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Contents. 



Art. XIV. On the Occurrence of a Pneumatic Foramen in the p^ges 

 Femur of a Moa. By Captain F. W. Hutton . . 173-174 

 XV. On a New Species of Weta (Locustidce) from Bounty 



Island. By Captain F. W. Hutton .. .,174-176 



XVI. On Majaqueus cequinoctialis , from Antipodes Island. 



By Captain F. W. Hutton . . . . . , 177 



XVII. Notes on New Zealand Land Planarians : Part I. 

 By Arthur Dendy, D.Sc, Professor of Biology in 

 the Canterbury College, University of New Zea- 

 land .. .. .. .. .. 177-189 



XVIII. Note on a New Variety of Peripatus novce-zcalandice, 



Hutton. By Arthur Dendy .. .. .. 190-191 



XIX. Notes on a New Zealand Land Nemertine. By 



Arthur Dendy .. .. .. .. 191-194 



XX. Notes on New Zealand Echinoderms. By H. Far- 



quhar.. .. .. .. .. .. 194-208 



XXI. Descriptions of Two New Gymnoblastic Hydroids. 



By H. Farquhar .. .. .. ..208-209 



XXII. Notes on some Crustacea from Macquarie Island. 



By George M. Thomson, F.L.S. .. ..210-214 



XXIII. On the most frequent Pelagic Copepods and Clado- 



ceres of the Hauraki Gulf. By Dr. Augustus 

 Kramer, Physician H.I. M.S. " Bussard " .. 214-223 



XXIV. Notes on the Larger Species of Paryphanta in New 



Zealand, with some Remarks on the Distribution 

 and Dispersal of Land -shells. By W. T. L. 

 Travers, F.L.S. .. .. .. ..224-228 



XXV. Further Contributions towards a Bibliography of the 

 Dinornithidas, the Great Extinct Birds of New 

 Zealand, usually called Moas: Supplement No. 

 1. By A. Hamilton .. .. .. .. 228-231 



XXVI. On the Feathers of a Small Species of Moa ( Mcgal- 

 aptcryx) found in a Cave at the Head of the 

 Waikaia River ; with a Notice of a Moa-hunter's 

 Camping-place on the Old Man Range. By A. 

 Hamilton .. .. .. .. .. 232-238 



XXVII. Zoological Notes : (1) Arboreal Nests of Bush-rat 

 (Mus maorium) ; (2) Paryphanta hochstetteri 

 found at Low Levels at West Wanganui. By 

 R. I. Kingsley . . . . . . . . 238-239 



XXVIII. Remarks on the Rats of New Zealand. By Taylor 



White .. .. .. .. .. 240-261 



XXIX. On the Bird Moa and its Aliases. By Taylor White 262-273 

 XXX. The Kea (Nestor notabilis), a Sheep-eating Parrot. 



By Taylor White . . . . . . . . 273-280 



XXXI. On the Abundance of Vanessa itea in Wellington 



during Season 1894. By Water P. Cohen .. 281 



XXXII. A Chapter in the History of the Warfare against 



Insect-pests. By W. M. Maskell .. ..282-284 



XXXIII. On the Anatomy of Flight of Certain Birds. By Sir 



James Hector, F.R.S. .. .. ..284-287 



XXXIV. Further Contribution to a Knowledge of the New 



Zealand Sponges. By H. B. Kirk, M.A. . . 287-292 



XXXV. On a New Shell (Anomia waltcri). By Sir J. 



Hector .. .. .. .. .. 292-293 



XXXVI. On some New Species of Tipulce (Daddy-long-legs) 

 found in New Zealand. By G. V. Hudson, 

 F.E.S. .. .. .. .. .. 293-295 



