Volume 44, 1911

Contents.
| I. Botany. | ||
| Transactions. | ||
| Pages | ||
|---|---|---|
| Art. I. | Observations concerning Evolution, derived from Ecological Studies in New Zealand. By L. Cockayne, Ph.D., F.L.S. | 1–50 |
| II. | Some Hitherto-unrecorded Plant-habitats, Part VII. By L. Cockayne, Ph.D., F.L.S. | 51–59 |
| III. | Some Notes on the Botany of the Spenser Mountains, with a List of Species collected. By R. M. Laing, M.A., B.Sc. | 60–75 |
| IV. | Notes on the Plant Covering of Codfish Island and the Rugged Islands. By D. L. Poppelwell | 76–85 |
| V. | List of Lichens and Fungi collected in the Kermadec Islands in 1908. By W. R. B. Oliver | 86–87 |
| XV. | A New Genus and some New Species of Plants. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. | 159–162 |
| XVII. | Descriptions of New Native Species of Phanerogams. By D. Petrie, M.A., Ph.D. | 179–187 |
| XVIII. | On Danthonia nuda and Triodia Thomsoni. By D. Petrie, M.A., Ph.D. | 188 |
| XXXVI. | The Anatomical Structure of the New Zealand Piperaceae. By Miss Anne F. Ironside, M.A. | 339–348 |
| XXXVII. | Observations on Salicornia australis. By Miss F. W. Cooke, M.A. | 349–362 |
| Proceedings. | ||
| Some Effects of Imported Animals on the Indigenous Vegetation. By B. C. Aston, F.I.C., F.C.S. Part I | 19–24 | |
| Note on Helichrysum fasciculatum Buchanan, By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. Part I | 24–25 | |
| Descriptions of some New Species of New Zealand Plants. By L. Cockayne, Ph.D., F.L.S. Part II | 50–52 | |
| II. Zoology. | ||
| Transactions. | ||
| Art. VI. | A Revision of the Classification of the New Zealand Caradrinina. By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S. | 88–107 |
| VII. | On the Nomenclature of the Lepidoptera of New Zealand. By G. B. Longstaff, M.A., M.D., F.E.S. | 108–115 |
| VIII. | Descriptions of Three New Species of Lepidoptera. By Alfred Philpott | 115–116 |
| IX. | Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S. | 117–126 |
| X. | Notes on some Dragon-flies from the Kermadec Islands. By R. J. Tillyard, M.A., F.E.S. | 126–127 |
| XI. | Miscellaneous Notes on some New Zealand Crustacea. By Charles Chilton, M.A., M.B., D.Sc., F.L.S. | 128–136 |
| XII. | Report on Sundry Invertebrates from the Kermadec Islands. By W. B. Benham, D.Sc., F.R.S. | 135–138 |
| XX. | Notes on New Zealand Fishes: No. 2. By Edgar K. Waite, F.L.S. | 194–202 |
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| Art. XXI. | New Species of Lepidoptera, with Notes on the Larvae and Pupae of some New Zealand Butterflies. By George Howes, F.E.S., F.L.S. | 203–208 |
| XXIII. | The Geographic Relationships of the Birds of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and the Kermadec Islands. By W. R. B. Oliver | 214–221 |
| XXV. | Notes on Nest, Life-history, and Habits of Migas distinctus, a New Zealand Trapdoor Spider. By J. B. Gatenby | 234–240 |
| XXVI. | Some Features of the Circulatory System of Heptatrema cirrata Forster. By Professor H. B. Kirk, M.A., Victoria College, Wellington | 241–244 |
| XXXVIII. | On a Collection of Mallophaga from the Kermadecs. By T. Harvey Johnston, M.A., D.Sc., Queensland University, Brisbane, and Launcelot Harrison, Sydney | 363–373 |
