Volume 49, 1916
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Contents.
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| I. Botany. | ||
| Art. I. | Notes from the Canterbury College Mountain Biological Station, Cass: No. 5 — The Mat-plants, Cushion-plants, and Allied Forms of the Cass River Bed (Eastern Botanical District, New Zealand). By C. E. Foweraker, M.A. | 1–45 |
| II. | Notes on Parsonsia capsularis R. Br. By H. Carse | 45–46 |
| III. | On a New South Polynesian Palm, with Notes on the Genus Rhopalostylis Wendl. et Drude. By Dr. Odoardo Beccari | 47–50 |
| IV. | Descriptions of New Native Flowering-plants, with some Notes on Known Species. By D. Petrie, M.A., Ph.D. | 51–55 |
| V. | Notes on New Zealand Floristic Botany, including Descriptions of New Species, &c. (No. 2). By L. Cockayne, Ph.D., F.L.S., F.R.S. | 56–65 |
| VI. | A Consideration of the Terms “Species” and “Variety” as used in Botany, with Special Reference to the Flora of New Zealand. By L. Cockayne, Ph.D., F.L.S., F.R.S. | 66–79 |
| VII. | Studies in the New Zealand Species of the Genus Lycopodium: Part II—Methods of Vegetative Reproduction. By the Rev. J. E. Holloway, D.Sc. | 80–93 |
| VIII. | The Vegetation and Flora of Lord Howe Island. By W. R. B. Oliver | 94–161 |
| IX. | Botanical Results of an Excursion to the Upper Makarora Valley and the Haast Pass, supported by a list of the Species observed. By D. L. Poppelwell | 16–166 |
| X. | Notes of a Botanical Excursion to Long Island, near Stewart Island, including a List of Species. By D. L. Poppelwell | 167–171 |
| XLIX. | Effects of the Snowstorm of the 6th September, 1916, on the Vegetation of Stewart Island. By Walter Traill | 518 |
| II. Zoology. | ||
| Art. XI. | Contributions to the Diptera Fauna of New Zealand: Part I. By David Miller | 172–194 |
| XII. | A List of the Lepidoptera of Otago. By Alfred Philpott | 195–238 |
| XIII. | Descriptions of New Species of Lepidoptera. By Alfred Philpott | 239–245 |
| XIV. | Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S. | 245–247 |
| XV. | Revision of the New Zealand Notodontina. By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S. | 248–273 |
| XVI. | New Lepidoptera. By W. G. Howes, F.E.S. | 274 |
| XVII. | Some Corals from Kermadec Islands. By Thomas Wayland Vaughan | 275–279 |
| XVIII. | On the Origin of a New Species by Isolation. By Henry Suter | 279–283 |
| XIX. | Notes on the Occurrence and Habits of the Fresh-water Crustacean Lepidurus viridis Baird. By Miss E. M. Herriott, M.A. | 284–291 |
| XX. | The New Zealand Sand-hoppers belonging to the Genus Talorchestia. By Charles Chilton, M.A., D.Sc, LL.D., F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. | 292–303 |
| XXI. | The Lithobiomorpha of New Zealand. By Gilbert Archey, M.A. | 303–318 |
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| Art. XXII. | The Occurrence in New Zealand of Craterostigmus tasmanianus Pocock (Chilopoda). By Gilbert Archey, M.A. | 319–320 |
| XXXIV. | Kermadec Island Fleas. By F. W. Hilgendorf, D.Sc. | 428 |
| LI. | The Blepharoceridae (Diptera) of New Zealand (in Part a Translation of the Work of Professor Mario Bezzi). By David Miller | 530 |
| III. Geology. | ||
| Art. XXIII. | The Stratigraphy of the Tertiary Beds of the Trelissick or Castle Hill Basin. By R. Speight, M.Sc, F.G.S. | 321–356 |
| XXIV. | An Unrecorded Tertiary Outlier in the Basin of the Rakaia. By R. Speight, M.Sc, F.G.S. | 356–360 |
| XXV. | An Ancient Buried Forest near Riccarton: its bearing on the Mode of Formation of the Canterbury Plains. By R. Speight, M.Sc, F.G.S. | 361–364 |
| XXVI. | The Geology of Banks Peninsula. By R. Speight, M.Sc., F.G.S. | 365–392 |
| XXVIL. | The Relationship of the Upper Cretaceous and Lower Cainozoic Formations of New Zealand. By Professor James Park, F.G.S. | 392–394 |
