Volume 53, 1921
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Contents.
| Pages | ||
| Roll of Honour | xxi–xxiii | |
| Presidential Address | xxv–xxxiv | |
| Anthropology. | ||
| Art. I. | The Maori Genius for Personification; with Illustrations of Maori Mentality. By Elsdon Best, F.N.Z. Inst. | 1–13 |
| XLVIII. | Maori Food-supplies of Lake Rotorua, with Methods of obtaining them, and Usages and Customs appertaining thereto. By Te Rangi Hiroa (P. H. Buck), D.S.O., M.D. | 433–451 |
| XLIX. | Maori Decorative Art: No. 1, House-panels (Arapaki, Tuitui, or Tukutuku). By Te Rangi Hiroa (P. H. Buck), D.S.O., M.D. | 452–470 |
| L. | An Account of a (supposed Maori) Sharpening-stone. By Robert Fulton, M.D. | 471–472 |
| Botany. | ||
| Art. XL. | Notes on Specimens of New Zealand Ferns and Flowering-plants in London Herbaria. By W. R. B. Oliver, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Dominion Museum, Wellington | 362–365 |
| XLI. | Descriptions of New Native Flowering-plants, with a few Notes. By D. Petrie, M.A., Ph.D., F.N.Z.Inst. | 365–371 |
| XLII. | The Genus Cordyceps in New Zealand. By G. H. Cunningham | 372–382 |
| XLIII. | Unrecorded Plant-habitats for the Eastern Botanical District of the South Island of New Zealand. By W. Martin, B.Sc. | 383–385 |
| XLIV. | Further Studies on the Prothallus, Embryo, and Young Sporophyte of Tmesipteris. By the Rev. J. E. Holloway, D.Sc., F.N.Z.Inst., Hutton Memorial Medallist | 386–422 |
| XLV. | New Species of Flowering-plants. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Curator of the Auckland Museum | 423–425 |
| XLVI. | New Plant-stations. By A. Wall, M.A., Professor of English, Canterbury College | 426–428 |
| XLVII. | On Growth-periods of New Zealand Trees, especially Nothofagus fusca and the Totara (Podocarpus totara). By H. B. Kirk, M.A., F.N.Z.Inst., Professor of Biology, Victoria University College | 429–432 |
| Geology. | ||
| Art. IV. | Notes on a Geological Excursion to Lake Tekapo. By R. Speight, M.A., M.Sc., F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Curator of the Canterbury Museum | 37–46 |
| V. | The Modification of Spur-ends by Glaciation. By R. Speight, M.A., M.Sc., F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Curator of the Canterbury Museum | 47–53 |
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| Art. VI. | Recent Changes in the Terminal Face of the Franz Josef Glacier. By R. Speight, M.A., M.Sc., F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Curator of the Canterbury Museum | 53–57 |
| VII. | Notes on the Geology of the Patea District. By P. G. Morgan, M.A., F.G.S., Director of the Geological Survey, New Zealand | 58–64 |
| VIII. | The Geological History of Eastern Marlborough. By Professor James Park, F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst. | 65–72 |
| IX. | The Birth and Development of New Zealand. By Professor James Park, F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst. | 73–76 |
| X. | Some Tertiary Mollusca, with Descriptions of New Species. By P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Hector and Hutton Medallist, and R. Murdoch | 77–84 |
| XI. | Fossils from the Paparoa Rapids, on the Wanganui River. By P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Hector and Hutton Medallist, and R. Murdoch | 85–86 |
| XII. | Tertiary Rocks near Hawera. By P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc., F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Hector and Hutton Medallist, and R. Murdoch | 86–96 |
| XIII. | Geology of the Waikato Heads District and the Kawa Unconformity. By M. J. Gilbert, M.Sc. (Rev. Brother Fergus), Sacred Heart College, Auckland | 97–114 |
| XIV. | Notes on the Geology of Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. By J. A. Bartrum, Auckland University College | 115–127 |
| XV. | A Conglomerate at Onerahi, near Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand. By J. A. Bartrum, Auckland University College | 128–130 |
| XVI. | The Warped Land-surface on the South-eastern Side of the Port Nicholson Depression, Wellington, New Zealand. By C. A. Cotton, D.Sc., F.N.Z.Inst., Victoria University College, Wellington | 131–143 |
| XVII. | Porirua Harbour: a Study of its Shore-line and other Physiographic Features. By G. Leslie Adkin | 144–156 |
| XVIII. | An Account of the Geology of the Green Island Coalfield. By L. I. Grange, M.Sc., A.O.S.M. | 157–174 |
| XIX. | On an Ice-striated Rock-surface on the Shore of Circle Cove, Lake Manapouri. By J. M. Fowler | 175 |
| History. | ||
| Art. II. | Old Redoubts, Blockhouses, and Stockades of the Wellington District. By Elsdon Best, F.N.Z.Inst. | 14–28 |
| III. | The First New Zealand Navy; with some Episodes of the Maori War in connection with the British Navy. By Herbert Baillie | 29–36 |
