Exhibit of New Zealand Passion-flower. By F. R. Chapman	756
Remarks on an Egg of Megapodius pritchardi. By A. Wilson	756
On a Method of Colour-mixing. By Professor Scott	756
On the Etymology of the word “Penguin.” By Dr. Hocken	756
Natural History: Notes of a Trip in the “Hinemoa.” By Professor Parker	757
Notice of a Catalogue of Flowering-plants found near Dunedin. By J. Tennant	757
On the Anti-toxin Treatment of Diphtheria. By Dr. W. S. Roberts	757
Professor Huxley, from the Point of View of a Disciple. By Professor Parker	757
Remarks on an Arrow-head Worm (Spadella) from New Zealand Waters. By Professor Parker	758

On New Zealand Fisheries, and the Desirability of introducing New Species of Fish. By G. M. Thomson	758
Abstract of Annual Report	758–759
Election of Officers for 1896	759
Resolution regarding Dr. J. Murray completing the “Challenger” Reports	759
Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute.
Anniversary Address by the President	760
The Zoda or Thodawar Tribe of Madras, and their Funeral Customs. By A. R. W. Lascelles	760
Bimetallism. By W. F. Howlett	760
Reminiscences of the Tin-mines of Cornwall Seventy Years Ago. By the Rev. W. Colenso, F.R.S.	760
The Coinage of England under Charles I. By H. M. Lund	760
Native Names of Places. By Taylor White	760
On University Extension in New Zealand. By H. Hill	761
On Pond Spiders. By Taylor White	761
A Hunting Spider. By Taylor White	761
Rats nesting in Trees. By Taylor White	761
The Moa and the Maoris. By Taylor White	761
On Antarctic Exploration. By the Rev. W. Colenso, F.R.S.	761
Abstract of Annual Report	761
Election of Officers for 1896	761
Nelson Philosophical Society.
On the Anti-toxin Treatment of Diphtheria. By Dr. J. Hudson	762
List of Exhibits	762
Abstract of Annual Report	762
Election of Officers for 1896	762
Remarks on the Government of the New Zealand Institute	762
List of Exhibits	763

Appendix.
Meteorological Statistics for 1895	767
Notes on the Weather for 1895	768
Earthquakes reported in New Zealand during 1895	768
Honorary Members of the New Zealand Institute	769
Ordinary Members of the New Zealand Institute	770–777
Institutions and Persons to whom this Volume is presented	778–782
Index	783–787

Corrigenda	vi
Contents	vii–xii
List of Plates	xiii
Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute	xv
Abstracts of Rules and Statutes of the New Zealand Institute	xv–xvii
Roll of Incorporated Societies	xviii
Officers of Incorporated Societies, and Extracts from the Rules	xviii–xxi

List of Plates.
[Note.—These are placed at the end of the volume.
Plate	Author.	see page
I.	Hocken.—Tasman's Chart of New Zealand Coast	117
II.	Hamilton.—Map of Otago Heads	141
III.	H.B. Kirk.—Sponges	210
IV.	"	210
V.	Marshall.—Diptera	249
VI.	"	249
VII.	"	249
VIII.	"	309
IX.	"	309
X.	"	309
XI.	"	309
XII.	"	309
XIII.	"	309
XIV.	"	311
XV.	Marshall.—Dodonidia helmsi	313
XVI.	Maskell.—Coccids	409
XVII.	"	409
XVIII.	"	409
XIX.	"	409
XX.	"	410
XXI.	"	410
XXII.	"	410
XXIII.	"	411
XXIV.	Maskell.—Aleurodids	445
XXV.	"	446
XXVI.	"	446
XXVII.	"	446
XXVIII.	"	447
XXIX.	"	447
XXX.	"	447
XXXI.	"	448
XXXII.	"	448
XXXIII.	"	448
XXXIV.	"	449
XXXV.	"	449
XXXVI.	Hutton.—Excavation for Moa-bones at Kapua	627
XXXVII.	Sutherland.—Map showing Discoveries at Milford Sound	724