CON T E NTS. 



TEANSACTIONS. 



I. — Botany, 



PAGES 



Art. I. Farther Notes on the DcsmidiccB of New Zealand, 

 ■with Descriptions of New Species. By W. M. 

 Maskell, F.R.M.S. . . .. .. .. 3-32 



II. On the Botany of Te Moehau Mountain, Cape 



Colville. By James Adams, B.A. . . . . 32- 41 



III. A Description of a Species of Orobanclie (supposed 



to be new) parasitical on a Plant of Hydrocotyle. 



By William Colenso, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. . . 41- 43 



IV. A Description of some newly -discovered Crypto- 



gamic Plants ; being a further Contribution 

 towards the making known the Botany of New 

 Zealand. By W. Colenso . . . . . . 43- SO 



V. A Description of some newly-discovered Phseno- 

 gamic Plants ; being a further Contribution 

 towards the making known the Botany of New 

 Zealand. By W. Colenso . . . . . . 80-108 



VI. Notes on a Plant ( Glossosticjma elatinoides) found 

 beside the Jlaungapouri Stream, Otaki. By 

 Clement W. Lee . . . . . . . • 108-10-.) 



VII. The Fall of the Leaf. By Joshua Rutland . . 110-120 



II. — Zoology. 



VIII. On some Birds from the Kermadec Islands. By 



T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S. . . . . . . 121-124 



IX. Notice of the Capture of a Specimen of the Shy 

 Albatross (Diomedca cauta) near Auckland. By 

 T. F. Cheeseman . . . . . . . . 125-12G 



X. The Habits and Home of the Wandering Albatross 



(Diomedca cxulans). By A. Reischek, F.L.S. . . 12G-123 

 XI. On a Specimen of the Brown Gannet ( Sula fusca) 

 shot in Napier Harbour, with Notes on other 

 New Zealand Birds. By A. Hamilton . . 128-134 



XII. On new Species of Araneidca. By A. T. Urquhart 134-152 

 XIII. On a new Species of Gastcracantha from Norfolk 



Island. By A. T. Urquhart.. .. .. 152-154 



XIV. Descriptions of New Zealand Micro - Lcpidoptera. 



By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.E.S. . . . . 154-188 



XV. On the Natural History of Three Species of Micro- 



Lqndojytera. By G. V. Hudson . . . . 189-190 



XVI. On the Varieties of a common Moth fZ'ecZana ^oc- 



cosa). ByG. V.Hudson .. .. ..190-193 



XVII. A Description of a new and large Species of Ortho- 

 pterous Insect of the Genus Heiuideina, Walker. 

 By W. Colenso, F.R.S.,F.L,S.,&c. .. ..193-194 



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