| Zoology. | ||
| Art. XX. | Notes on New Zealand Mollusca: No. 1, Descriptions of Three New Species of Polyplacophora, and of Damoniella alpha. By Miss M. K. Mestayer, Dominion Museum | 176–180 |
| XXI. | Notes on New Zealand Mollusca: No. 2. By Miss M. K. Mestayer, Dominion Museum | 180 |
| XXII. | Notes on New Zealand Chilopoda. By Gilbert Archey, M.A., Assistant Curator, Canterbury Museum | 181–195 |
| XXIII. | A New Species of Shark. By Gilbert Archey, M.A., Assistant Curator, Canterbury Museum | 195–196 |
| XXIV. | The Leaf-mining Insects of New Zealand: Part II. By Morris N. Watt, F.E.S. | 197–219 |
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| Art. XXV. | Some New Zealand Amphipoda: No. 2. By Charles Chilton, M.A., D.Sc., M.B., C.M., LL.D., F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Hon. Mem. Roy. Soc. N.S.W.; Professor of Biology, Canterbury College, New Zealand | 220–234 |
| XXVI. | The Life-history of some New Zealand Insects: No. 1. By John G. Myers, F.E.S. | 235–237 |
| XXVII. | A Revision of the New Zealand Cicadidae (Homoptera), with Descriptions of New Species. By John G. Myers, F.E.S. | 238–250 |
| XXVIII. | Bionomic Notes on some New Zealand Spiders, with a Plea for the Validity of the Species Araneus orientalis Urquhart. By John G. Myers, F.E.S. | 251–256 |
| XXIX. | Notes on the Hemiptera of the Kermadec Islands, with an Addition to the Hemiptera Fauna of the New Zealand Subregion. By John G. Myers, F.E.S. | 256–257 |
| XXX. | Notes on the Blepharoceridae (Diptera) of New Zealand. By J. W. Campbell | 258–288 |
| XXXI. | Material for a Monograph on the Diptera Fauna of New Zealand: Part II, Family Syrphidae. By David Miller, F.E.S., Government Entomologist | 289–333 |
| XXXII. | Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S. | 334–336 |
| XXXIII. | Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. By Alfred Philpott, F.E.S., Assistant Entomologist, Cawthron Institute of Scientific Research, Nelson | 337–342 |
| XXXIV. | Description of a New Dragon-fly belonging to the Genus Uropetala Selys. By R. J. Tillyard, M.A., Sc.D. (Cantab.), D.Sc. (Sydney), F.L.S., F.E.S., Entomologist and Chief of the Biological Department, Cawthron Institute of Scientific Research, Nelson | 343–346 |
| XXXV. | Studies of New Zealand Trichoptera, or Caddis-flies: No. 1, Description of a New Genus and Species belonging to the Family Sericostomatidae. By R. J. Tillyard, M.A., Sc.D. (Cantab.), D.Sc. (Sydney), F.L.S., F.R.S., Entomologist and Chief of the Biological Department, Cawthron Institute of Scientific Research, Nelson | 346–350 |
| XXXVI. | Descriptions (with Illustrations) of Four Fishes new to New Zealand. By L. T. Griffin, F.Z.S., Assistant in the Auckland Museum | 351–357 |
| XXXVII. | Observations on certain External Parasites found upon the New Zealand Huia (Neomorpha acutirostris Gould) and not previously recorded. By George E. Mason | 357–359 |
| XXXVIII. | The Crab-eating Seal in New Zealand. By W. R. B. Oliver, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Dominion Museum, Wellington | 360 |
| XXXIX. | Variations in Amphineura. By W. R. B. Oliver, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Dominion Museum, Wellington | 361 |
| Miscellaneous. | ||
| Art. LI. | The Food Values of New Zealand Fish: Part II. By (Mrs.) Dorothy E. Johnson, B.Sc. in Home Science | 472–478 |
| LII. | The Chemistry of Flesh Foods—(5) The Nitrogenous Constituents of Meat-extracts. By A. M. Wright, A.I.C., F.C.S.; (Miss) J. F. Bevis, B.Sc.; and the late P. S. Nelson, M.Sc. | 479–483 |
| LIII. | The Anticomplementary Properties observed in certain Serum Reactions. By A. M. Wright, Captain N.Z.M.C., Bacteriologist, N.Z.E.F. | 484–486 |
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| Proceedings. | ||
| Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors | 489–506 | |
| Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute Science Congress | 506–519 | |
| Wellington Philosophical Society | 520–524 | |
| Auckland Institute | 525–527 | |
| Philosophical Institute of Canterbury | 528–530 | |
| Otago Institute | 531–532 | |
| Nelson Institute | 533 | |
| Manawatu Philosophical Society | 533–534 | |
| Wanganui Philosophical Society | 534 | |
| Appendix. | ||
| New Zealand Institute Acts and Regulations | 537–542 | |
| Hutton Memorial Medal and Research Fund | 543–545 | |
| Hector Memorial Research Fund | 545–546 | |
| Regulations for administering the Government Research Grant | 547–548 | |
| Carter Bequest | 548 | |
| New Zealand Institute—List of Officers, &c. | 549–553 | |
| Roll of Members | 554–569 | |
| Serial Publications received by the Library of the Institute | 570–575 | |
| Last of Institutions to which the Publications of the Institute are presented | 576–581 | |
| Index of Authors | 583–584 |