Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1927 [electronic resource]

Volume 57, 1927

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Contents.

Presidential Address	1
Botany.
The Present Taxonomic Status of the New Zealand Species of Hebe.
By L. Cockayne, Ph.D., F.R.S., and H. H. Allan, D.Sc., F.L.S.	11–47
Notes on New Zealand Floristic Botany, including Descriptions of New Species.
By L. Cockayne, Ph.D., F.R.S., and H. H. Allan, D.Sc., F.L.S.	48–72
The Vegetation of Mount Peel, Canterbury, New Zealand. Part 2.—The Grassland and other Herbaceous Communities.
By H. H. Allan, M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S.	73–89
Botanical Notes, with Descriptions of New Species.
By H. Carse	89–93
Some Problems of Distribution of Indigenuous Plants in New Zealand.
By A. Wall, M.A., Professor of English, Canterbury College.	94–105
The Pollination of New Zealand Flowers by Birds and Insects.
By Geo. M. Thomson, F.L.S., F.N.Z.Inst., M.L.C.	106–125
A Reference List of New Zealand Marine Algae.
By Robt. M. Laing, B.Sc., F.N.Z.Inst.	126–185
Fourth Supplement to the Uredinales and Ustilaginales of New Zealand.
By G. H. Cunningham, Government Mycologist, Wellington	186
Lycoperdaceae of New Zealand.
By G. H. Cunningham, Government Mycologist, Wellington	187–217
Four Fungi on the Endemic Species of Rubus in New Zealand.
By B. Jean Murray, B.Sc., Assistant Mycologist, Cawthron Institute, Nelson	218–225
Geology.
The Geology of the Ruakokopatuna Valley, Southern Wairarapa.
By R. J. Waghorn, M.A.	226–234
Notes on the Glaciation of Ruapehu.
By Professor Griffith Taylor, D.Sc.	235–7
The Origin of Lake Waikaremoana.
By P. Marshall, D.Sc., F.G.S., F.N.Z.Inst., Hutton and Hector Medallist of the New Zealand Institute.	237–44

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The Western Coast of the Firth of Thames.
By J. A. Bartrum	245–53
Igneous Rocks from Western Samoa.
By J. A. Bartrum	254–64
The Geology and Palaeontology of the Lower Waihao Basin, South Canterbury, New Zealand.
By R. S. Allan, M.Sc., Otago University	265–309
New Trilobites from the Ordovician Beds of New Zealand.
By F. R. Cowper Reed, F.G.S., Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge	310–4
Zoology.
Occurrence of Pilchards and Sprats in New Zealand Seas.
By Maxwell Young, F.C.S., and Geo. M. Thomson, F.L.S., F.N.Z.Inst.	314–9
A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics.
By H. J. Finlay, M.Sc., National Research Scholar in Palaeontology	320–485
Additions to Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand, No. 2.
By H. J. Finlay, M.Sc., National Research Scholar in Palaeontology	485–7
New Specific Names for Austral Mollusca.
By H. J. Finlay, M.Sc., National Research Scholar in Palaeontology	488–533
The Genetic Relationships of Australasian Rissoids. Part 1.—Descriptions of New Recent Genera and Species from New Zealand and Kermadec Islands.
By A. W. B. Powell	534–48
Variation of the Molluscan Genus Verconella with Descriptions of New Recent Species.
By A. W. B. Powell	549–58
On a Large Tonna and Two Other Gasteropods of Australian Origin.
By A. W. B. Powell	559–62
A New Genus and Three New Species of Coleoptera.
By Albert E. Brookes	563–6
The Veneridae of New Zealand.
By J. Marwick, M.A., D.Sc.	567–636
The Anatomy of Hemideina thoracica.
By F. G. Maskell, B.A., M.Sc., Biological Laboratory, Victoria University College, Wellington, New Zealand.	637–70
Hemiptera Heteroptera from New Zealand.
By E. Bergroth, D.Sc., Ekenaes, Finland	671–84
On the Nomenclature of New Zealand Homoptera.
By J. G. Myers, 1851 Science Exhibition Scholar for New Zealand for 1924	685–90
Notes on the New Zealand Wood-wasp Ophrynopus schauinslandi Ashmead.
By E. S. Gourlay, Assistant Entomologist, Cawthron Institute, Nelson	691–93
A List of the Lepidoptera of Deans Bush, Riccarton, Canterbury.
By Stuart Lindsay	693–96

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Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera.
By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S.	697–702
New Zealand Lepidoptera: Notes and Descriptions.
By Alfred Philpott, Hon. Research Student in Lepidoptera, Cawthron Institute, Nelson	703–9
The Genitalia of the Mnesarchaeidae.
By Alfred Philpott, Hon. Research Student in Lepidoptera, Cawthron Institute, Nelson	710–5
The Genitalia of the Genus Gymnobathra (Oecopharidae: Lepidoptera).
By Alfred Philpott, Hon. Research Student in Lepidoptera, Cawthron Institute, Nelson	716–21
The Maxillae in the Lepidoptera.
By Alfred Philpott, Hon. Research Student in Lepidoptera, Cawthron Institute, Nelson	721–46
New Zealand Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Mycetophilidae).
By A. L. Tonnoir, Canterbury Museum; and F. W. Edwards, British Museum	747–878
Miscellaneous.
The Food Values of New Zealand Fish. Part 7: The Vitamin Content of the Tarakihi (chilodactylus macropterus).
By John Malcolm, M.D.	879–80
Soil-survey of New Zealand.
By H. T. Ferrar	881–2
An Index of Industrial Share-prices in New Zealand.
By J. B. Condliffe	883–91
The Radio Activity of the Karapiti Blowhole.
By M. N. Rogers, M.Sc.	892
An Examination of the Radon and Iodine-Content of certain Christchurch Artesian and other Waters, with respect to the Incidence of Goitre.
By M. N. Rogers, M.Sc.	893–9
A Problem in Boiler Corrosion.
By H. G. Denham	900–1
An Improved Hydrogen Sulphide Generator.
By H. G. Denham and John Packer	902–4
Popular Names of New Zealand Plants.
By Johannes C. Andersen, F.N.Z.Inst.	905–77

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