| XXXIX. | Vascular System of Siphonaria obliquata Sowerby. By A. J. Cottrell, M.A., M.Sc. | 374–379 |
| XL. | Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Coleoptera. By Major T. Broun, F.E.S. | 379–440 |
| Proceedings. | ||
| Note on the Species of Hydra found in New Zealand. By Gilbert Archey Part I | 25–28 | |
| Additions to the Fish Fauna of the Kermadec Islands. By Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., Curator, Canterbury Museum Part I | 28–29 | |
| Notes on the Nomenclature of the New Zealand Geometridae, with Description of a New Species. By L. B. Prout Part II | 52–54 | |
| III. Geology. | ||
| Transactions. | ||
| Art. XIII. | Earthquake-origins in the South-west Pacific in 1910. By George Hogben, M.A., F.G.S | 139–142 |
| XIV. | Fluctuations in the Level of the Water in some Artesian Wells in the Christchurch Area. By F. W. Hilgendorf, M.A., D.Sc | 142–159 |
| XVI. | Some Rocks of Mount Cargill, Dunedin. By J. A. Bartrum, M.Sc. | 163–179 |
| XXII. | The Raised Beaches of Cape Turakirae. By B. C. Aston, F.I.C., F.C.S. | 208–213 |
| XXIV. | A Preliminary Account of the Lower Waipara Gorge. By R. Speight, M.A., M.Sc., F.G.S. | 221–233 |
| XXVII. | Notes on Wellington Physiography. By C. A. Cotton, M.Sc., Victoria College | 245–265 |
| XXXIII. | Nephelinite Rocks in New Zealand. By Professor Marshall, D.Sc., F.G.S | 304–307 |
| XXXIV. | The Discovery and Extent of Former Glaciation in the Tararua Ranges, North Island, New Zealand. By G. L. Adkin | 308–316 |
| XXXV. | The Geology of the Bluff, New Zealand. By L. J. Wild, M.A. | 317–339 |
| Proceedings. | ||
| Typical Sections showing the Junction of the Amuri Limestone and Weka Pass Stone at Weka Pass. By C. A. Cotton, M.Sc. (Abstract) Part III | 84–85 | |
| Appendix. | ||
| Records of Milne Seismographs, 1906–1911. By H. F. Skey, B.Sc., and G. Hogben, M.A., F.G.S. | 441–457 |
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| IV. Chemistry and Physics. | ||
| Transactions. | ||
| Art. XXVIII. | The Composition of some New Zealand Foodstuffs. By John Malcolm, M.D., University of Otago | 265–269 |
| XXIX. | Montan Wax. By Theodore Rigg, M.Sc. | 270–287 |
| XXX. | The Chemistry of Bush Sickness. By B. C. Aston, F.C.S., F.I.C. | 288–298 |
| XXXI. | Note on the Composition of Nitric Acid. By H. T. M. Fathers | 299–300 |
| XXXII. | The Interaction of Iron with the Higher Patty Acids. By Thomas H. Easterfield and Clara Millicent Taylor, M.A. | 301–303 |
| Proceedings. | ||
| The Action of Alkyl Iodides on Copper-oxide. By H. G. Denham, M.A., D.Sc., Ph.D. Part I | 29–30 | |
| The Nature of Gamma Rays, By Professor T. H. Laby and P. W. Burbidge, B.Sc. Part I | 30–31 | |
| V. Miscellaneous. | ||
| Transactions. | ||
| Art. XIX. | Migrations of the Polynesians according to the Evidence of their Language. By Professor J. Macmillan Brown, M.A., LL.D | 189–193 |
| Proceedings. | ||
| Description of a Multiple Rainbow. By G. L. Adkin (Abstract) Part III | 85 | |
| The Methods of Snaring Birds used by the Maoris, with Notes on a Bird known to the Maoris as “Tiaka.” By J. Drummond, F.L.S., F.Z.S. (Abstract) Part III | 87 | |
| Proceedings. | ||
| [Following p. 457.] |
| Part I.—Issued 30th August, 1911. |
| II.—Issued 8th January, 1912. |
| III.—Issued 10th June, 1912. |
