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T. trisiilcum, Bailey. 



T. ungiticulatum, Grev. 



T. voiosum, Bright. 



T. veniLlosum, Grev., var. major, n. var., Gr. and St. 



T. ivcissii, Grun. 



T. wciseflogii, n. sp., Gr. and St. 



T. ■parallelum (Ehr.), Grev., with seven angles, Gr. and St. 



T. ■iKiralldnm (Ehr.), var. gibbosa, forma ovalls, Gr. and St. 



Trinacria lignlata (Grev.), Gr. and St. 



Trill, pileolus, var. gutlandica, Grim. 



Trill, simulacrum, n. sp., Gr. and St. 



Trin. ventricosa, n. sp., Gr. and St. 



Xanthiopyxis oblonga, Ehr, 



X. constricta, Ehr. 



Aet. XXXIV. — Notes on a Deposit of 2Ioa-boncs in the Te 

 Ante Swamp), Haivke's Bay. 



By A, Hamilton, 



[Read before the Haiuke's Bay P1iiloso]yhical Institute, 9th July and 



nth September, 1888.] 



In this short paper I purpose bringing before you a few parti- 

 culars with regard to the occurrence of the remains of the 

 gi-eat extinct birds commonly known as moas in this island, 

 with more especial reference to the localities in which I have 

 myself obtained their remains. 



' There will be no necessity for me to do more than call to 

 remembrance that our President (W. Colenso, F.R.S.) and the 

 Eev. W. Williams, of Waiapu, were among those who had the 

 pleasure and privilege of submitting the bones collected by 

 them on the east coast of this island to Professor Owen, from 

 w^hich material his famous memoir was drawn up. In other 

 memoirs the venerable professor has described collections 

 made at various localities on the west coast, under the shadow 

 of Mount Egmont, by Mr. Mantell ; and in his classic work 

 Von Hochstetter describes his arduous pursuit of fragmentary 

 bones, and his delight at obtaining some specimens at Tuhua. 

 It would be hopeless to attempt to record all the localities 

 at which finds of moa-bones have taken place, but I trust that 

 the instances which have come under my personal observation, 

 and w^hich I bring before you to-night, will demonstrate the 

 great length of time during which the moa was the absolute 

 monarch of this land, roaming over this district in a perfect 

 a\^an paradise, for, w'ith the exception of the giant eagle 

 (Harpagornis) , there was no enemy of any kind to harass or 



