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CONTENTS 



TEANSACTIONS. 



I. — Zoology. 



PAGES 



Art. I. Further Coccid Notes : with Descriptions of New 

 Species, and Remarks on Coccids from New Zea- 

 land, Australia, and elsewhere. By W. M. Maskell, 

 Corr. Mem. Roy. Soc. of South Australia, Registrar 

 of the University of New Zealand . . . . 1-64 



II. Notes and Observations on New Zealand Birds. By 



Sir Walter L. Buller, K.C.M.G., P.R.S. . . 64- 74 



III. Further Notes and Observations on Certain Species 



of New Zealand Birds (with Exhibits). By Sir 



W. L. Buller . . . . . . . . 75- 91 



IV. On the large Kiwi from Stewart Island {Aptcnjx 



maxima). By Sir W. L. Buller . . . . 91- 92 



V. The Moas of New Zealand. By Captain F. W. 



Hutton, F.G.S. .. .. .. .. 93-172 



VI. Notes on Moa Gizzard-stones. By A. Hamilton . . 172-175 

 VII. On the Genus Aptornis, with more Especial Reference 



to Aptornis defossor, Owen. By A. Hamilton . . 175-184 

 VIII. Preliminary Notice of Additions to the Extinct Avi- 

 fauna of New Zealand. By H. O. Forbes : com- 

 municated by J. T. INIeeson, B.A. . . . . 185-189 



IX. Note on a Species of Platyccrcus (P. erythrotis, Wagl.) 

 from Antipodes Island. By H. 0. Forbes : com- 

 municated by J. T. Meeson . . . . . . 190-191 



X. On a Species of Regalcczis or Great Oar-fish, caught 

 in Okain's Bay. By H. 0. Forbes : communicated 

 by J. T. Meeson . . . . . . . . 192-198 



XI. On some Points in the Anatomy of a Species of Sea- 

 bear caught off Sumner, Canterbury, New Zea- 

 land ; with Notes on the New Zealand Eared 

 Seals. By H. O. Forbes : communicated by 

 J. T. Meeson . . . . . . . . 198-200 



XII. Note on the Occurrence of Cancer in Fish. By Pro- 

 fessor Scott . . . . . . . . . . 201 



XIII. Notes on Sea-fishes. By George M. Thomson, F.L.S. 202-215 

 XIV. On New Species of Lepidoptera. By E. Meyrick, 



B.A.,F.Z.S. .. .. .. .. .. 216-220 



XV. Catalogue of the Described Species of New Zealand 

 Araneidas. By A. T. Urquhart, Corr. Mem. Roy. 

 Soc. of Tasmania . . . . . . - . 220-230 



XVI. Descriptions of New Species of Aranese. By A, T. 



Urquhart .. .. .. .. .. 230-253 



XVII. On New Zealand Aranese. By P. Goyen, F.L.S. . . 253-257 

 XVIII. Notes on some New Zealand Amphipoda and Isopoda. 



By Charles Chilton, M. A., B.Sc. .. . . 258-2G9 



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