CONTENTS. 



TRANSACTIONS. 



I. — Zoology. 



Art. I. Synoptical List of Coccidse reported from Austral- pages 

 asia and the Pacific Islands up to December, 

 1894. By W. M. Maskell, Registrar of the Uni- 

 versity of New Zealand, Corr. Mem. Roy. Soc. of 

 South Australia . . . . . . 1- 35 



II. Further Coccid Notes : with Descriptions of New 

 Species from New Zealand, Australia, Sandwich 

 Islands, and elsewhere, and Remarks upon many 

 Species already reported. By W. M. Maskell .. 36- 75 



III. Illustrations of Darwinism ; or, The Avifauna of New 



Zealand considered in Relation to the Funda- 

 mental Law of Descent with Modification. By 

 Sir Walter L. Buller, K.C.M.G., D.Sc, F.R.S., &c. 75-104 



IV. Notes on the Ornithology of New Zealand ; with an 



Exhibition of Rare Specimens. By Sir W. L. 



Buller .. .. .. .. .. 104-126 



V. On a New Species of Fern- bird (Sphcnceacus) from 

 the Snares Islands ; with an Exhibition of Speci- 

 mens. By Sir W. L. Buller . . . . . . 127-12S 



VI. Notes on the Flightless Duck of the Auckland 

 Islands (Nesonctta aucklandica) . By Sir W. L. 

 Buller .. .. .. .. .. 128-129 



VII. Notes on Phalacrocorax colensoi, of the Auckland 

 Islands, and on Phalacrocorax onslowi, of the 

 Chatham Islands. By Sir W. L. Buller . . 129-132 



VIII. Notes on (Estrelata ncrjlccta ; with an Exhibition of 



Specimens. By Sir W. L. Buller . . . . 132-134 



IX. Some Curiosities of Bird-life. By Sir W. L. Buller 134-142 

 X. On the Wetas, a Group of Orthopterous Insects in- 

 habiting New Zealand ; with Descriptions of Two 

 New Species. By Sir W. L. Buller .. ..143-147 



XI. Observations on some peculiar Maori Remains, with 

 Remarks on the Ancient Institution of Tapu. 

 By Sir W. L. Buller . . . . . . . . 148-154 



XII. Note on the Vegetable Caterpillar (Cordiceps 



robertsii). By Sir W. L. Buller . . . . 155-156 



XIII. On the Axial Skeleton in the Dinornithidae. By 

 Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S., Curator of the 

 Canterbury Museum . . . . . . . . 157-173 



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