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Contents. 



Akt. XX. Note on an Ant-like Insecb (Betijla fulva, Cameron) 



parasitic in the New Zealand Glow-worm. By 



G. V. Hudson 



XXI. Descriptions of New Species of Aranece. By A. T. 



Urquhart, Corr. Mem. Roy. Soc. of Tasmania . . 



XXII. On Eels. By E. O'H. Canavan 



XXIII. On a New Zealand Variety of Floscidaria coronetta, 



Cubitt. By Archdeacon Stock, B.A. 



XXIV. Remarks on the Carabida of New Zealand. By 



Captain T. Broun : communicated by Professor 

 Hutton 

 XXV. On some Mites parasitic on Beetles and Wood-lice. 

 By W. M. Maskell 

 XXVI. Further Coccid Notes : with Descriptions of New 

 Species from Australia, India, Sandwich Islands, 

 Demerara, and South Pacific. By W. M. Maskell, 

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

 of the University of New Zealand 

 XXVII. On the Geographical Distribution of Atax. By Dr. 

 H. v. Jhering, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: com- 

 municated by G. M. Thomson, F.L.S. 

 XXVIII. Note on some Sea-trout (Salmon or Salmon-trout?). 

 By F. Sandager : communicated by G. M. Thom- 

 son 

 XXIX. Notes on a Land Planarian (sent by F. V. Knapp, 

 Hampden State School, Nelson). By Sir James 

 Hector, K.C.M.G., F.R.S. 

 XXX. Notes on the Southern Seals. By Sir James Hector 



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II. — Botany. 



XXXI. On Heterostyled Trimorphic Flowers in New Zea- 

 land Fuchsias, with Notes on the Distinctive Cha- 

 racters of the Species. By T. Kirk, F.L.S. . . 261-268 

 XXXII. Description of a New Genus and of New Species of 



Native Plants, &c. By D. Petrie, M.A., F.L.S. . . 269-275 



XXXIII. Notes on the New Zealand Species of the Genus 



Andrecpa, together with Descriptions of some New 

 Species. By R. Brown . . . . . . 276-285 



XXXIV. Notes on a proposed New Genus of New Zealand 



Mosses, together with a Description of Three New 

 Species. By Robert Brown . . . . . . 285-287 



XXXV. Note on Splachnidmm rugosum, Grew Bv Robert 



M. Laing, B.Sc. .. .. . ." .. 288-289 



XXXVI. Description of New Species of Musci. By T. W. 



Naylor Beckett, F.L.S. .. .. ..289-297 



XXXVII. On some Little-known New Zealand Mosses. By 



T.W. Naylor Beckett.. .. .. .. 297-302 



XXXVIII. On a New Insectivorous Plant in New Zealand. By 



Sir Walter L. Buller, K.C.M.G., F.R.S. . . 302-304 



XXXIX. Botanical Notes from Takaka District. By R. I. 



Kingsley .. .. .. .. .. 304-305 



XL. On a remarkable Variation in Lomaria lanccolata. 



By R. I. Kingsley . . . . . . . . 306 



XLI. Bush Jottings: No. 2 (Botanical). By W. Colenso, 



F.R.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), &c. .. .. ..307-319 



XLII. Cryptogams : A Description of a few Lately-disco- 

 vered Rare Indigenous Ferns ; also, Notice of a 

 Fine and Peculiar Fungus, Ileodictyon, Tulasne, 

 —Clathrus, Cooke. By William Colenso ..319-324 



