718 



Index. 



Moa-boues discovered on Surface, 



655 

 Moa Footprints, Discovery of, 470 

 Moa-hunters' Camp, 237 

 Moa Leg, with Skin, Tendons, and 



Feathers, 684 

 Moa, On a Pneumatic Foramen in 



Femur of, 173 

 Moa, On Feathers of a, 232 

 Moas, On the Axial Skeleton in, 157 

 Molecular Attraction, 682 

 Money, History of, 673 

 Mosses of New Zealand, 403, 409, 



422 

 Mus maorium, Notes on, 238 

 Myths of Observation, 579 



N. 



Native Plants, New, 349, 405 

 Natural History, Importance of 



studying, 093 

 Nelson, Plants new to, 407 

 Nelson Philosophical Society, xviii., 



xxi., 691, 693, 709 

 Nemertine, On a New Zealand 



Land, 191 

 Nesonetta ancklandica, Notes on, 



128 

 Nestor iwtabilis, 273 

 New Zealand Institute : Accounts, 



640 

 New .Zealand Institute : Honorary 



Members, 700 

 New Zealand Institute : Ordinary 



Members, 701 

 New Zealand Institute, Governors 



of, xv. 

 New Zealand Institute, Incorpo- 

 rated Societies of, xviii. 

 New Zealand Institute, Officers of, 



xv. 

 New Zealand Institute, Rules of, xv. 

 New Zealand Institute : Report, 



639 

 New Zealand, On the Earliest 



Literature relating to, 616 

 Nuhaka Hot-springs, 478 



0. 



CEstrelata neglccta, Note on, 132 



Organic Bodies, A Mode of repre- 

 senting Graphic Constitution of, 

 6S2 



Organic Compounds, Classification 

 of, 682 



Ornithology of New Zealand, 104 



Orthotriclmm, On the Genus, 422 



Otago, Geology of, 664 



Otago Institute, xviii., xix., 683, 



685, 706 

 Oyster-culture in New Zealand, 670 



P. 



Pachyomis, On Pneumatic Foramen 

 in Femur of, 173 



Paryplianta hochstetteri, 239, 670 



Paryplianta, On Larger Species of, 

 224 



Pelagic Copepods of Hauraki Gulf, 

 214 



Pele's Hair, 664 



Pcripatus novce-zcalandice, New Va- 

 riety of, 190 



Phffinogams, 383 



Phalacrocorax colcnsol, Notes on, 

 129 



Phalacrocorax onslowi, Notes 

 129 



Planarians, On New Zealand Land, 

 177, 682 



Plants, New, 349, 405 



Plants new to Nelson, 407 



Poetry an Interpretation of Life, 

 676 



Pond, Eulogy of the late Professor, 

 673 



Proceedings of Incorporated Socie- 

 ties, 643 



Protoplasm, Modern Views of, 680 



R. 



Rats, Nests of, 238 

 Rats of New Zealand, 240 

 Reflection of Light, 535 

 Religion, Comparative, 676 

 Riley, Dr. C. V., of Washington, 

 284, 649 



S. 



Sandwich Islands, On New Coccidce 



from, 36 

 Shell, On a New, 292 

 Shooting-stars and Meteors, 677 

 Sophocles, Female Characters in 



Plays of, 683 

 Southland Institute, xviii., xxi. 

 Specific Heat of the Elements, 



682 

 Spectacles, 687 



Sp>hcnodon, A Newly-hatched, 659 

 Sphenceacus, New Species of, 127 

 Sponges of New Zealand, 287 