| XXVIII. | The Rate of Erosion of Hooker and Mueller Glaciers, Now Zealand. By Professor James Park, F.G S. | 395–396 |
| XXIX | On a New Species of Coral from the Lower Oamaruian Tuffs near Deborah, Oamaru. By Professor James Park, F.G.S. | 396 |
| XXX. | Diastrophic and other Considerations in Classification and Correlation, and the Existence of Minor Diastrophic Districts in the Notocene. By J. Allan Thomson, M.A., D.Sc, F.G.S. | 397–413 |
| XXXI. | The Hawera Series, or the So-called “Drift Formation” of Hawera. By J. Allan Thomson, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S. | 414–417 |
| XXXII. | Additional Facts concerning the Distribution of Igneous Rooks in New Zealand. By J. A. Bartrum | 418–424 |
| XXXIII. | Concretions in the Recent Sediments of the Auckland Harbour, New Zealand By J. A. Bartrum | 425–428 |
| XXXV. | The Fossil Plains of North Otago. By C. A. Cotton, D.Sc., F.G.S | 429–432 |
| XXXVI. | Geology of the Central Kaipara. By Professor P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc. | 433–450 |
| XXXVII. | The Wangaloa Beds. By Professor P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc. | 450–460 |
| XXXVIII. | Additional Fossils from Target Gully, near Oamaru. By Professor P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc. | 461–462 |
| XXXIX. | Fossils and Age of the Hampden (Onekakara) Beds. By Professor P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc. | 463–466 |
| XLVII. | Notes on an Artesian Trial Bore, Westshore, Napier. By R. W. Holmes, M.Inst.C.E. | 509–512 |
| XLII. | Fluctuations in the Water-level of some Artesian Wells in the Christchurch Area. By F. W. Hilgendorf, D.Sc. | 491–493 |
| XLIII. | Note on the Fluctuation of Water-level in a Christchurch Artesian Well. By L. P. Symes. | 493–495 |
| IV. Miscellaneous. | ||
| Art. XL. | On the Absorption of Lime by Soils: An Investigation of the Hutchinson-MacLennan Method of determining the Lime Requirements of Soils. By Leonard J. Wild, M.A., B.Sc., F.G.S., and James G. Anderson, M.Sc. | 466–475 |
| XLI. | On the Proposal for a Soil Survey of New Zealand. By Leonard J. Wild, M.A., B.Sc., F.G.S. | 476–490 |
| XLIV. | Apparatus for the Determination of the Magnitude of Small Forces, especially useful in connection with Hydraulic Experiments. By Professor R. J. Scott, M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech E., F A.I.E.E. | 496–497 |
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| Art. XLV. | An Arrangement for quieting the Flow of a Stream of Disturbed Water. By Professor R. J. Scott, M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., F.A.I.E.E. | 498–500 |
| XLVI. | A Study of the Electrical Deposition of Nickel in the Presence of Nitrate. By James G. Anderson, M.Sc. | 501–509 |
| XLVIII. | Night Marching by the Stars. By George Hogben, M.A., F.G.S., C.M.G. | 513–517 |
| L. | New Zealand Bird-song: Further Notes. By Johannes C. Andersen | 519–530 |
| Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors | 533–547 |
| Wellington Philosophical Society | 548–551 |
| Auckland Institute | 552–556 |
| Philosophical Institute of Canterbury | 557–560 |
| Otago Institute | 561–564 |
| Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute | 565 |
| Nelson Institute | 565 |
| Manawatu Philosophical Society | 566 |
| Wanganui Philosophical Society | 567 |
| New Zealand Institute Act | 570–572 |
| Regulations | 572–574 |
| Hutton Memorial Medal and Research Fund | 575–577 |
| Hector Memorial Research Fund | 577–578 |
| Regulations for administering the Government Research Grant | 579–580 |
| Carter Bequest | 580 |
| New Zealand Institute—List of Officers, &c. | 581–584 |
| Roll of Members | 585–604 |
| Serial Publications received by the Library of the Institute | 605–609 |
| List of Institutions to which the Publications of the Institute are presented | 610–615 |
| Index | 617–618 |